differentials and compare them with estimated relative wages. The analysis provides evidence on productivity and nonproductivity …-based determinations of wages. Special emphasis is given to the effects of human capital variables, such as education, experience, and … training on wages and productivity differentials. Higher education yields higher productivity. However, highly educated workers …

Wage inequality has declined in Mexico since 2000. Using data from Mexican labor surveys for the period between 2000 … and 2014, this paper investigates whether the decline was driven by wages declining more sharply for younger or older … workers. The analysis finds that the wages of older workers declined and the decline was more pronounced in the older cohort …

The seven largest emerging market economies -- China, India, Brazil, Russia, Mexico, Indonesia, and Turkey …

data from 2005-15 for Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico, this paper explores the effect of a negative household income shock on … likelihood that students in upper secondary and tertiary school exit school in Argentina and Brazil, but not in Mexico. For the … three countries, the analysis finds evidence that youth who drop out due to a household income shock have worse employment …

evidence on the impact of weather index insurance from a pioneering, large-scale insurance program in Mexico. The focus of this … payments from weather index insurance allow farmers to cultivate a larger land area in the season following a weather shock …

Recent research shows that employment in Mexico's offshoring maquiladora industries is twice as volatile as employment … in their U.S. industry counterparts. The analyses in this paper use data from Mexico's social security records and U … emanating from the United States were amplified when transmitted into Mexico's offshoring labor market of Northern Mexico. First …