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Redistributive Constraints under High Inequality: The Case of Mexico
Scott, John - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2008
The paper presents a comprehensive analysis and interpretation of redistributive spending in Mexico. It reviews the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823187
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Incidencia de las transferencias públicas en el ingreso de los trabajadores de salario mínimo en México: actualización 2006 y análisis de perfiles
Scott, John - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2008
earning the minimum wage in Mexico. The study extends and updates a previous study, "Las transferencias públicas en el costo … de vida de los hogares con trabajadores de salario mínimo en México". This study uses the most recent information … representative of the lifecycle and organization of families in Mexico, differentiated by their use of public resources. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823196
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Análisis empírico simultáneo de los beneficios y el tamaño óptimo de las microempresas informales: evidencia para México
Di Giannatale, Sonia; Smith Ramírez, Ricardo; Ramírez … - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2008
In this article we use a joint framework to investigate the effects on profit and size of Mexican microfirms from moving from the informal to the formal sector of the economy. Our analysis uses a multivariate Roy model, which allows us to study simultaneously the interaction between the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823221
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A Cohort Analysis of Labor Participation in Mexico, 1987-2008
Duval Hernández, Robert; Orraca, Pedro - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2008
This paper presents a cohort analysis of the participation in the labor force and in the formal and informal sectors of the economy. The participation rates are decomposed in age, cohort, and time effects. The life-cycle patterns in labor force participation and employment in the formal sector...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823280
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Estimating the Technical Efficiency of Mexican States
Álvarez-Pinilla, Antonio; Garduño-Rivera, Rafael; … - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2015
In this paper we estimate the technical efficiency of Mexican states using several stochastic production frontier models. The empirical section uses panel data over the period 1988-2008. A distinctive feature of the paper is to use socioeconomic and location data in order to control for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269079
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An Assignment Model of Monitored Finance
Antón-Sarabia, Arturo; Dam, Kaniska - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2015
We develop an incentive contracting model of firm formation. Entrepreneurs of private equity firms who differ in net worth are required to borrow from institutional investors in order to finance start up projects. Investors, who differ in monitoring efficiency, may choose to monitor their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011269080
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Impacto Macroeconómico de la Reforma de Pensiones en México
Villagómez, Alejandro; Antón-Sarabia, Arturo - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2013
In this paper we estimate the macroeconomic impact of the 1997 Mexican pension reform, which substituted a pay-as-you-go for a fully- funded system with individual accounts. To analyze the impact of the reform on GDP growth, three main channels are considered: national savings and domestic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823194
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Impacto del Seguro Popular sobre la desigualdad en el financiamiento de la salud en México, 2004-2010
Scott, John - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2007
financing inequalities. There exist in Mexico extreme inequalities in health financing, which are explained by the high … private) available to households in Mexico. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823190
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Salud, sistemas de salud y pobreza: una síntesis de la literatura
Scott, John - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2007
contributing to inform health policy reforms in Mexico on the basis of the best current evidence available. The synthesis covers … Mexico. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010717807
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VAT Collection and Social Security Contributions under Tax Evasion: Is There a Link?
Antón-Sarabia, Arturo; Hernández-Trillo, Fausto - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2010
In this work we estimate the potential government revenue collection to finance Levy (2008)’s proposal of financing social security with Value Added Taxes, taking into account general equilibrium effects in a context of coexistence of formality and informality. Here, the latter is defined in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010823225