Poverty dynamics in rural Mexico: What does the future hold?

We use panel data from the 2002-2007 period to analyze poverty dynamics in rural Mexico. The poverty measures show almost three fifths of the surveyed households experienced poverty at least once, while one fifth were cataloged as chronically poor. Additionally, asset accumulation dynamics show that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Gómez Urquiza, Javier Parada, López Feldman, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN
Repositorio:Ensayos Revista de Economía
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ensayos.uanl.mx:article/59
Acceso en línea:https://ensayos.uanl.mx/index.php/ensayos/article/view/59
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mexico
Household Welfare Dynamics
Poverty Traps.
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Sumario:We use panel data from the 2002-2007 period to analyze poverty dynamics in rural Mexico. The poverty measures show almost three fifths of the surveyed households experienced poverty at least once, while one fifth were cataloged as chronically poor. Additionally, asset accumulation dynamics show that there is low asset mobility and that the level of welfare Mexican rural households are expected to reach in the long run would be above poverty, but still quite low (per capita income equal to 6.35 times the Mexican food poverty line). JEL Classification: I32, O12.