Abstract

DIAZ-GONZALEZ, Elíseo  and  OROZCO-LALO, Jorge Fabián. Pro-Poor Growth in Mexico. Ens. Econ. [online]. 2019, vol.29, n.55, pp.152-180.  Epub Mar 14, 2020. ISSN 0121-117X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/ede.v29n55.77804.

The objective of this investigation is to analyze the problem of poverty and income inequality in Mexico, in the context of the process of democratization that the country has experienced in the last three decades, using the pro-poor economic growth methodology of Kakwani & Pernia (2000); Ravallion (2008) and Ravallion & Chen (2001), as well as the so-called equalizing effect of Acemoglu et al. (2013), where democratization promotes policies in favor of the poor, improving redistribution and reducing inequality. The period 1992-2014 is analyzed, which, in the political sphere, marks the transition from non-democracy to democracy. The results suggest that economic growth has been in favor of the poor, although, not in a strict sense, since there is not an observable improvement of income distribution.

JEL: O; O4; O40; O400.

Keywords : pro-poor growth; democratization; economic growth; trickle-down; poverty measurement; Mexico.

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