* When it comes to inequality, social transfers also leave the overall picture largely unchanged. Once again, the most meaningful shift occurs before transfers, likely reflecting changes in labor-market policy.

receive social transfers.
* Using relative poverty (percentage of households below 50 % of the median income) as the benchmark, the impact of social transfers is slightly larger than in 2018 (a three-point reduction in 2024 versus a two-point reduction in 2018).

all income deciles—the absolute increase is identical for every decile, so the largest relative gains once again accrue to the richest deciles. *
*More concerning, coverage among the poorest decile has fallen compared with 2018 and 2022: only half of the poorest households now...

Mexico's statistical agency just released the latest income data. Here is my analysis on poverty and inequality before and after social transfers.
* Although the average transfer amount rose (from MX$1,460 to MX$1,890 after inflation) compared with 2022—both overall and across...

What a privilege to have learned from some of the methodologists who have thought more thoroughly about a shared causal framework for research in the social sciences, and to have shared two weeks with extraordinary people, fellow Latin American researchers who became friends! #IQMMR

Hace exactamente diez años pasé con descuido las páginas de este libro, sin leerlo realmente. Hoy lo redescubro y encuentro que es como el café molido a mano. Premia a quien destila sus sabores con paciencia. Y sabe mejor en una mañana intensa o una tarde lluviosa.