Rodríguez-Oreggia, EduardoFreije, SamuelLópez-Acevedo, Gladys2012-03-192012-03-192011-10-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/3605The 2008-09 economic crisis has had a long-lasting negative impact on the Mexican economy. This paper examines labor market dynamics in Mexico in light of the crisis. The labor market has been characterized in recent years by low relative unemployment, but high levels of informal jobs, low-growth, and almost stagnant real wages. In this context, the crisis destroyed a wide number of formal jobs, and even informal, increasing the unemployment rates to pre-crisis levels. Manufacturing was the sector that endured the largest job losses during the crisis and wages decreased for all sectors. The government of Mexico implemented a variety of programs to cope with the crises. However, these measures were too limited to counteract the large negative impact of the crisis on labor markets.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCOUNTINGACTIVE LABORACTIVE LABOR MARKETACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIESACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMSAGE GROUPAGE GROUPSAGED WORKERSAGGREGATE DEMANDAGRICULTUREALLOCATION OF RESOURCESAVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENTAVERAGE UNEMPLOYMENT RATEAVERAGE WAGESBILATERAL TRADECENTRAL BANKCOMPETITIVE PRESSURESCOUNTRY OF ORIGINCRISESDEVELOPMENT POLICYEARNINGECONOMETRIC ANALYSISECONOMIC ACTIVITYECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATIONAL LEVELEDUCATIONAL LEVELSEFFECTIVE POLICIESELDERLYEMPLOYMENT CREATIONEMPLOYMENT DYNAMICSEMPLOYMENT EFFECTSEMPLOYMENT GROWTHEMPLOYMENT IMPACTSEMPLOYMENT LEVELSEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSEMPLOYMENT STATUSENTRY BARRIERSEXPORTSFINANCIAL CRISISFINANCIAL SECTORFIRM SIZEGOVERNMENT PROGRAMSHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH SERVICESHIGH SCHOOL EDUCATIONIMMIGRANTSIMMIGRATIONINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME SUPPORTINFLATIONINFLATION RATEINFORMAL EMPLOYMENTJOB CREATIONJOB DESTRUCTIONJOB LOSSESJOB SEEKERSJOBSLABOR DEMANDLABOR FORCELABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET ADJUSTMENTLABOR MARKET PERFORMANCELABOR MARKET POLICIESLABOR MARKETSLABOR MOBILITYLABOR POLICIESLABOR POLICYLABOR SUPPLYLACK OF INFORMATIONLAYOFFLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLEVELS OF PRODUCTIVITYLIQUIDITYMACROECONOMIC STABILITYMATERNITY BENEFITSMIGRANTSMIGRATIONMIGRATION FLOWSMINIMUM WAGEMINIMUM WAGESMONETARY POLICYMOVNATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL POPULATIONNATIONAL POPULATION COUNCILNATURAL GASNET JOB CREATIONNET JOB LOSSESNUMBER OF PEOPLENUMBER OF WORKERSOCCUPATIONOCCUPATIONSON-THE-JOB TRAININGOPEN UNEMPLOYMENTPASSIVE LABORPENSIONSPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOSITIVE EFFECTSPOTENTIAL OUTPUTPRELIMINARY EVIDENCEPREVIOUS SECTIONPRIMARY EDUCATIONPRIVATE SECTORPRIVATE SERVICESPRIVATE TRAININGPRODUCTIVE EMPLOYMENTPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROGRESSPUBLIC POLICYPUBLIC WORKSPUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMSRATE OF GROWTHREAL GDPREAL WAGESRECESSIONRESPECTRETIREMENTRULE OF LAWSECONDARY EDUCATIONSECRETARIESSELF EMPLOYEDSELF EMPLOYED WORKERSSERVICE SECTORSEVERANCE PAYMENTSEXSKILLED LABORSKILLED WORKERSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SERVICESTEMPORARY EMPLOYMENTTEMPORARY JOBSTOTAL EMPLOYMENTTOTAL UNEMPLOYMENTTRAINING COURSESTRAINING PROGRAMTRAINING SERVICESTROUGHUNEMPLOYEDUNEMPLOYED PEOPLEUNEMPLOYED POPULATIONUNEMPLOYED WORKERSUNEMPLOYMENTUNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCEUNEMPLOYMENT LEVELSUNEMPLOYMENT RATEUNEMPLOYMENT RATESUNEMPLOYMENT SPELLUNEMPLOYMENT SPELLSURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONURBANIZATIONWAGE DISTRIBUTIONWAGE GROWTHWOMANWORKERWORKERSWORKFORCEWORKING-AGE POPULATIONYOUNGER WORKERSWorld Bankhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-5840