Skill premia in Mexico: demand and supply factors
Skill premia trends for the Mexican urban labour market are analysed, decomposing into demand and supply factors. Moreover, among the former both between and within effects are studied, in line with the Katz and Murphy decomposition. It is shown that demand factors are more important for explaining the initial increment in skill premia, but supply factors are responsible for driving them down. It is concluded that the North American Trade Agreement (NAFTA) favours unskilled labour.
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2006
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Authors: | Rojas, Gabriel Montes |
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Applied Economics Letters. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1350-4851. - Vol. 13.2006, 14, p. 917-924
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
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