This article examines a series of hypotheses about the Latin American industrialization process put forward by the structuralist school of thought, using Mexico as a test case. In particular it examines the relationship between the distribution of income and associated patterns of consumption...

A computable general equilibrium model for Mexico is constructed in which class conflict over the distribution of the surplus is the principal determinant of the terms of trade. The model consists of seven social classes and eight productive sectors. Classes are distinguished as ‘fundamental'...

This paper presents an estimate of the impact of economic crisis and adjustment on the living standards of the Mexican population between 1982 and 1985. The analysis is based on information on wage and nonwage incomes, unemployment, functional income distribution, changes in public expenditures,...

Studies of female participation in economic activities with remuneration in Mexico have shed light on the following: Between 1930 and 1970, total employment in Mexico increased 252 percent, the male labor force expanded 214 percent, and the female labor force about 1,034 percent. In proportion...

This paper estimates changes in poverty in Mexico between 1984 and 1989. Poverty is estimated using uncorrected data from the household surveys and estimation is repeated after the data is adjusted for under-reporting using National Accounts totals as benchmarks. The paper illustrates the...

Only a few years ago, a proponent of a free trade agreement (FTA) between Mexico and the United States would have faced harsh criticism in Mexico, and indifference in the U.S.1 In Mexico, for decades the idea of explicitly promoting increased commercial ties with the United States, and taking...

The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was sold on the bases that it would bring a substantial expansion of US exports to Mexico and boost Mexico's economic growth. Since its passage, however, not everything has gone as planned. In 1995 ― scarcely a year after NAFTA came into effect...

This paper reviews the economic reform process in Mexico since the mid-1980s and its association with disappointing growth. The sluggishness is linked to a deterioration of the current account vs. growth tradeoff and unsatisfactory productivity growth and capital formation. Real currency...

This paper investigates the reasons why inequality, and distribution more generally, have come to the fore in the development discourse at the turn of the century, after a period of relative neglect in the 1980s. The paper considers, in particular the analysis of (a) efficiency and equity, (b)...

During the past 15 years, Mexico experienced what Latin America social scientist call a change in its "development model." Gone is the import-substitution industrialization model that had characterized Mexico since the 1930s. Instead, Mexico has become a fairly open economy in which state...