We use microsimulation to estimate the short-term distributional consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico …. Although the potential increase in poverty is significant, we find that compared to their pre-shock income, those who lost the … most are the moderate poor and the vulnerable to poverty. We find that the impact on poverty is more severe for urban …

In this study, we examine the contributions of growth and redistribution to poverty reduction in Mexico during the … contributor to poverty reduction in Mexico. In the second part of our analysis, we compile a unique panel dataset at the state … period from 1992 to 2014, using repeated cross-section household data. We first decompose the observed changes in poverty …