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Limits to Economic Growth and the Effect of Redistribution in Mexico
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Date&time:
October 16, 2015. (Friday) 16：00-17：30
Venue:
Theme:
Limits to Economic Growth and the Effect of Redistribution in Mexico
Abstract
In
this
study,
we
examine
the
effectiveness
of
growth
and
redistribution
in
reducing
poverty
in
Mexico
during
the
period
from
1992
to
2012,
using
repeated
cross-section
household
data.
We
first
decompose
the
observed
changes
in
poverty
reduction
into
components
arising
from
growth,
improved
income
distribution,
and
heterogeneous
inflation.
We
find
the
component
of
inflation
to
be
non-negligible,
as
the
inflation
experienced
by
the
poor
was
higher
than
the
national
average.
The
decomposition
also
shows
improvement
in
income
distribution
to
be
the
main
contributor
to
poverty
reduction
in
Mexico.
In
the
second
part
of
our
analysis,
we
compile
a
unique
panel
dataset
at
the
state
level
from
the
household
data
and
estimate
a
system
of
equations
that
characterize
the
dynamic
relationship
between
growth,
inequality,
and
poverty,
being
careful
to
avoid
spurious
correlation
arising
from
data
construction.
The
GMM
regression
results
show
that
Mexican
states
are
characterized
by
income
convergence
and
inequality
convergence,
and
that
poverty
reduction
in
Mexican
states
is
highly
responsible
to
income
and
inequality
levels
in
the
previous
period.
This
implies
that
once
a
small
perturbation
occurs
in
a
state
that
reduces
the
inequality
level,
the
state
is
expected
to
experience
sustained
poverty
reduction
in
subsequent
periods,
which
is
consistent
with
the
findings
from
the
decomposition.
Speaker：
Dr. Alberto J. Iniguez-Montiel (Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering, University of Tsukuba / Research fellow)
Chair:
Jiyoung KIM
Languages:
English
KIM, Jiyoung E-mail：Jiyoung_Kim
LEI, Lei E-mail：Lei_Lei
OSADA, Noriyuki E-mail：Noriyuki_Osada