Chronic and transient poverty in Mexico: 2002-2005

Jorge Garza-Rodriguez, Martha Gonzalez-Martinez (), Marcela Quiroga-Lozano (), Luz Solis-Santoyo () and Gabriela Yarto-Weber ()
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Martha Gonzalez-Martinez: Universidad de Monterrey
Marcela Quiroga-Lozano: Universidad de Monterrey
Luz Solis-Santoyo: Universidad de Monterrey
Gabriela Yarto-Weber: Universidad de Monterrey

Economics Bulletin, 2010, vol. 30, issue 4, 3188-3200

Abstract: This paper uses panel data to decompose total poverty into its chronic and transient components and to estimate the determinants of each type of poverty for the case of Mexico. It was found that 69 percent of total poverty is chronic and 31 percent is transient. Using censored quantile regressions techniques, it was observed that the variables explaining chronic poverty are different from those explaining transient poverty. These results indicate that chronic poverty is an issue which should have a high priority on the public policy agenda and that different public policies are needed to target chronic and transient poverty.

Keywords: poverty; poverty dynamics; chronic poverty; transient poverty; poverty measurement; Mexico (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I3 O1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-12-02
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