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<journal-id>0186-7202</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Estudios Económicos (México, D.F.)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Estud. Econ. (México, D.F.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-7202</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[El Colegio de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-id>S0186-72022016000200305</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Why are the wages of the Mexican immigrants and their descendants so low in the United States?]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Orraca Romano]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Pedro P.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García Meneses]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Erika]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,University of Sussex  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>United Kingdom</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Autónoma de Baja California  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>31</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>305</fpage>
<lpage>337</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-72022016000200305&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-72022016000200305&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-72022016000200305&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract This paper studies the role of occupational segregation in explaining the low wages among first, second and third generation Mexican immigrants in the United States. Mexican-Americans earn lower wages than African-Americans mainly because they possess less human capital. With respect to Americans of European descent, their lower wages are also a product of their smaller rewards for skills and underrepresentation at the top of the occupational structure. Occupational segregation constitutes an important part of the wage gap between natives and Mexican-born immigrants. For subsequent generations, the contribution of occupational segregation to the wage gap varies significantly between groups and according to the decomposition used.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen Se estudia el papel de la segregación ocupacional en los bajos salarios entre los inmigrantes mexicanos de primera, segunda y tercera generación en Estados Unidos. Los mexicano-americanos obtienen menores salarios que los negros porque poseen menor capital humano. Respecto a los blancos, sus salarios menores también son producto de sus retornos menores por sus características y porque se encuentran sub-representados en la cima de la estructura ocupacional. La segregación ocupacional constituye una parte importante de la brecha salarial entre nativos e inmigrantes mexicanos de primera generación. Para generaciones posteriores, la contribución de la segregación ocupacional varía entre grupos y de acuerdo con la descomposición utilizada.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[occupational segregation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[wage di&#64256;erentials]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Mexican-Americans]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[segregación ocupacional]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[diferencias salariales]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[mexicano-americanos]]></kwd>
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