Wage inequality and economic growth in Mexican regions

Only a few studies have analysed the relationship between intraregional inequality and growth, although several studies have measured inequality at the regional level. The objective of this paper is to analyse the relationship between income (wage) inequality and economic growth in different regions...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Tello de la Torre, Claudia, Ramos Lobo, Raúl
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2012
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositório:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/27040
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/27040
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Regional inequality
Economic growth
Mexican regions
Desigualdad regional
Crecimiento económico
Regiones de México
Economía
Geografía
Sociología
Economics
Geography
Sociology
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Resumo:Only a few studies have analysed the relationship between intraregional inequality and growth, although several studies have measured inequality at the regional level. The objective of this paper is to analyse the relationship between income (wage) inequality and economic growth in different regions of Mexico. We also try to identify factors that explain the variation of intra-regional inequality across Mexican regions and over time. Using macroeconomic databases and publicly available microdata, we apply techniques used in the fields of statistics and econometrics to obtain robust evidence on the relationship between growth and inequality. Our aim is to provide policy recommendations to support the design and implementation of growth-promoting measures thatavoid the exclusion of certain social groups. This paper provides reasons to use a spatial approach and an analysis of particular regions to avoid «one size fits all» policy recommendations.