Wage inequality has fallen in Latin America. However, the results apply mainly to South America and less to Central America, Mexico and the Caribbean. The authors resume a research project by the World Bank, based on household data. A main result is that the trend towards equality comes from a...

During the past years we have witnessed an important number of healthcare systems reforms in the continent, being more radical in Colombia, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States and Uruguay. As part of its CISS Health System and Insurance Report (CISS 2008), the...

This book describes and analyzes social programs in Mexico in a comprehensive way. The welfare state has exceptional features in each country, related to its own labor market and other institutions. The book evaluates the structure and regulation of the Mexican social protection system. It...

The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract= 2358669. El gobierno de México definió entre los años noventa y los dos mil principios de reforma a los seguros de salud e intentó implementarlos. Las principales iniciativas aprobadas definieron esquemas...

Between the 1990s and the two thousands, the government of Mexico defined principles of reform to health insurance and has sought to implement them. Major approved initiatives defined voluntary schemes, in one case private insurance (which has very low penetration), and in another a new public...

Health systems are facing pressures that were hard to imagine a few decades ago when most national systems were delineated. Of all the challenging situations governments will meet in the future, two of the most difficult are the funding of health care and improvement of health outcomes. Many...

The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract= 2358645. Los programas de pensiones, empleo y familia constituyen tres de las cuatro grandes categorías de la política social (la cuarta siendo los de salud). En este artículo se analizan opciones para su diseño...

The English version of this paper can be found at http://ssrn.com/abstract= 2358568. Este ensayo revisa la situación de la protección social en México, así como diversas propuestas y opciones para su reforma. Una guía es el concepto de piso de protección social que han definido la...

Pension, employment, family, and health insurance programs constitute the four major categories of social policy. This report discusses the options for the design of programs within the first three categories based on a framework that aims at providing universal social security protection...

La versión española de este artículo se puede encontrar en: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2364605. This essay reviews the situation of social security in Mexico, as well as options for reform. A guideline is the concept of social protection floor defined by the International Labour Organization...