Interviews and outreach
Interviews and conversations about economics and work, with links to the media outlets that published them.
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Coverage of a dialogue with private security representatives on wage recovery, labor costs and competitiveness.
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An interview on the expected minimum wage path during the 2024–2030 administration.
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An interview following the 2026 wage agreement on the expected minimum wage path and the goal of 2.5 basic baskets.
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An interview on the 2026 minimum wage increase, CONASAMI's tripartite consensus, effects on other wages and the goal of reaching 2.5 basic baskets.
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An interview following the 2026 wage agreement on beneficiaries, tripartite negotiations and technical criteria for avoiding adverse effects on employment and inflation.
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A conversation between Mario Luis Fuentes and Luis Felipe Munguía on CONASAMI's history, major wage-policy decisions and the outlook for Mexico's minimum wage.
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A data-focused interview on estimates of how much of the poverty reduction between 2018 and 2024 can be attributed to minimum wage increases.
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An interview on the rationale for the 12% increase for 2025, the constitutional rule keeping wages above inflation and the measure's direct beneficiaries.
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An extensive interview on the transition from minimum wage recovery to growth and the review of the occupational wage schedule.
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An interview on the historical loss of minimum wage purchasing power, the economic ideas behind wage restraint and the recovery that began in 2019.
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An interview on modernizing the occupational minimum wage schedule, the goal of 2.5 basic baskets and wage-policy measurement challenges.
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A television interview on the 12% minimum wage increase for 2025 and its expected effect on purchasing power.
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Coverage of findings shared by Munguía on formal and informal wage gaps and the differential minimum wage effect among low-income women.
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An interview in which Munguía explains why Mexico's minimum wage recovery became a case study and sets out goals for basic-basket coverage.
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Coverage of an international comparison shared by Munguía on Mexico's position among Latin American minimum wages between 2018 and 2024.
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Coverage of a thread by Munguía on formal employment, informality and the absence of an adverse minimum wage effect on formalization.
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Coverage of an analysis of labor costs by firm size and the argument that higher consumption can particularly benefit small and medium-sized firms.
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Coverage of data shared by Munguía comparing cumulative changes in the minimum wage, average wage and different price indices since 2018.
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An interview on reviewing and modernizing occupational minimum wages after the 2024 minimum wage was set.
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An IMER Noticias interview with Luis Felipe Munguía on corporate profits' contribution to inflation and the small contribution of wage costs to the inflationary episode.
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Coverage of Munguía's public assessment of labor policy in 2018–2023, including the minimum wage, union democracy, labor justice and subcontracting.
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Coverage of a thread on the relative shares of wages and profits in Mexico's value added and comparisons with other countries.
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Coverage of Conasami estimates of the reduction in the formal gender wage gap associated with the minimum wage and complementary proposals on care, leave and wage transparency.
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Coverage of Munguía's response to a debate about how many people directly receive the minimum wage and how many are affected by an increase.
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A public presentation of Conasami's Employment Conditions Index, combining labor, legal, benefit and demographic dimensions to identify vulnerable occupations.
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An interview on the 2023 wage negotiations, inflation and purchasing-power recovery goals.
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Coverage of the methodological discussion of wage ranges and the use of a fixed reference year to compare labor income distributions.
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Coverage of data shared by Munguía on real average wage growth and differences by income level and economic sector.
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Coverage of the identification of firms paying below the minimum wage and the announced coordination with STPS to strengthen labor compliance.
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A profile and interview on Conasami's analytical transformation and the technical strategy behind wage increases.
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An interview with Luis Felipe Munguía about research detecting discriminatory language and age bias in job advertisements through computational analysis.
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Coverage of a thread by Luis Felipe Munguía on the labor cost of the minimum wage increase for small and medium-sized firms and the offsetting effect of higher domestic consumption.
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A VoxDev summary of the review of minimum wages and employment in developing countries.