Accounting for Mexican Income Inequality during the 1990s

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dc.creatorDe Hoyos, Rafael E.
dc.date2012-06-04T22:09:59Z
dc.date2012-06-04T22:09:59Z
dc.date2007-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:25:18Z
dc.descriptionThe author implements several inequality decomposition methods to measure the extent to which total household income disparities can be attributable to sectoral asymmetries and differences in skill endowments. The results show that at least half of total household inequality in Mexico is attributable to incomes derived from entrepreneurial activities, an income source rarely scrutinized in the inequality literature. He shows that education (skills) endowments are unevenly distributed among the Mexican population, with positive shifts in the market returns to schooling associated with increases in inequality. Asymmetries in the allocation of education explain around 20 percent of overall household income disparities in Mexico during the 1990s. Moreover, the proportion of inequality attributable to education endowments increases during stable periods and reduces during the crisis. This pattern is explained by shifts in returns to schooling rather than changes in the distribution of skills. Applying the same techniques to decompose within-sector income differences, the author finds that skill endowments can account for as much as 25 percent of earnings disparities but as little as 5 percent of dispersion in other income sources.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/05/7576039/accounting-mexican-income-inequality-during-1990s
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/7078
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-4224
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417938
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper; No. 4224
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectADVERSE EFFECT
dc.subjectAGRICULTURAL INCOMES
dc.subjectAVERAGE ANNUAL
dc.subjectAVERAGE INCOME
dc.subjectCOUNTERFACTUAL
dc.subjectDEBT
dc.subjectDECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
dc.subjectDECOMPOSITION RESULTS
dc.subjectDECOMPOSITION TECHNIQUES
dc.subjectDEPENDENT VARIABLE
dc.subjectDESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
dc.subjectDEVALUATION
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
dc.subjectEARNING
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC ORDER
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORMS
dc.subjectECONOMIC STRUCTURE
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectEXPECTED VALUE
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXPORTS
dc.subjectFACTOR COMPONENTS
dc.subjectFREE TRADE
dc.subjectFUNCTIONAL FORM
dc.subjectFUTURE RESEARCH
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGINI COEFFICIENT
dc.subjectGROWING ECONOMY
dc.subjectGROWTH DATA
dc.subjectHIGH INCOME
dc.subjectHIGH INCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOMES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD MEMBERS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME COMPONENTS
dc.subjectINCOME DIFFERENCES
dc.subjectINCOME DISPARITIES
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME EQUATION
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME LEVEL
dc.subjectINCOME QUINTILES
dc.subjectINCOME SOURCE
dc.subjectINCOME SOURCES
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY AVERSION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY AVERSION PARAMETER
dc.subjectINEQUALITY CHANGES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY DECOMPOSITION
dc.subjectINEQUALITY INDEX
dc.subjectINEQUALITY LEVELS
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURE
dc.subjectINEQUALITY MEASURES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY TRENDS
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL TRADE
dc.subjectLABOR MARKET
dc.subjectLABOR MARKETS
dc.subjectLORENZ CURVE
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC CONTEXT
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectMACROECONOMIC STABILITY
dc.subjectMIDDLE CLASS
dc.subjectNATURAL DECOMPOSITION
dc.subjectNEGATIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectNEGATIVE SHOCK
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOMES
dc.subjectPERSONAL INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EFFECT
dc.subjectPOSITIVE IMPACT
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION INPUTS
dc.subjectREAL INCOME
dc.subjectREAL INCOMES
dc.subjectREDISTRIBUTIVE POLICIES
dc.subjectREGIONAL DUMMIES
dc.subjectREGRESSION ANALYSIS
dc.subjectREGRESSION RESULTS
dc.subjectRELATIVE IMPORTANCE
dc.subjectRELATIVE WAGES
dc.subjectREMUNERATION
dc.subjectREMUNERATIONS
dc.subjectSECTORAL COMPOSITION
dc.subjectSIGNIFICANT IMPACT
dc.subjectSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectSURVEY DESIGN
dc.subjectTRADE BARRIERS
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE REFORMS
dc.subjectUNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectWELFARE ECONOMICS
dc.titleAccounting for Mexican Income Inequality during the 1990s

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