Regional analysis of the wage discrimination in the indigenous workers in Mexico

Christian De la Luz-Tovar SIBYL ITALIA PINEDA SALAZAR (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

The objective of this research is to estimate and decompose the wage gap between indigenous and non-indigenous workers by region in Mexico, to examine whether there are regional differences in the existing wage inequality that a priori affects the indigenous population and whether these differences can be attributed to the job profile of this group or by systematic labor discrimination against them. Using the data from the 2018 National Household Expenditure Revenue Survey (ENIGH-N) and the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, it was found that indigenous workers face a wage gap in all regions of the county. But, this gap is more pronounced in the center and south regions, where, on average, the associated component with labor discrimination has a percentage greater than 56. In contrast, in the north-central and northern regions of Mexico, the residual component is on average less than 33%, which suggests that the wage gap is explained by differences in productivity between groups.                         

Labor economics Ethnicity wage gap Indigenous population Regions Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition Economía laboral Brecha salarial étnica Población indígena Regiones Descomposición de Oaxaca-Blinder CIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES

El jaguar de la lluvia y el cerro: Atlzatzilistle: una rogación de lluvia en Zitlala

JOSE LUIS MARTINEZ RUIZ (2015, [Libro])

Las comunidades indígenas de Guerrero tienen una rica y fabulosa expresividad del ritual de Atzahtziliztle o Atlzatzilistle que se ha denominado “petición de lluvia". Los nativos de Zitlala comentan que ese ceremonial es una rogación, un grito de imploración y una súplica a los dioses y seres sobrenaturales asociados al agua, a los que se les adjudica la misión de traer o no las buenas lluvias para los cultivos.

Cosmovisión indígena Simbolismo Escasez de agua Zitlala, Guerrero CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Agua e identidad en la cosmovisión de los pueblos indígenas actuales

JOSE LUIS MARTINEZ RUIZ (2014, [Documento de trabajo])

El proyecto tuvo como objetivo formar un documento que sirva de base para el desarrollo de un libro con la colaboración de investigadores que versen sobre la importancia y significación del agua e identidad en la cosmovisión de los pueblos indígenas actuales de México.

Pueblos indígenas Recursos hídricos Aspectos culturales Informes de proyectos CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Diversidad y precariedad laboral: el trabajo doméstico de mujeres indígenas en municipios de Chihuahua, México

Juan Jaime Loera Gonzalez (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

El presente artículo tiene como objeto presentar descriptivamente expresiones etnográficas de la diversidad de estrategias laborales de mujeres indígenas (fundamentalmente Rarámuri) en ámbitos semi-rurales en los municipios de Delicias, Rosales y Meoqui en el Estado de Chihuahua. Específicamente, el artículo aborda el papel que juega el trabajo doméstico realizado por mujeres indígenas como opción y estrategia laboral en contextos de precariedad y desigualdad social y económica.

Trabajo doméstico Pueblos indígenas Desigualdad CIENCIAS SOCIALES; HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA CIENCIAS SOCIALES HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA

The social responsibility of tobacco production in Nayarit. Who pays the price?

Dagoberto De Dios Hernández Jesús Antonio Madera Pacheco (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

In Nayarit, Mexico, there is an Integrated System of Tobacco Production (SIPT) which operates mainly with the participation of campesino families. However, for some preparatory work and to guarantee the harvest, local jornaleros and indigenous migrant families from the mountainous regions of Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas are hired, manly on a temporarily basis. They live for several months in precarious conditions in the houses and yards of the growers and on the agricultural plots. Since the Marco’s Convention and the General Law on Tobacco Control, the companies that control the SIPT have adopted new narratives and strategies for managing and sustaining their businesses, mainly emphasizing the so-called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The objective of this article is to analyze the CSR actions of the tobacco companies from an approach of accumulation by dispossession, understanding CSR as a capitalist tool for the extraction of surplus value. With the support of a qualitative methodology, based on bibliographic and hemerographic review, direct observation, field diaries and interviews, also corporate actions comprised between 2018 and 2023 have also been documented. British American Tobacco and Tabacos del Pacífico Norte have "sponsored" the operation of the Florece centers and the Sustenta program in the tobacco fields of Nayarit, even though, in the tobacco reality of the tobacco industry the operation of such programs and their costs are assumed and absorbed by the growers, while the companies disseminate an image of sustainable business management.

