Daniel Osuna Gomez
Banco de México
IZA World of Labor role
Author
Current position
Research Economist
Qualifications
Ph.D. in Economics, UT Austin, 2020.
Selected publications
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"The Effect of Immigration Enforcement Abroad on Home-Country Firms" (with E. Medina), forthcoming.
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"The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on post-great recession entrants: Evidence from Mexico." Labour Economics 81 (2023): 102337.
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The labor market in Mexico, 2005–2025
Mexico faces challenges in creating more high-paying jobs
While Mexico has improved the education of its labor force, maintained a stable macroeconomic environment, and been friendly to international trade, its labor market still faces many challenges. In particular, Mexico has difficulty creating high-paying jobs: the share of informal employment has remained stagnant for the last 20 years, and, by 2025, remains above 50%. These problems are particularly poignant in southern Mexico.MoreLess