The effect of FDI on low and high-skilled employment and wages in Mexico: a study for the manufacture and service sectors

Eduardo Saucedo, Teofilo jr. Ozuna and Hector Zamora
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Eduardo Saucedo: EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey
Teofilo jr. Ozuna: EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey
Hector Zamora: EGADE Business School, Tecnologico de Monterrey

Journal for Labour Market Research, 2020, vol. 54, issue 1, Article 9

Abstract: "Large variation in the estimated income premium of occupational licensing can be found in the existing literature. I revisit the natural experimental design of a change in the German crafts regulation in 2004, which removed the traditional licensing requirement for self-employment in certain trades, using official survey data and difference-indifferences estimation. Previous studies of this deregulation have found significant, yet small effects on the incomes of employees in deregulated trades. I focus on the incomes of the self-employed and find no robust effects. Multiple channels through which occupational licensing may affect incomes such as price and quality competition in the regulated market and possible competitive pressure from outsiders are identified, which may also explain why the effects of occupational licensing on incomes appear to be context-specific." (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku) ((en))

Keywords: Mexiko; Auslandsinvestitionen; Auswirkungen; Beschäftigungseffekte; Dienstleistungsbereich; Einkommenseffekte; Hochqualifizierte; Niedrigqualifizierte; produzierendes Gewerbe; regionaler Vergleich; qualifikationsspezifische Faktoren; 2005-2018 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I28 I39 J24 L51 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-07-13
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