A la fin du siècle dernier, le Mexique a cherché à améliorer les conditions économiques des petits paysans, qui vivent dans des municipalités essentiellement indigènes où le taux de pauvreté rurale reste particulièrement élevé. Bien que des espoirs soient nés lorsque le pays a...

This paper analyzes the trajectory of informality as it has evolved since 1950. For doing so, the analytic frame elaborated by Arthur Lewis was applied. For Lewis, the informal employment results from the incapacity of an economy, with unlimited labour supply, to absorb all the working force at...

El estudio del problema de la deuda externa de América Latina amerita hoy, cuando parecen superados los aspectos coyunturales y se percibe la salida del túnel, un análisis de corte estructural, que parta de un enfoque histórico en el' cual se evalúen los antecedentes del proceso del...

In Mexico, wages have stagnated and profits have increased since 1980. This paper analyzes the causes of this performance both at an aggregate and sectorial level. Although in theory trade liberalization should have led to increased wages and a reduction of profits, an unlimited supply of labor...

The structural reforms institutionalized after the debt crisis of early 1980, and the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), forced Mexican agricultural sector to compete with agricultural imports from the United States without any consideration to either the gap in...

This paper analyzes the trajectory of informality as it has evolved since 1950. For doing so, the analytic frame elaborated by Arthur Lewis was applied. For Lewis, the informal employment results from the incapacity of an economy, with unlimited labour supply, to absorb all the working force at...

In Mexico after 1980, wages and salaries stagnated while returns to capital increased. This article analyses the causes of this phenomenon during the 1980-2000. It suggests that the opening to foreign trade ought to have constituted a considerable force for raising wages and diminishing profits....