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The Economics of Poverty, Inequality and Wealth Accumulation in Mexico

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  • © 1998

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Authors:
  1. Miguel Székely

    1. Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA

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Part of the book series: St Antony's Series (STANTS)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 1-6

  3. The Problem: Income Distribution and Poverty in Mexico During Economic Liberalization

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 7-40

  4. How Much Inequality Can be Explained?

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 41-58

  5. Decomposing the Changes in Inequality

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 59-84

  6. Explaining Poverty

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 85-114

  7. Explaining Changes in Poverty

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 115-134

  8. The Effect of Poverty Alleviation Programmes on Poverty

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 135-165

  9. Restrictions on the Accumulation of Human and Physical Capital: Traditional Explanations

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 166-186

  10. Savings, Poverty and Uncertainty

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 187-221

  11. An Alternative Approach

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 222-238

  12. Conclusions

    • Miguel SzĂ©kely
    Pages 239-250

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 251-282
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About this book

The aim of this book is to understand why despite a considerable increase in average income in Mexico during the 1984-1992 period of economic liberalization, the conditions of the poorest of the poor deteriorated and income inequality increased. To explain why some individuals were able to take advantage of the opportunities which the economy was generating, while others were prevented from doing so, the author suggests some methodology to extract additional information from poverty and inequality measures, and test the main theories of household saving behaviour.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, DC, USA

    Miguel Székely

About the author

MIGUEL SZÉKELY is a Research Consultant, Office of the Chief Economist, Inter-American Development Bank. He was Researcher and Lecturer in Economics at the Centre for Economics Studies, El Colegio de Mexico (1989-93). He was Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico (ITAM), Mexico (1990-92). He won the Nancy Ruggles Memorial Award 1996, for the paper Explaining Poverty. His recent publications are: Income Distribution and Poverty in Mexico, Poverty in Mexico during Adjustment, Review of Income and Wealth, Series 41 (1995), `Aspectos Sobre la Desigualdad en Mexico', El Trimestre Económico, (April-June, 1995), and `Estabilización y Ajuste con Desigualdad y Pobreza, el Caso de Mexico', El Trimestre Económico No. 241, (January-March, 1994)

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