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dc.creatorCampos-Vazquez, Raymundo M.
dc.creatorEsquivel, Gerardo
dc.creatorBadillo, Raquel Y.
dc.date.issued2021-05-26
dc.identifier.issn2196-436X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11651/4764
dc.descriptionJob ads, labor demand, employment, wages, COVID-19, Mexico
dc.description.abstractThere is a concern among social scientists and policymakers that the COVID-19 crisis might permanently change the nature of work. We study how labor demand in Mexico has been affected during the pandemic by web scraping job ads from a leading job search website. As in the U.S., the number of vacancies in Mexico declined sharply during the lockdown (38 percent). In April there was a change in the composition of labor demand, and wages dropped across the board. By May, however, the wage distribution and the distribution of job ads by occupation returned to their pre-pandemic levels. Overall, there was a slight decline in specific requirements (gender and age), no change in required experience, and a temporary increase in demand for low-skilled workers. Contrary to expectations, opportunities for telecommuting diminished during the pandemic. Using a simple Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, we find that the variation in the average advertised wage in April is explained more by a higher proportion of low-wage occupations than by a reduction in the wages paid for particular occupations. In sum, we find no evidence of a significant or permanent change in labor demand during the pandemic in Mexico.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherCentro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
dc.relation.ispartofLatin American Economic Review, volumen 30, número 1, mayo de 2021
dc.rightsLa revista Latin American Economic Review autoriza a poner en acceso abierto de conformidad con las licencias CREATIVE COMMONS, aprobadas por el Consejo Académico Administrativo del CIDE, las cuales establecen los parámetros de difusión de las obras con fines no comerciales. Lo anterior sin perjuicio de los derechos morales que corresponden a los autores.
dc.source2196-436X
dc.titleHow has labor demand been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? Evidence from job ads in Mexico
dc.typeArtículo
dc.accessrightsAcceso abierto
dc.recordIdentifier000004764
dc.rights.licenseCreative Commons Reconocimiento-NoComercial-SinObraDerivada 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND
dc.identifier.citationEn: Latin American Economic Review, volumen 30, número 1, mayo de 2021
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.47872/laer-2021-30-1
dc.identifier.urlhttps://ojs.latinaer.org/laer/article/view/16


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