Abstract

GARCIA RAMIREZ, Gonzalo  and  GARCIA RAMIREZ, Gabriela. Wage and occupational polarization in Mexico: 2005-2017. Estud. Econ. (México, D.F.) [online]. 2020, vol.35, n.1, pp.153-188.  Epub June 15, 2020. ISSN 0186-7202.

This research analyzes the phenomenon of wage and occupational polarization in the Mexican labor market during the period 2005-2017, based on a division of the labor market into formal and informal employment as well as gender. Through a decomposition by level of skills it is suggested that there is a process of incipient polarization in the formal market and a canonical process of polarization in the informal market. In the same way, the index DER corroborate an increase in the wage and occupational polarization in the period. Likewise, a breakdown of components shows that labor market segmentation, union weakness, size of establishments and labor discrimination are some of the main causes of wage and occupational polarization in Mexico.

Keywords : polarization; inequality; informal labor markets; discrimination; I32; D63; O15; J46; J71.