Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico: Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most?
25 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2016
Date Written: January 27, 2016
Abstract
Wage inequality has declined in Mexico since 2000. Using data from Mexican labor surveys for the period between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigates whether the decline was driven by wages declining more sharply for younger or older workers. The analysis finds that the wages of older workers declined and the decline was more pronounced in the older cohort. This would seem to support the hypothesis that older workers'skills have become obsolete.
Keywords: Work & Working Conditions, Labor Policies, Youth and Government, Labor Markets, Tertiary Education
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. and Lopez-Calva, Luis Felipe and Lustig, Nora Claudia, Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico: Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most? (January 27, 2016). World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 7546, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2723691
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