Generation and distribution of income in Mexico, 1990-2015

Francisco Ayvar-Campos, José César Navarro-Chávez and Víctor Giménez ()
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Francisco Ayvar-Campos: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
José César Navarro-Chávez: Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Víctor Giménez: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science, 2020, vol. 25, issue 49, 163-180

Abstract: Purpose – This paper aims to review the efficient use of economic and social resources to generate income and, at the same time, reduce the concentration of wealth in the 32 states of the Mexican Republic during the period 1990-2015. Design/methodology/approach – Data envelopment analysis with the inclusion of a bad output was used to diagnose the efficiency of Mexican entities, and the Malmquist–Luenberger index was applied to understand how this efficiency evolves. Findings – The results clearly show that only 3 of the 32 units studied generated and distributed wealth efficiently, while the other 29 must increase their level of income and its distribution. Originality/value – According to the authors’ knowledge, this is the first work that performs a temporal analysis of the efficiency in the generation of Human Development Index using bad outputs and the Malmquist–Luenberger index.

Keywords: Mexico; Income distribution; DEA; Malmquist-Luenberger; efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 D33 D61 D63 E21 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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