Changes in Wage Inequality in Mexico: A Decomposition Analysis

Autor:	Claudia Tello
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Wage inequality Labour economics Hierarchy Sociology and Political Science Inequality media_common.quotation_subject Wage Decomposition analysis Capital (economics) Economics National level Wage growth General Economics Econometrics and Finance media_common
Zdroj:	Journal of Income Distribution®.
ISSN:	1874-6322 0926-6437
DOI:	10.25071/1874-6322.38673
Popis:	We analyse the changes in earnings inequality in Mexico and the Mexican regions from 1987 to 2008. Using the Jenkins-van Kern decomposition method, we distinguish two major components: progressivity, which reflects the pro-poor (or pro-rich) orientation of wage growth, and re-ranking, which measures the movements of individuals in the wage hierarchy. At the national level, progressivity has been systematically pro-poor, but re-ranking has to a large extent offset this pro-equality dynamic. Similar variations are found for the Mexican regions. The South, the Border and the Centre have, however, witnessed a decrease in inequality, whereas inequality has increased in the North and the Capital regions.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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