Relación entre los Salarios y el Desempleo Regional en México

The objective of this research is to determine whether there is a relationship between wages and the unemployment rate at the regional level in Mexico. To do this, a panel data model was developed to determine whether wages affect the unemployment rate at the regional level. The databases for these models were INEGI (National Institute of Statistics and Geography), for the monthly unemployment rate, and the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare (Ministry of Labor and Social Security), for wage data. Both series were adjusted for percentage variations in quarterly and regional series periods. The results indicate that, at the regional level, wages do not affect the unemployment rate. In based on the results obtained, it is concluded that wages, considered individually, do not have a statistically significant effect on the regional unemployment rate. Therefore, it could be concluded that no conclusive evidence was found to support the idea that wages are a direct determinant of the behavior of the unemployment rate in different regional contexts.