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Aspectos de la desigualdad en México

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  • Székely, Miguel

    (CEE, El Colegio de México y St. Antony`s College, Oxford)

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The objetive of this work is to analyze the changes in inequality registered in Mexico during the 1984-1992 period of stabilization and economic liberalization, for which we suggest some simple methodology. In macroeconomic terms, it can be said that economic policy had both progressive and regressive outcomes which although in some cases canceled out, they provoked a sharp deterioration in income distribution. According to the results derived from our decomposition method, it seems that the economic reforms have played an important role in the outcomes, and moreover thay some measures surch as privatization and financial liberalization have contributed to concentrate the ownership of resources in fewer hands, which has implications for the distribution of income in the future. This could lead to think that when economic liberalization policies are introducced in a country which presents high inequality levels, those inequalities will tend to expand.// El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar los cambios en la desigualdad ocurridos en México durante el periodo de estabilización y liberalización económica de 1984-1992, para lo cual se propone una nueva metodología. En términos macroeconómicos la política económica ha generado efectos progresivos y regresivos que, aunque en algunos casos se han cancelado, han tenido como consecuencia un deterioro significativo en la distribución del ingreso. Los resultados provenientes de nuestro método de descomposición parecen indicar que las reformas económicas han desempeñado un papel importante en estos cambios y, más aún que algunas políticas como la privatización y la liberalización financiera, han contribuido a concentrar los recursos económicos en un menor número de manos, lo cual tiene consecuencias para la distribución del ingreso en el futuro. Esto podría indicar que cuando se introducen medidas de liberalización en países que presentan niveles elevados de desigualdad económica, ésta tenderá a expandirse.

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  • Székely, Miguel, 1995. "Aspectos de la desigualdad en México," El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 62(246), pages 201-243, abril-jun.
  • Handle: RePEc:elt:journl:v:62:y:1995:i:246:p:201-243
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    1. World Bank, 2000. "Mexico : Earnings Inequality after Mexico's Economic and Educational Reforms, Volume 2. Background Papers," World Bank Publications - Reports 15267, The World Bank Group.
    2. World Bank, 2000. "Mexico : Earnings Inequality after Mexico's Economic and Educational Reforms, Volume 1. Main Document," World Bank Publications - Reports 15263, The World Bank Group.
    3. José Antonio Mejía-Guerra & Rob Vos, 1997. "Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Inventory: 1980-95," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 10878, Inter-American Development Bank.

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