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news El Financiero 2026-04-06

Minimum Wage Increases: A Double-Edged Sword for Mexican Labor Market

The article discusses the significant increases in Mexico's minimum wage during the current administration, noting that it has risen from 37 percent to over 75 percent of the average salary. While these increases have helped alleviate poverty and raised pay for informal workers, the text suggests they may act as a brake on labor formalization and economic growth.


La clase empresarial y empleadora mexicana debe salirse del “jardín del salario mínimo” (esto incluye no solo a obreros, sino a las personas trabajadoras del hogar que laboran en nuestras casas, por ejemplo). <p>El salario mínimo ha tenido a lo largo de la denominada cuarta transformación un total de ocho incrementos, todos ellos notables. En la recta final del presidente Enrique Peña Nieto, el monto era de ochenta y ocho pesos diarios; a partir de entonces, los ocho incrementos siguientes han s...

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