This paper was prepared for the 1998 IDB/IIC Annual Meeting entitled: The Employment in Latin America: What is the … structural reforms, employment problems have persisted in Latin America. The 1990s have seen a slowdown in the rate of job … creation, and unemployment rates have stagnated at about 10 percent. Informal sector employment has expanded, and increases in …

Using the Mexican Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH) covering 1984-2000 we analyze wages and employment in …