Abstract

OSORIO-NOVELA, Germán; MARTINEZ-SIDON, Gilberto  and  SAAVEDRA-LEYVA, Rafael. Profits of Human Capital in Microenterprises on the Northern Border of Mexico.Translated byLuis Cejudo-Espinosa. Frontera norte [online]. 2021, vol.33, e2115.  Epub Oct 25, 2021. ISSN 2594-0260.  https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2115.

This paper aims to calculate and analyze the human capital returns of micro-enterprises on Mexico’s northern border by examining the education levels of the micro-entrepreneurs in charge of the production unit. Analyzing data from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment from 2010 to 2019, we estimated econometric cross-section models based on Mincer equations. The results suggest that elementary education is not sufficient to achieve high monetary income in micro-enterprises, even its rates are negative, generating losses systematically. The turning point starts in high school, where positive rates are beginning to be observed. However, it highlights that undergraduate and postgraduate education doubles their positive returns, although the number of business owners with this education level is lower.

Keywords : returns; human capital; micro-enterprises; intangible assets; northern border of Mexico.

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