Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico

Social policy in Mexico has focused on identifying and supporting households in extreme poverty. Yet, the country has a significant number of households just above the poverty line who are not eligible, by definition, for antipoverty programs and are at risk of falling into poverty in the event of a...

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Main Authors:	de la Fuente, Alejandro, Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo, Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Taylor and Francis 2018
Subjects:	POVERTY VULNERABILITY PUBLIC TRANSFERS RISK SHOCKS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL PROGRAMS EXTREME POVERTY INSURANCE
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29665

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spelling	okr-10986-296652021-05-25T10:54:36Z Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico de la Fuente, Alejandro Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos POVERTY VULNERABILITY PUBLIC TRANSFERS RISK SHOCKS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL PROGRAMS EXTREME POVERTY INSURANCE Social policy in Mexico has focused on identifying and supporting households in extreme poverty. Yet, the country has a significant number of households just above the poverty line who are not eligible, by definition, for antipoverty programs and are at risk of falling into poverty in the event of adverse shocks without appropriate social safety nets. This study uses cross-section and longitudinal data to understand better the profile of those ‘vulnerable’ households, their risk exposure, and the extent to which they are covered by public transfers and insurance mechanisms. The analysis shows that until 2010 most social programs, including the few with productive components, barely covered the vulnerable. The study calls for public policies to pay attention to the vulnerable and find a policy mix on the continuum between targeted interventions and universal insurance schemes to serve this income group. 2018-04-11T21:05:42Z 2018-04-11T21:05:42Z 2018 Journal Article Oxford Development Studies 1360-0818 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29665 CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Taylor and Francis Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Mexico
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topic	POVERTY VULNERABILITY PUBLIC TRANSFERS RISK SHOCKS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL PROGRAMS EXTREME POVERTY INSURANCE
spellingShingle	POVERTY VULNERABILITY PUBLIC TRANSFERS RISK SHOCKS SAFETY NETS SOCIAL PROGRAMS EXTREME POVERTY INSURANCE de la Fuente, Alejandro Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
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description	Social policy in Mexico has focused on identifying and supporting households in extreme poverty. Yet, the country has a significant number of households just above the poverty line who are not eligible, by definition, for antipoverty programs and are at risk of falling into poverty in the event of adverse shocks without appropriate social safety nets. This study uses cross-section and longitudinal data to understand better the profile of those ‘vulnerable’ households, their risk exposure, and the extent to which they are covered by public transfers and insurance mechanisms. The analysis shows that until 2010 most social programs, including the few with productive components, barely covered the vulnerable. The study calls for public policies to pay attention to the vulnerable and find a policy mix on the continuum between targeted interventions and universal insurance schemes to serve this income group.
format	Journal Article
author	de la Fuente, Alejandro Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
author_facet	de la Fuente, Alejandro Ortiz-Juárez, Eduardo Rodríguez-Castelán, Carlos
author_sort	de la Fuente, Alejandro
title	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_short	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_full	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_fullStr	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico
title_sort	living on the edge : vulnerability to poverty and public transfers in mexico
publisher	Taylor and Francis
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Living on the Edge : Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico

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