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

Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M. ; Lopez-Calva, Luis F. ; Lustig, Nora

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: JOBS;    UNEMPLOYMENT;    EMPLOYMENT;    EQUITY;    COLLEGE EDUCATION;   

DOI  :  10.1596/1813-9450-7546
RP-ID  :  WPS7546

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Wage inequality has declined in Mexicosince 2000. Using data from Mexican labor surveys for theperiod between 2000 and 2014, this paper investigateswhether the decline was driven by wages declining moresharply for younger or older workers. The analysis findsthat the wages of older workers declined and the decline wasmore pronounced in the older cohort. This would seem tosupport the hypothesis that older workers' skills havebecome obsolete.