school, education of the household head, sanitation, water and shelter. Over the study period, El Salvador, Brazil, Mexico …This paper presents empirical results of a wide range of multidimensional poverty measures for: Argentina, Brazil …, Chile, El Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay, for the period 19922006. Six dimensions are analysed: income, child attendance at …

Over the last two decades, Mexico has experienced macroeconomic stability, an open trade regime, and substantial … downward path. The paper concludes arguing that the persistence of misallocation impedes Mexico from taking full advantage of …

This paper exploits a novel municipal-level data set to explore patterns of convergence in income and poverty in Mexico …