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Desigualdad salarial por tipo de calificación laboral de los mexicanos inmi- grantes en estados unidos

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  • Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez

    (Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila)

  • Daniela Valdés Martínez

    (Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila)

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The objective of this research is to analyze the characteristics of the labor market insertion of Mexicans by type of qualification and their wage differences in relation to native workers in the United States. The hypothesis is that there is a wage inequality between Mexican migrant workers and native workers, accentuated among skilled workers, due to a segmentation of the U.S. labor market. The methodology used to analyze each of the components that add up to the wage gap between Mexican and native workers is the Ñopo decomposition. The results showed the opposite of what is established by the human capital theory since the wage difference between Mexicans inmigrants and natives by type of job qualification is mostly unexplainable from a statistical point of view and escapes modeling. This means that having citizenship and education does not eliminate the differences between Mexicans and natives. This allows us to accept the hypothesis, except in the case of low-skilled Mexican immigrants, since they have a wage differential in their favor.

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  • Reyna Elizabeth Rodríguez Pérez & Daniela Valdés Martínez, 2022. "Desigualdad salarial por tipo de calificación laboral de los mexicanos inmi- grantes en estados unidos," Lecturas de Economía, Universidad de Antioquia, Departamento de Economía, issue 97, pages 217-254, July-Dece.
    • Handle: RePEc:lde:journl:y:2022:i:97:p:217-254
    DOI: 10.17533/udea.le.n97a345715
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    Keywords

    International migration; labor qualification; wages; wage differentials; labor force and employment.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
    • J3 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs
    • J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure

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