Mexico : human capital effects on wages and productivity (English)

• Author

  Lopez-Acevedo,Gladys C., Rubio Sanchez,Marcela, Tinajero Bravo,Monica

• Document Date

  2005/12/01

• Document Type

  Policy Research Working Paper

• Report Number

  WPS3791

• Volume No

  1

• Total Volume(s)

  1

• Country

  Mexico,

• Region

  Latin America & Caribbean,

• Disclosure Date

  2010/07/01

• Disclosure Status

  Disclosed

• Doc Name

  Mexico : human capital effects on wages and productivity

• Keywords

  productivity differential;in-house training;wage equation;wage differential;number of workers;years of schooling;upper secondary education;quality employment;quality of employment;effects on wage;distribution of workers;relative wage;production function;technology adoption;long-term economic growth;forms of contract;maximum likelihood method;educated work force;number of women;factor of production;information on education;machinery and equipment;share of benefit;improvement in productivity;cost materials;competitive labor market;gender wage gap;investment in research;effects of gender;high wage;base case;marginal productivity;working experience;permanent worker;firm size;capital asset;temporary worker;productivity gain;external training;micro firms;Higher Education;firm level;standard error;worker productivity;demographic group;wage determination;plant level;gender discrimination;bargaining power;total worker;earnings equation;positive coefficient;older worker;occupational category;manufacturing sector;productivity outcome;firm ownership;long-term contract;union membership;export orientation;perfect substitute;wage increase;long-run employment;equation system;male worker;job security;wage premium;tobacco account;0 hypothesis;productivity differences;productivity level;temporary contract;wood product;wage growth;work environment;technological advancement;cognitive ability;comparative advantage;empirical literature;panel data;positive impact;private institution;university-level education;empirical evidence;paper product;sampling design;input cost;educational level;work history;small sample;workplace practice;firm-level productivity;employee performance;increase productivity;aggregation bias;price index;institutional rigidity;productivity gap;earnings increase;young ones;wages rise;survey data;wage negotiation;individual productivity;individual level;differentiated impact;descriptive statistic;demographic information;manufacturing establishment;petrochemical industry;demographic characteristic;adequate compensation;data limitation;economic census;significant evidence;Fixed Assets;weighted average;model specification;behavioral equation;medium firms;

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• Language

  English

• Topics

  Tertiary Education, Manufacturing Sectors, Education, Secondary Education, Gender,

• Historic Topics

  Macroeconomics and Economic Growth, Social Protections and Labor, Education,

• Historic SubTopics

  Construction Industry, Common Carriers Industry, Food & Beverage Industry, General Manufacturing, Pulp & Paper Industry, Plastics & Rubber Industry, Secondary Education, Tertiary Education, Educational Sciences, Gender and Development, Business Cycles and Stabilization Policies,

• Version Type

  Final

• Series Name

  Policy, Research working paper , no. WPS 3791,

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