This paper applies econometric estimation methods to improve the level of precision and detail in the measurement of welfare in Mexico, and specifically to estimate household incomes. As is the case in other countries, Mexico has had, on the one hand, household surveys that provide high...

This paper analyzes the effect of compulsory schooling on the incidence of child labor, within a dynamic, overlapping-generations, general equilibrium setting. Parents in this model are altruistic. Both human and physical capital is accumulated and parents care about their own consumption and...

The objetive of this work is to analyze the changes in inequality registered in Mexico during the 1984-1992 period of stabilization and economic liberalization, for which we suggest some simple methodology. In macroeconomic terms, it can be said that economic policy had both progressive and...

The purpose of this paper is to answer the following questions: i) How much do households save in Mexico? ii) What instruments are used for saving? iii)What kind of households do save? To do this, the information of three National Income and Expenditure Household Surveys is used, which allonws a...

This paper presents the first historical series of poverty and inequality in Mexico for the period 1950-2004. We observe that poverty reduces continuosly between 1950 and 1984, and remains constant, with the exception of 1996, where it increases sharply. Whit regards to inequality, this variable...

This study analyzes the effect of increments in the price of basic food basket over poverty in Mexico. Our main contribution is the estimation, for the first time, of price elasticity for the 22 goods included in the food poverty line, for the period 1992-2010 for the population as a whole, as...