Declining Wages for College-Educated Workers in Mexico: Are Younger or Older Cohorts Hurt the Most?

25 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2016

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Raymundo M. Campos-Vazquez

El Colegio de Mexico - Centro de Estudios Economicos

Luis Felipe López-Calva

World Bank

Nora Lustig

Tulane University

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

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

Raymundo M. Campos-Vazquez (Contact Author)

El Colegio de Mexico - Centro de Estudios Economicos ( email )

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Luis Felipe Lopez-Calva

World Bank ( email )

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Washington, DC 20433
United States

Nora Claudia Lustig

Tulane University ( email )

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New Orleans, LA 70118
United States

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