This paper proposes some changes to the official methodology that is currently in use to measure the state of poverty in Mexico. Among other suggestions, it is recommended the use of bootstrapping to estimate confidence intervals for the poverty statistics, as well as the use of dominance...

This work identifies the agreements and disagreements that exist among Mexican economists with respect to key economic issues, on the basis of a survey applied to three hundred sixty of them. Among the proposals that provoked greater consensus are: a fair income distribution, the effective...

This paper examines the sustainability of the Mexican current account deficit prior to the December 1994 crisis. It tests whether or not the Mexican economy was satisfying its intertemporal budget constraint, and finds that signals of possible trouble without a change in policies were present...

A recount of the relations between the World Bank and Mexico not only makes for a fascinating lecture, but it also exemplifies the way in which a development bank should and should not behave if it wants to become a trustworthy partner.

Los estudios que aquí se presentan postulan varios modelos teóricos y ofrecen un amplio espectro analítico en relación a la dinámica contemporánea de la pobreza en México

This paper reviews the use of microsimulation models as a tool for public policy analysis. This methodology, introduced initially in the fifties, has recently being used intensively specially in Europe thanks to the development of faster computers and better microdata surveys. The paper...

After the economic crisis that erupted in 1994, extreme poverty in Mexico increased steadily until it ended up affecting more than one third of the population in 1996. Since then, the government has increased substantially social benefits, directing most of its efforts toward reducing poverty...

It is noted that the regression procedure commonly used when testing for Zipf’s law is erroneous.

This book presents several microsimulation models that can be used to assess the welfare consequences of a number of policy reforms in five countries: Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay. By using micro data from national surveys, the models not only characterize the population on the...

La presente obra analiza diez de los principales retos que México debe enfrentar para lograr un desarrollo pleno y sostenible; un desarrollo orientado a contribuir en la construcción de un futuro promisorio para el país. Los retos analizados son: el estado de derecho y la gobernanza nacional;...