Poverty Convergence in a Time of Stagnation
This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico during 1992-2014. The paper finds that, despite a context of overall stagnant economic growth and poverty reduction, there is evidence of income and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings suggest that these convergence processes stem from a combination of considerable positive performance among the poorest municipalities and stagnant and deteriorating performance among richer municipalities. Re distributive programs, such as federal transfers to poor municipalities and cash transfers to poor households, seem to have played an important role in driving these results by bolstering income growth among the poorest municipalities, while also inducing progressive changes in the distribution of income.
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| Format: | Working Paper biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2019-10
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| Subjects: | INCOME, POVERTY, INEQUALITY, CONVERGENCE, GROWTH ELASTICITY, SMALL AREA ESTIMATION, CASH TRANSFERS, REDISTRIBUTION, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/370891570625481120/Poverty-Convergence-in-a-Time-of-Stagnation-A-Municipal-Level-Perspective-from-Mexico-1992-2014 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/32522 |
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| Summary: | This paper exploits a novel
municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence
in income and poverty in Mexico during 1992-2014. The paper
finds that, despite a context of overall stagnant economic
growth and poverty reduction, there is evidence of income
and poverty convergence at the municipal level. The findings
suggest that these convergence processes stem from a
combination of considerable positive performance among the
poorest municipalities and stagnant and deteriorating
performance among richer municipalities. Re distributive
programs, such as federal transfers to poor municipalities
and cash transfers to poor households, seem to have played
an important role in driving these results by bolstering
income growth among the poorest municipalities, while also
inducing progressive changes in the distribution of income. |
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