Database on low-wage worker transitions in Mexico using ENOE microdata

This dataset was constructed using microdata from the Mexican National Occupation and Employment Survey (ENOE) for the period 2012–2019. The database identifies workers initially classified as low-wage and follows matched observations across the first and fifth interviews of the ENOE rotating survey structure to analyze short-term labor mobility trajectories.
The dataset includes constructed variables related to low-wage status, labor mobility outcomes, labor formality, industry classification, demographic characteristics, and regional indicators. Low wages are defined as hourly earnings below two-thirds of the national median real hourly wage.
The database was processed and harmonized for econometric analysis of labor mobility and persistence in low-wage employment in Mexico. The dataset was developed for academic and research purposes in labor economics, inequality, and labor market studies.