The openly unemployed and those people in the EAP who, because of market conditions, worked less than 35 hours during the reference week. The openly unemployed the proportion of people in the EAP who worked less 35 hours a week. The openly unemployed the proportion of people in the EAP who were employed during the reference week but who earned less than minimum wage. The proportion of people in the economically active and inactive populations who were openly unemployed during reference survey period but who were available to even if they have stopped searching for a job, who start a job soon, who were employed but were seeking either a second job or to switch jobs, or who worked than 15 hours during the reference week. The chart shows the trend in Mexico's open unemployment rate and in its 10 complementary unemployment indicators during 1990-98.
All complementary indicators show higher unemployment rates for Mexico throughout the period.
Also, though all unemployment indicators rose during the 1995 economic crisis, all have come down since then so that, in general, it can said that Mexico's overall unemployment situation improved since 1995. The views expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas or the Federal Reserve System. Articles may be reprinted on the condition that the source is credited and a copy of the publication containing the reprinted material is provided to the Research Department, El Paso Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Subscriptions are available free of charge.