The distribution of wage inequality across municipalities in Mexico: a spatial quantile regres-sion approach

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AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-09-15T00:32:23Z
Fecha de publicación2022-09-30
ResumenResearch background: According to classical labor economics, wage differences among regions of a country that has free-factor mobility should eventually vanish. However, the level of wage inequality among Mexican territories is increasing. The nature and causes of this discrepancy are worth identifying. Purpose of the article: To identify the spatial relationship of wage inequality that existed in the Mexican metropolitan system during the years 2010 and 2015. Methods: We develop a model of wages that considers the interaction between spatial units within a region. Then, we specify a spatial autoregressive model with the average wage per municipality as a dependent variable. This variable is spatially lagged along with other controls such as productivity, schooling, and migration. We combine data from population and economic censuses. Then, we perform a quantile regression to estimate the spatial effect of wage in a region upon quartiles of the wage distribution. Findings & value added: Wage inequality increases within a given region when the average wage increases in one of said region?s municipalities. This phenomenon occurs because in municipalities that are neighbors of the one that enjoys a wage increase, the average wage tends to decrease. The impact is larger in those municipalities whose average wage is in the lower range of the regional wage distribution. Wage inequality is also increased by internal migration and increased productivity. These latter findings are some of the first for Mexico at this aggregation level. A novel aspect of our study is its use of territory as an observation unit for which statistics from population and economic censuses are combined to draw inferences about spatial inequality.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.24136/eq.2022.023es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/3842
Idiomaenes_ES
EditorialInstitute of Economic Research, Polish Economic Society Branch in Toruń, Faculty of Economic Sciences and Management at Nicolauses_ES
RelaciónEquilibrium Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policyes_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.24136/eq.2022.023es_ES
DerechosAcceso abierto (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteEquilibrium Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
Palabra claveWagees_ES
Palabra claveEconomicses_ES
Palabra claveQuantile regressiones_ES
Palabra claveQuantilees_ES
Palabra claveProductivityes_ES
Palabra claveDistribution (mathematics)es_ES
Palabra claveMetropolitan areaes_ES
Palabra claveDemographic economicses_ES
Palabra claveInequalityes_ES
Palabra clavePopulationes_ES
Palabra claveLabour economicses_ES
Palabra claveEconometricses_ES
ClasificaciónRegional Economic and Spatial Analysises_ES
TítuloThe distribution of wage inequality across municipalities in Mexico: a spatial quantile regres-sion approaches_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorValdez, Rolando I.
AutorFernández, Francisco García
AutorValdez, Rolando I.es_ES
AutorFernández, Francisco Garcíaes_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número3es_ES
Rango de páginas669-697es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.24136/eq.2022.023
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen17es_ES

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