Abstract

CARRILLO-HUERTA, Mario M.  and  VAZQUEZ MATEOS, Haydee V.. Desigualdad y polarización en la distribución del ingreso salarial en México. Prob. Des [online]. 2005, vol.36, n.141, pp.109-130. ISSN 0301-7036.

This study gives the results of an investigation into the factors affecting inequality and the polarization of wage distribution in Mexico. Based on information from the National Survey of Household Income and Expenditure (ENIGH) in Mexico for 1984, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000 and 2002, it consists of calculating inequality indicators such as the Gini coefficient, the variance coefficient and the Theil index, as well as polarization indicators using the methodology proposed by Esteban and Ray. The results show that inequality and polarization in this distribution do indeed exist, both of which are accentuated, and that one of the factors clearly associated with both is education, measured as schooling.

Keywords : inequality; social polarization; wage distribution; education; national survey of household income and expenditure (ENIGH).

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