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Race and marriage in the labor market: a discrimination correspondence study in a developing country
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2013)
In Mexico, as in most Latin American countries with indigenous populations, it is commonly believed that European phenotypes are preferred to mestizo or indigenous phenotypes. However, it is hard to test for such racial ...
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 ...
Evolución de la brecha salarial de género en México
(Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, División de Economía, 2013)
El artículo analiza la brecha salarial de género en México para el periodo 1990-2010 utilizando los Censos de Población. En promedio, la brecha salarial ha disminuido en el periodo. En 2010, la brecha salarial de género ...