This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico … during 1992-2014. The paper finds that, despite a context of overall stagnant economic growth and poverty reduction, there is … evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem …

trade and poverty maps for almost 2,000 Mexican municipalities between 2004 and 2014, the study presented in this paper … provides new evidence on the impact of a significant rise in exports on poverty and inequality at the local level. The analysis …), but no significant effects on poverty reduction or average household incomes are identified. The lack of impacts on …

markets in Mexico that are known for their high level of concentration: mobile telecommunications and corn products. The ….8 percentage points in the poverty headcount as well as a decline of 0.32 points in the Gini coefficient …

prevent and control it. In October 2013, Mexico's Congress passed legislation imposing taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages …

In 2013, Mexico's Social Pension Program for the Elderly was expanded by changing its eligibility threshold from age 70 … to age 65. Using pooled cross-sectional data from Mexico's National Household Income and Expenditure Survey, the … exogenous variation around eligibility age was exploited to uncover the causal effects of this expansion on extreme poverty and …

Weather risk and incomplete insurance markets are significant contributors to poverty for rural households in … evidence on the impact of weather index insurance from a pioneering, large-scale insurance program in Mexico. The focus of this …

The relationship between violence and chronic poverty has been studied mostly in the context of war or long … shattering of infrastructure impacts the chance that poverty may remain chronic. A long-run perspective is gained by analyzing … chronically poor if the percentage of people in food poverty remains above the national average during two consecutive periods …

Social policy in Mexico has focused on identifying and supporting chronically poor households. Yet, Mexico has a … significant number of households that are just above the poverty line who are not eligible, by definition, for antipoverty …