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Poverty Dynamics in Mexico, 2002-2005. An Ethnicity Approach

Brazilian Review of Econometrics

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Title Poverty Dynamics in Mexico, 2002-2005. An Ethnicity Approach

 
Creator Castañeda Navarrete, Jennifer; Universidad Anáhuac Mayab
 
Subject Poverty dynamics; indigenous people; Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition Tobit models.
O120, I320


 
Description This paper aims to contribute to two areas where the empirical research is still scarce—poverty dynamics and indigenous peoples’ welfare. The coverage area of this study is Mexico, a country where indigenous people represent 9.5% of the total population and face a significant gap in their welfare levels in comparison to non-indigenous individuals. By following a components approach, poverty is found to be a chronic phenomenon in Mexico with the chronic component accounting for 75% of the total poverty. Furthermore, by applying a three-fold Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition and Tobit regressions, the analysis highlights some factors that contribute to explaining the disadvantaged living conditions faced by indigenous people. These issues include: Lower schooling endowments and returns, lack of adequate infrastructure, fewer economic opportunities either because of labor discrimination or the lack of jobs and access to credit, as well as higher vulnerability to natural disasters.

 
Publisher Sociedade Brasileira de Econometria
 
Contributor Mexican Council of Science and Technology (CONACYT)

 
Date 2014-05-28
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion


 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://bibliotecadigital.fgv.br/ojs/index.php/bre/article/view/8944
10.12660/bre.v33n12013.8944
 
Source Brazilian Review of Econometrics; Vol 33, No 1 (2013); 69-89
Brazilian Review of Econometrics; Vol 33, No 1 (2013); 69-89
1980-2447
 
Language eng
 
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