Desigualdad en el ingreso y crecimiento económico de los municipios mexicanos: el efecto natalidad - capital humano\Income inequality and economic growth in Mexican municipalities: The fertility - human capital effect

Jorge Charles Coll (), Elizabeth Lizeth Mayer Granados and Nazhle Faride Cheín Schekaiban
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Elizabeth Lizeth Mayer Granados: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
Nazhle Faride Cheín Schekaiban: Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas

Estudios Económicos, 2018, vol. 33, issue 2, 195-217

Abstract: This paper contributes to the debate over the relationship between income inequality and economic growth. The fertility - human capital mechanism proposed by De la Croix y Doepke (2003) is tested in the context of the Mexican economy. In this mechanism, a negative effect from inequality to growth is proposed through the effects that income inequality exerts on fertility rates and in the aggregate stock of human capital in the economy. The empirical analysis is conducted using a database disaggregated to the municipal level within a period of five years (2000-2005). Evidence is found supporting the validity of the model in the context of Mexico.

Keywords: income inequality; economic growth; fertility; human capital; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D33 E25 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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