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The Importance of Health and Social Protection Assets in the Economic Welfare of Households in Mexico

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  • Lorena DelaTorre-Diaz

    (Universidad Panamericana, México)

  • Roman Rodríguez-Aguilar

    (Universidad Panamericana, México)

  • Salvador Rivas-Aceves

    (Universidad Panamericana, México)

Abstract

Este artículo busca determina cómo la posesión de activos de salud y protección social afecta la probabilidad de pertenencia de un hogar a un determinado quintil de un índice de activos propuesto. Se construyó un modelo de regresión logística ordenada. Como variable dependiente se usó el quintil de cada hogar según el índice propuesto. Se usaron 48 variables explicativas de la Encuesta Nacional de Ingreso y Gasto de los Hogares 2020. Se confirma que los activos de salud y protección social son relevantes en la ubicación de los hogares en un quintil según su condición socioeconómica. Los efectos marginales estimados y las predicciones para cada quintil muestran que el efecto de los activos varía según el quintil y que determinados activos aumentan la probabilidad de pertenecer a los quintiles más altos. La posesión de un fondo de pensiones voluntario es el activo más relevante. Los resultados empíricos obtenidos pueden contribuir al diseño políticas públicas más eficientes para reducir la desigualdad al promover su adquisición e incentivar la movilidad social. Las principales limitaciones de esta investigación se relacionan con el número reducido de variables de salud y protección social en la encuesta.

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  • Lorena DelaTorre-Diaz & Roman Rodríguez-Aguilar & Salvador Rivas-Aceves, 2023. "The Importance of Health and Social Protection Assets in the Economic Welfare of Households in Mexico," Remef - Revista Mexicana de Economía y Finanzas Nueva Época REMEF (The Mexican Journal of Economics and Finance), Instituto Mexicano de Ejecutivos de Finanzas, IMEF, vol. 18(4), pages 1-22, Octubre -.
    • Handle: RePEc:imx:journl:v:18:y:2023:i:4:p:6
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    • E64 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Incomes Policy; Price Policy
    • C12 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Hypothesis Testing: General
    • C30 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - General
    • C38 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Classification Methdos; Cluster Analysis; Principal Components; Factor Analysis
    • C43 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods: Special Topics - - - Index Numbers and Aggregation
    • I0 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - General

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