Trade Liberalization and the Self-employed in Mexico

Gurleen Popli

No RP2008-05, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In this paper I examine the trend in income inequality and poverty among the self-employed workers in Mexico over the last two decades (1984-2002). This is the period over which Mexico opened its economy to the global market through trade and investment liberalization. For the first decade following the liberalization, inequality and poverty among the self-employed increased; as the economy stabilized and the country saw economic growth inequality started to go down, but poverty kept increasing.

Keywords: Equality and inequality; Labour demand; Poverty; Poverty measurement; Restraint of trade (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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