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Wage Inequality in the Manufacturing Sector of the Mexico and its Regions, According to the Trade Opening, 2005-2015
Equilibrio Económico, Revista de Economía, Política y Sociedad (2017)
  • Reyna E. Rodríguez Pérez, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila
  • Vicente German-Soto, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila
  • Crhistian Joel González Cuatianquis
Abstract
This paper analyzes the evolution of wage inequality in the manufacturing sector of the regions of Mexico, according to the grade of exposition to trade opening. The methodology consists in measuring the wage inequality through the Theil index decomposition; it is calculated from data of the Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) 2005 and 2015. The results indicate that wage inequality has decreased in Mexico and in its regions by 2015, especially in those areas with low exposition to trade opening. The gap decomposition shows that the intra-part is the principal source of inequality, which is higher in the sex-classification of workers by sex.
Keywords
  • Labour economics,
  • wage inequality,
  • regional labour markets
Publication Date
2017
Citation Information
Reyna E. Rodríguez Pérez, Vicente German-Soto and Crhistian Joel González Cuatianquis. "Wage Inequality in the Manufacturing Sector of the Mexico and its Regions, According to the Trade Opening, 2005-2015" Equilibrio Económico, Revista de Economía, Política y Sociedad Vol. 13 Iss. 1 (2017) p. 49 - 76 ISSN: 2007-2627
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/vicente_german_soto/72/