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México: un país que no se mueve. Un análisis de movilidad social a partir de un enfoque de clases./ Mexico: a country that does not move. An analysis of social mobility from of a class approach

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  • Reyes-Hernández, Miguel Santiago

    (Instituto Poliécnico Nacional)

  • Cerón-Vargas, José Arturo

    (Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla)

  • López-López, Miguel
  • miguel.lpz.lpz@gmail.com

    (Universidad Iberoamericana Puebla)

Abstract

El presente estudio plantea un análisis de movilidad social a partir del análisis de trayectorias de clase. La estructura de la sociedad mexicana, agrupada en clases, muestra poca movilidad social. No sólo no muestra fluidez en términos de la movilidad vertical (entre clases), sino que las distancias relativas en los niveles de vida entre clases, se mantienen en el tiempo. El presente artículo muestra evidencia de que la movilidad social inter e intrageneracionales por clase, se encuentran intrínsecamente relacionadas. La clase social a la que pertenece dirige el destino de las vidas de los individuos más de lo que la voluntad individual quisiera en otro sentido. Origen se convierte en destino y las condiciones de vida de las personas dependen, por tanto, de dos condiciones: pertenencia a una clase y, lugar que se ocupa en la distribución de los recursos entre las diversas clases y grupos sociales./ This study presents an analysis of social mobility considering a class path analysis. The structure of Mexican society, grouped into classes, shows inadequate social mobility. This phenomenon does not show fluency in terms of vertical mobility (between classes), and also the relative distances in living standards between classes are maintained over time. This paper presents evidence that social mobility inter and intra generational per class, are intrinsically linked. The social class, to which it belongs, guides the fate of the lives of individuals more than the wishes of the same persons. Origin becomes in destiny, and the living conditions of people depend on two conditions: class membership and the place that it has in the distribution of resources among the social classes and groups.

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  • Reyes-Hernández, Miguel Santiago & Cerón-Vargas, José Arturo & López-López, Miguel & miguel.lpz.lpz@gmail.com, 2016. "México: un país que no se mueve. Un análisis de movilidad social a partir de un enfoque de clases./ Mexico: a country that does not move. An analysis of social mobility from of a class approach," Panorama Económico, Escuela Superior de Economía, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, vol. 12(23), pages 87-122, Segundo s.
  • Handle: RePEc:ipn:panora:v:12:y:2016:i:23:p:87-122
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    Keywords

    desarrollo económico; pobreza; movilidad social; bienestar socioeconómico; econometría./ economic development; poverty; social mobility; socioeconomic welfare; econometrics.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • C5 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric Modeling
    • D63 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics - - - Equity, Justice, Inequality, and Other Normative Criteria and Measurement
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
    • O10 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - General
    • P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty

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