During the past two decades, the performance of the Mexican telecommunications sector has improved substantially. Privatization of the former state-owned monopoly carrier led to a substantial increase in its efficiency, and the introduction of competition into all segments of the industry has...

In 2002 the Mexican government began a very large expansion of government-funded healthcare for the poor - specifically, people not employed in the formal sector. The program, Seguro Popular (SP), was rolled out sequentially across different areas in Mexico. This paper uses the variation in...

This paper studies the determinants of college attendance in Mexico. I use subjective quantitative expectations of future earnings to analyze both causes and implications of the steep income gradient in higher-education enrollment. I find that poor individuals require significantly higher...