Abstract (english) The purpose for the present work is to show how the use of the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares, ENIGH), to make cross sectional data estimations, can deliver contradictory conclusions, depending on the...

The objective of this study is to define and estimate the main determinants of the earnings of street vending owners/self-employed in Mexico. It was found that within street traders there are those who search in the activity an avenue for growth while there are others who take refuge in the job...

In this paper we analyze the evolution of family structure, human capital accumulation and returns, labor force participation and household consumption and savings decisions for Mexican households. We use as theoretical framework the Life Cycle Model. Our analysis is based on a synthetic panel...

When estimating probabilities of repayment problems in Less Developed Countries (LDCs), the standard approach has been the application of logit models. Since there are few cases of LDCs, panel data has been used to increase the number of observations. The problem with this method is that when...

In this paper we analyze the evolution of family structure, human capital accumulation and returns, labor force participation and household consumption and savings decisions for Mexican households. We use as theoretical framework the Life Cycle Model. Our analysis is based on a synthetic panel...

Paper presented at the fall 2007 Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management conference held in Washington, DC.