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Geography of Income and Education Inequalities in Mexico: Evidence from Small Area Estimation and Exploratory Spatial Analysis

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  • Matthieu Clément

    (University of Bordeaux)

  • Lucie Piaser

    (University of Bordeaux)

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This article examines the spatial distribution of income and education inequalities and their association in Mexico, focusing on the municipal level. We rely on a small area estimation methodology to construct measures of income inequality that are representative at the municipal level. We also construct variables accounting for education inequality. Based on these variables and on an exploratory spatial analysis, we emphasize a negative association between income and education inequalities, particularly salient among the poor and ethnically diverse municipalities from the southern states such as Oaxaca. Moreover, results from spatial econometrics analyses reveal the existence a U-inverted association between these two types of inequalities. Our results are discussed in relation to education returns, employment opportunities and migration.

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  • Matthieu Clément & Lucie Piaser, 2022. "Geography of Income and Education Inequalities in Mexico: Evidence from Small Area Estimation and Exploratory Spatial Analysis," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 34(2), pages 703-732, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:eurjdr:v:34:y:2022:i:2:d:10.1057_s41287-021-00386-0
    DOI: 10.1057/s41287-021-00386-0
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    Keywords

    Income inequality; Education inequality; Ethnic diversity; Small area estimation; Exploratory spatial analysis; Mexico;
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    JEL classification:

    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration
    • O54 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economywide Country Studies - - - Latin America; Caribbean
    • D31 - Microeconomics - - Distribution - - - Personal Income and Wealth Distribution
    • I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality

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