Returns to Higher Education in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2010–2024
This study evaluates the socioeconomic effects of educational policies implemented between 2010 and 2024 within the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, focusing on the labor demand for professionals with advanced competencies. Using a quantitative analysis based on microdata from the Nation...
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| description | This study evaluates the socioeconomic effects of educational policies implemented between 2010 and 2024 within the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, focusing on the labor demand for professionals with advanced competencies. Using a quantitative analysis based on microdata from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) for 2010–2024, an econometric model is employed to estimate the returns to education and work experience and analyze gender wage gaps and the urban–rural distribution. The findings reveal a 46.3% increase in the labor market participation of individuals with higher education and a rise in wage disparities, particularly in the Information and Communication Technology sector. Limited to ENOE data in Mexico, this research adds value by identifying the mismatch between educational supply and emerging labor market demands. The conclusions suggest adjusting educational policies to reduce gender gaps and better equip graduates to meet current challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3bd3d7af5ed2418a82880a6e5fbda5f02025-08-20T02:44:32ZengMDPI AGEconomies2227-70992025-02-011324310.3390/economies13020043Returns to Higher Education in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2010–2024Janeth Yadira Rodríguez Galván0Juan Francisco Islas Aguirre1CECyT 12, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Mexico City 06430, MexicoFacultad de Economía, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 04510, MexicoThis study evaluates the socioeconomic effects of educational policies implemented between 2010 and 2024 within the context of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, focusing on the labor demand for professionals with advanced competencies. Using a quantitative analysis based on microdata from the National Survey of Occupation and Employment (ENOE) for 2010–2024, an econometric model is employed to estimate the returns to education and work experience and analyze gender wage gaps and the urban–rural distribution. The findings reveal a 46.3% increase in the labor market participation of individuals with higher education and a rise in wage disparities, particularly in the Information and Communication Technology sector. Limited to ENOE data in Mexico, this research adds value by identifying the mismatch between educational supply and emerging labor market demands. The conclusions suggest adjusting educational policies to reduce gender gaps and better equip graduates to meet current challenges.https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13/2/43educational policieswage gapslabor skills |
| spellingShingle | Janeth Yadira Rodríguez Galván Juan Francisco Islas Aguirre Returns to Higher Education in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2010–2024 Economies educational policies wage gaps labor skills |
| title | Returns to Higher Education in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2010–2024 |
| title_full | Returns to Higher Education in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2010–2024 |
| title_fullStr | Returns to Higher Education in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2010–2024 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Returns to Higher Education in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2010–2024 |
| title_short | Returns to Higher Education in Mexico: A Cross-Sectional Analysis, 2010–2024 |
| title_sort | returns to higher education in mexico a cross sectional analysis 2010 2024 |
| topic | educational policies wage gaps labor skills |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7099/13/2/43 |
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