economies: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico. We show that the short-term impact on income inequality and poverty can be … effect is significant in Argentina and Colombia and nil in Mexico, where there has been no such expansion. We find that a …

We use microsimulation to estimate the short-term distributional consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico … Colombia, Mexico stands out because the government did not introduce additional transfers to mitigate the impact of the …