The Effects of Macroeconomic Shocks on Employment: The Case of Mexico



Document title: The Effects of Macroeconomic Shocks on Employment: The Case of Mexico
Journal: Estudios económicos
Database: CLASE
System number: 000329074
ISSN: 0188-6916
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1El Colegio de México, México, Distrito Federal. México
Year:
Season: Ene-Jun
Volumen: 25
Number: 1
Pages: 177-246
Country: México
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, socioeconómico
English abstract This paper studies the effects of macroeconomic shocks in employment and wages for the case of Mexico. I find that young and unskilled workers are the most affected by an economic shock in terms of unemployment, labor force participation and employment in the informal sector. I derive a theoretical model to study the effects of macroeconomic shocks on wages and employment composition. The theoretical findings imply that the elasticities of labor supply in the formal and informal sector are close to 0.75 and 0 respectively, and both labor demand elasticities are close to 1
Disciplines: Economía
Keyword: Condiciones económicas,
Economía del trabajo,
México,
Macroeconomía,
Crisis económica,
Empleo,
Salarios,
Informalidad
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