Increased Crime and Decreased Labour Participation in the Income in Mexico
The growth of crime and the decline of wage share are two trends that have characterized the Mexican economy since the late seventies until the present. However, in the economy research, the causes of these trends are studied in a separated way. In contrast, in this paper is proposed a model of effi...
- Autores:
- Tipo de recurso:
- http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6512
- Fecha de publicación:
- 2019
- Institución:
- Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
- Repositorio:
- RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/12006
- Acceso en línea:
- https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/8573
https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/12006
- Palabra clave:
- distribution of income
crime
unemployment
wages
labour market
distribución del ingreso
crimen
desempleo
salarios
mercado de trabajo
- Rights
- License
- Copyright (c) 2019 Daniel Velázquez Orihuela, Rene Leticia Lozano Cortes
| Summary: | The growth of crime and the decline of wage share are two trends that have characterized the Mexican economy since the late seventies until the present. However, in the economy research, the causes of these trends are studied in a separated way. In contrast, in this paper is proposed a model of efficiency wages in framework of demand-constrained equilibrium, finding that the growth in the crime supply and the decrease of wage share have a common cause: the diminution of the opportunities for workers to insert themselves and remain employed in the labor market. |
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