The paper analyzes the Mexican pension reform of December 1995. Essentially, the reform substituted a defined-benefit pay-as-you-go system with a fully funded defined contribution system based" on individual accounts with a minimum pension guarantee provided by the government. Total...

Contributory pension system coverage has been low. High mobility between formal and the informal sector results in low contribution density which does not guarantee a minimum pension. The state has created cash transfer programs, which can disincentive formality. This paper proposes a...

The objective of this paper is to contribute to the discussion on the sensitivity of both savings and interest rate. The relation between these two variables is estimated empirically in the case of Mexico. An Euler Equation model is applied. Consumers facing liquidness restrictions are...

In this paper we analyze the evolution of family structure, human capital accumulation and returns, labor force participation and household consumption and savings decisions for Mexican households. We use as theoretical framework the Life Cycle Model. Our analysis is based on a synthetic panel...

Este artículo examina algunas de las hipótesis sobre las estrategias de deuda que a prioriparece haber seguido el gobierno mexicano, partiendo de un examen de la evolución ycomposición de la misma. Un aspecto interesante de este examen es que el nivel de la deudatotal con respecto al PIB en...