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Why did wage inequality decrease in Mexico after NAFTA?
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2013)
Contrary to what happened before NAFTA, wage inequality in Mexico decreased after 1994. This paper investigates the forces behind the post-NAFTA decrease in wage inequality. Using a quantile decomposition, I show that the ...
Social protection programs and employment: the case of Mexico’s Seguro Popular program
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Ecónomicas, 2013)
Mexico created Seguro Popular in 2002 with the goal of providing free or subsidized health insurance coverage to 47 million uninsured people by the year 2013. Hence, one unintended consequence of the program could be an ...