Kuznets in the twenty-first century: Mexico and United States compared

Saumik Paul and Kunal Sen

No wp-2025-13, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: Building upon a multisectoral framework in light of the Kuznetsian paradigm, this paper analyses the relationship between structural transformation and income inequality. Empirical evidence is drawn using a large census dataset consisting of more than 22 million individuals from Mexico and the United States in 2000 and 2020. The Gini coefficient of income in Mexico decreased from 0.49 in 2000 to 0.43 in 2020, whereas it slightly increased in the US from 0.49 in 2000 to 0.51 in 2020.

Keywords: Kuznets; Structural transformation; Manufacturing; Services; Inequality; Mexico; United States (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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