The economic returns to education in Mexico

A comparison between urban and rural areas

Bibliographic Data

ID11651267
AuthorsJuan Luis Ordaz-Díaz (corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume2008
Issue96
Pages265-282
Publication date2008-12-07
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCEPAL review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0251-2920 • E-ISSN: 1684-0348
PublisherUnited Nations Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.18356/665c1845-en
OpenAlexW2284146204
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This study uses the Mincer equation to calculate the private economic returns to education in urban and rural areas of Mexico in the 1994-2005 period. The findings indicate that investing in education is profitable in both types of area. Returns to education were found to be greater in the countryside than in cities in most of the years analysed and at every level of education. Education in rural areas tends to be more profitable for women at the basic education levels and for men at the higher levels. In urban areas, education proved to be more profitable for men at the primary and higher levels and, in some years, for women at the lower and upper secondary levels

Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Higher education · Political science · Primary education · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Economic Growth and Productivity · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality

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