Results 11 to 20 of about 271,743 (232)
Valuing and devaluing: Struggles over social payments, dignity, and sneakers
Economic Anthropology, Volume 10, Issue 2, Page 233-245, June 2023., 2023 ABSTRACT This article examines the valuation struggles around Argentina's Asignación Universal por Hijo para Protección Social (AUH), a large conditional cash transfer (CCT) program introduced in 2009. Thinking about value as a verb invites us to move away from reified notions and to consider the work differently positioned social actors do to value ...
Lindsay DuBois
wiley +1 more source
International Journal of Training and Development, Volume 26, Issue 4, Page 629-645, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Cooperations or transfers of the German technical and vocational education and training (TVET) system have taken place in different cultural contexts in recent decades. In Mexico, the so‐called Modelo Méxicano de Formación Dual has been adapted to Mexico's cultural conditions. Yet, it still seems to be largely unknown in society, the education
Claudia Hunink, Lydia Raesfeld
wiley +1 more source
FDI and the growing wage gap in Mexican municipalities
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 101, Issue 6, Page 1411-1439, December 2022., 2022 Abstract Inward foreign direct investment (FDI) has generally been linked to higher wages, but evidence remains sparse on the overall effects of FDI on average wages, the wage gap between skilled and unskilled labour, and inter‐industry heterogeneity. We address these issues for Mexican municipalities and industries for a period of increasing FDI and ...
J. Eduardo Ibarra‐Olivo +1 more
wiley +1 more source
Inequality, income dynamics, and worker transitions: The case of Mexico
Quantitative Economics, Volume 13, Issue 4, Page 1669-1705, November 2022., 2022 We characterize the salient features of the distribution of (log) earnings of formal workers in Mexico using social security records for the period 2005–2019. The analysis is based on a nonparametric approach and is focused primarily on the properties of the distribution of earnings changes.
Daniela Puggioni +5 more
wiley +1 more source
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 101, Issue 4, Page 795-809, August 2022., 2022 Abstract This paper proposes a new multiplier metric to understand the value contribution of industries. We build on the conventional input output employment and income multiplier methods familiar to policy makers and academic research communities to propose a ‘wage premium’ multiplier that facilitates focus on the quality of employment embedded in ...
Oluwafisayo Alabi +3 more
wiley +1 more source
Providing long‐term care: Options for a better workforce
International Social Security Review, Volume 75, Issue 3-4, Page 121-144, July-December 2022., 2022 Abstract Older people and their care workers have been disproportionately affected by the COVID‐19 pandemic. Many OECD Member countries have taken measures to contain the spread of the infection and improve the care workforce. Yet the health crisis is highlighting and exacerbating pre‐existing structural problems in the long‐term care (LTC) sector.
Ana Llena‐Nozal +2 more
wiley +1 more source
Papers in Regional Science, Volume 101, Issue 2, Page 373-397, April 2022., 2022 Abstract The effects of a rural roads programme depend on labour mobility, how the programme is financed, and agglomeration economies. If financed by a rural poll tax and cross‐price effects and agglomeration economies are sufficiently small, the wage will rise, with some return migration.
Clive Bell
wiley +1 more source
Factores determinantes del nivel salarial en la industria automotriz terminal en México
Norteamérica, 2022 Se analizan los factores etapa de establecimiento, región de destino, país de origen y sindicato como determinantes del salario integrado anual de trabajadores sindicalizados, utilizando Contratos Colectivos de Trabajo del año 2019 para 20 empresas ...
Karen Estefania Sánchez González
doaj +1 more source
Crisis y resiliencia en género y salarios: el sector manufacturero en México y la frontera norte
Frontera Norte, 2019 Analizamos los salarios para mujeres y hombres en la manufactura de la frontera norte en México con énfasis en los años 2005, 2009 y 2017. Se estiman perfiles salariales con regresiones spline corregidas por sesgo de selección, con las bases desagregadas
Luis Huesca Reynoso +1 more
doaj +1 more source
Desigualdad salarial en Argentina. Una interpretación con base en calificaciones ocupacionales
Estudios Económicos, 2020 En este artículo nos proponemos examinar qué rol jugaron las calificaciones de los trabajadores en la desigualdad salarial argentina, considerando un marco analítico que las define no sólo a través de la educación sino principalmente por medio de la ...
María Celeste Gómez
doaj