Abstract

CONTRERAS MOLOTLA, FELIPE. OCCUPATIONAL CHANGES IN MEXICO RURAL CONTEXT. Rev.fac.cienc.econ. [online]. 2013, vol.21, n.1, pp.147-166. ISSN 0121-6805.

This article reviews main changes in occupational structure and labor conditions of workforce in Mexican rural areas. Using information from the Sample of the General Census of Population and Dwelling 2000 and 2010 the information of 27 occupation groups and 9 geographic regions is analyzed, considering the consolidation process from economic reforms in Mexican rural context in the last two decades. Among interest results, is the confirmation of decrease of occupied population in agricultural activities, women employment increase in non-agricultural occupations, greater men presence in notraditional agricultural occupations, differences in labor opportunietes between South and Northen Mexican regions, and reduction work supply in agricultural and non-agricultural sectors.

Keywords : Occupations; Labor martket; Rural; Mexico.

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