Tobacco Social Responsibility Tobacco companies Indigenous families CMCT Tabaco Responsabilidad social Empresas tabacaleras Familias indígenas CIENCIAS SOCIALESCIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Regional analysis of the wage discrimination in the indigenous workers in Mexico

Christian De la Luz-Tovar SIBYL ITALIA PINEDA SALAZAR (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

The objective of this research is to estimate and decompose the wage gap between indigenous and non-indigenous workers by region in Mexico, to examine whether there are regional differences in the existing wage inequality that a priori affects the indigenous population and whether these differences can be attributed to the job profile of this group or by systematic labor discrimination against them. Using the data from the 2018 National Household Expenditure Revenue Survey (ENIGH-N) and the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition, it was found that indigenous workers face a wage gap in all regions of the county. But, this gap is more pronounced in the center and south regions, where, on average, the associated component with labor discrimination has a percentage greater than 56. In contrast, in the north-central and northern regions of Mexico, the residual component is on average less than 33%, which suggests that the wage gap is explained by differences in productivity between groups.                         

Labor economics Ethnicity wage gap Indigenous population Regions Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition Economía laboral Brecha salarial étnica Población indígena Regiones Descomposición de Oaxaca-Blinder CIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES

The social responsibility of tobacco production in Nayarit. Who pays the price?

Dagoberto De Dios Hernández Jesús Antonio Madera Pacheco (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

In Nayarit, Mexico, there is an Integrated System of Tobacco Production (SIPT) which operates mainly with the participation of campesino families. However, for some preparatory work and to guarantee the harvest, local jornaleros and indigenous migrant families from the mountainous regions of Nayarit, Jalisco, Durango, and Zacatecas are hired, manly on a temporarily basis. They live for several months in precarious conditions in the houses and yards of the growers and on the agricultural plots. Since the Marco’s Convention and the General Law on Tobacco Control, the companies that control the SIPT have adopted new narratives and strategies for managing and sustaining their businesses, mainly emphasizing the so-called Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The objective of this article is to analyze the CSR actions of the tobacco companies from an approach of accumulation by dispossession, understanding CSR as a capitalist tool for the extraction of surplus value. With the support of a qualitative methodology, based on bibliographic and hemerographic review, direct observation, field diaries and interviews, also corporate actions comprised between 2018 and 2023 have also been documented. British American Tobacco and Tabacos del Pacífico Norte have "sponsored" the operation of the Florece centers and the Sustenta program in the tobacco fields of Nayarit, even though, in the tobacco reality of the tobacco industry the operation of such programs and their costs are assumed and absorbed by the growers, while the companies disseminate an image of sustainable business management.

Tobacco Social Responsibility Tobacco companies Indigenous families CMCT Tabaco Responsabilidad social Empresas tabacaleras Familias indígenas CIENCIAS SOCIALESCIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Dos estudios sobre usos del agua en México (siglos XIX y XX)

BLANCA ESTELA SUAREZ CORTEZ DIANA BIRRICHAGA GARDIDA (1997, [Libro])

Los dos estudios tienen varios elementos en común. Tal vez la más importante es que consideran a los usos del agua como una atractiva vía para aproximarse al estudio de la sociedad en su conjunto. Mediante la reconstrucción cuidadosa y detallada de los diversos elementos involucrados en los usos del agua (hidrología, tecnología, legislación, organización de usuarios, empresas, conflictos) - lo que por sí mismo constituye una aportación sobre una temática muy poco estudiada - las autoras intentan vincular esos elementos con procesos y tendencias sociales más amplias y complejas.

Usos del agua Consumo industrial del agua Abastecimiento de agua México Historia CIENCIAS SOCIALES

Control biológico de plantas acuáticas exóticas invasoras

MARICELA MARTINEZ JIMENEZ (2014, [Capítulo de libro])

Las plantas acuáticas exóticas invasoras son la principal causa de grandes pérdidas de agua en todos los cuerpos de agua de México y del mundo. Los métodos de control que se han utilizado hasta hoy, además de no haber resuelto el problema, han contribuido al deterioro ambiental. El presente escrito describe el impacto económico y social de estas especies y plantea una metodología que puede asegurar un control eficaz y sustentable.

Especies invasoras Control de malezas Control biológico México BIOLOGÍA Y QUÍMICA

Gender parity and socioeconomic representation in subnational legislatures in Mexico: more equitable congresses?

Fernando Patron Katya Rodríguez Gómez (2023, [Artículo, Artículo])

The article analyzes if gender parity in subnational legislatures in México has produced a more equitable social representation. It explores the plurality of gender parity in terms of socioeconomic differences, and female and male representation. Using data from Censo de Poderes legislativos Estatales 2020, the article classifies subnational legislators by socioeconomic levels and compared with CONEVAL’s methodology of social stratification in Mexico. The tested hypothesis is that gender parity has not produced a favorable impact on a more equitable political representation in socioeconomic terms so far. Female and male political representation continues to be dominated by upper socioeconomic levels.

Congresos locales México Representación política Paridad de género Clase social CIENCIAS SOCIALES CIENCIAS SOCIALES Subnational Legislatures, social divisions, descriptive representation, gender parity, social class