Mexico in the 1990s: The Main Cross-Sectional Facts |
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Authors: | Chiara Binelli Orazio Attanasio |
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Affiliation: | 1. Oxford University, Nuffield College, Institute for Fiscal Studies, United Kingdom;2. RCEA, Italy;3. University College London, Institute for Fiscal Studies, CEPR, United Kingdom;4. BREAD, NBER, United States |
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Abstract: | This paper describes the main cross-sectional facts on individual and household earnings, labor supply, income, consumption and wealth in Mexico in the decade of the 1990s. We use two different data sources: the Mexican Employment Survey (ENEU) and the Mexican Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH). The contribution of this paper is twofold. First, we integrate the two surveys to provide a complete characterization of the changes in employment, wages, income, consumption and wealth in the 1990s. Second, we highlight some distinctive features that characterize the Mexican economy in this decade. In particular, we focus on the changes in the size of the informal sector and we study the relationship between changes in informality and changes in wage inequality. |
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