Trade Policies and Ethnic Inequalities in Mexico

Puyana, Alícia; Murillo, Sandra

doi:10.1057/ejdr.2012.23

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“…More recently, Puyana and Murillo (2011) Regarding policy, the Mexican government has promoted programs to alleviate poverty, such as cash payment programs (Yaschine, 1999). One of the first and most successful cash conditional transfer programs in Mexico was Progresa, which started in 1997.…”

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“…More recently, Puyana and Murillo (2011) explored how NAFTA‐induced trade openness contributed to racial discrimination in Mexico, focusing on the agricultural sector given its high relevance to US–Mexican trade and indigenous people. The study found that the NAFTA worsening horizontal inequality (between groups with different identities or ethnicities), forcing indigenous people to migrate in search of employment opportunities.…”

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The economic impact of trade openness on Mexico's indigenous peoples

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Garduño-Rivera

2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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Trade liberalization and openness tend to increase regional inequalities, especially in developing economies, where infrastructure and institutions are immature. Trade‐induced inequalities often deteriorate into horizontal inequality across demographic groups and result in the peripheralization of the disadvantaged. This study aims to assess the impact of trade openness on Mexico's indigenous peoples using a difference‐in‐differences regression analysis framework. We show that Mexico's indigenous peoples have experienced significant disadvantages regarding employment opportunities and economic productivity (measured by gross value added) compared to their nonindigenous counterparts under the North American Free Trade Agreement. We conclude by discussing the relevant implications for policy design to address the disparity.

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Section: Background and Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Background and Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

The economic impact of trade openness on Mexico's indigenous peoples

Wang

Garduño-Rivera

2023

Regional Science Policy & Practice

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“…It has also been noted that in Mexican municipalities predominantly inhabited by indigenous peoples, social conditions of poverty and backwardness (Puyana ; Puyana and Murillo ) as well as conditions of horizontal inequality (Stewart and Langer ) prevail. However, in the case of the ZMVM, where the indigenous population represents less than 4 per cent of the total, most of them show medium, low or very low levels of marginalisation ( cdi , 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%