this paper we use a unique data set from rural Mexico collected for the purposes of evaluating the impact of the PROGRESA …

development program, Progresa, are used to estimate the effect of the potential grant size on migration. The empirical analysis is …

Mexican and US Censuses, and use the calibrated model for policy evaluation. I evaluate the long run effect of the Progresa … Mexico attenuating the pressure, especially of illegal immigrants. …

The Mexican Government initiated two innovative programs cash transfer schemes in the last decade: PROGRESA, which is a … negative price effects of NAFTA. The analysis of data collected for an evaluation of PROGRESA suggests that the overall level … of food consumption and health check-ups is lower among PROGRESA households that also participate in PROCAMPO. This may …

Mexico’s indirect tax system. This leads to the identification of several possible pro-poor tax reforms in that country. It …

stress in Mexico and this retards the growth of skills of workforce. (2) The informal sector is large, mostly due to the …