Adjustment, Poverty and Employment in Mexico
By: Araceli Damian
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9781315190457
Subjects: Poverty; Labor market; Structural adjustment (Economic policy); Economic conditions; Economic history
Description: "This title was first published in 2000: Analyzing the poverty trends in Mexico during the 1980s and early 1990s, this work is concerned with the extent to which changes in the levels of poverty have modified the extent of participation in the labour market. The period covered is 1982 to 1994, when the Mexican economy experienced an economic crisis and the government set in motion the main stabilization policies and structural adjustment reforms. The author challenges the idea that adjustment reforms have had "social costs" in terms of income and formal employment loss. Despite income losses, well-being indicators continued to improve; and employment statistics show that employment grew despite the economic crisis and adjustment. The paradox of household income decline and the increase in income poverty is explained."--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: Cover; title: Half Title; title: Title Page; title: Copyright Page; title: Dedication; title: Table of Contents; title: List of Figures; title: List of Tables; title: List of Abbreviations; title: 1 STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT: AN OVERVIEW; title: 1 Introduction; title: 2 Structural Adjustment: the End of a National Economic Project; title: 3 The World Bank Structural Adjustment Packages; title: 4 Government and Control of Economic Process; title: 5 Adjustment and Poverty; title: 6 Methodological Issues of the Relationship of Adjustment and Poverty; title: 7 Summary; title: 2 ADJUSTMENT POLICIES IN MEXICO; title: 1 Background to the 1982 Economic Crisis1.1 Evolution Before 1982; title: 1.2 The 1982 Debt Crisis; title: 2 The Mexican Economic Reform 1982-1994; title: 2.1 The Stabilisation Period (1982-1985); title: 2.2 The Structural Adjustment Period (1986-1994); title: 3 The Impact of Adjustment Policies on Poverty; title: 3.1 Debt Renegotiations and Social Spending; title: 3.2 Reduction of Subsidies; title: 3.3 Prices of Public Sector Goods and Services; title: 3.4 Tax Reform; title: 3.5 Poverty Alleviation Programmes; title: 3.6 Wage Controls; title: 4 Summary; title: 3 POVERTY AND HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS; title: 1 Introduction; title: 2 Problems of Data Sources Used to Measure Poverty3 Methods Used in Mexico to Measure Poverty; title: 4 The Measurement of Poverty in Mexico; title: 4.1 The INEGI-CEPAL Study; title: 4.2 The COPLAMAR Study; title: 4.3 The Integrated Poverty Measurement Method (IPMM); title: 5 Trends in Poverty in Mexico after the 1982 Economic Crisis; title: 6 Improvement in Some Wellbeing Indicators; title: 6.1 Health Related Indices; title: 6.2 Education; title: 6.3 Housing; title: 6.4 The Paradox: Income Poverty Increases and UBN Poverty Decreases; title: 7 Poverty and Living Conditions in Mexico City; title: 7.1 Evidence from Partial Surveys or Micro-Social Studies7.2 Evidence from Representative Household and Expenditure Surveys; title: 8 Changes in Household Living Conditions in Xalpa, Mexico City; title: 8.1 Public Services and Dwelling Improvements; title: 8.2 Household Appliances; title: 8.3 Social Life; title: 8.4 Household Borrowing Capacity; title: 8.5 Education; title: 9 Summary; title: 4 LABOUR FORCE PARTICIPATION TRENDS (1979-1994); title: 1 Introduction; title: 2 Employment Data Sources and Employment Definitions; title: 2.1 Population Censuses; title: 2.2 Employment Surveys (ECSO, ENE, and ENEU); title: 2.3 Other Sources to Measure Employment3 Labour Force Participation Rates I (Employment Surveys); title: 3.1 Mexico; title: 3.2 Mexico City; title: 4 Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Work; title: 5 Work by Adolescents; title: 6 Labour Force Participation Rates II (Income and Expenditure Surveys); title: 6.1 Mexico; title: 6.2 Mexico City; title: 7 Interaction Between Income Poverty and Working Effort; title: 8 Summary; title: Appendix 1. The Labour Survival Strategies; title: 1. The Counter-Cyclical Nature of the Labour Survival Strategies; title: 2. The Social Sectors that Responded with LSS