We construct a social accounting matrix for the Mexican economy of the year 2004. In addition to the high level of disaggregation, the main contribution of this matrix is the use of microdata from the ENIGH 2004 to form an income-expenditure structure of the households account. As an...

Using micro data from Mexico and US 2000 population censuses and following a multi-choice variant of Roy's (1951) model, this article pools into one model the determinants of internal and international migration in México, while paying explicit attention to the potential problem of...

The First National Survey on Discrimination in Mexico, conducted in 2004, reported that 15 out of every 100 parents think they should not invest in their daughter´s education because they will ultimately get married and it will be a waste of money. Using data from the Mexican Income-Expenditure...

Purpose: This paper aims to analyse the differential impact of foreign and domestic remittances on household expenditure shares. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses micro-data from a very large and detailed income-expenditure survey in Mexico and runs consumption-share Engel equations...

Summary Comprehensive linked employer-employee data allow us to study the relationship between domestic formal sector migration in Brazil and globalization. Considerable worker flows in the formal labor market during 1997-2001 are directed toward lower income regions--the reverse flows of those...