Open AccessIncome disparity in southeastern Mexico: A reflection from economic indicators
Author(s) -
Yazmin Denisse Salvador-Garcia,
Erika Guadalupe May-Guillermo PdD,
Samuel De La Cruz-May
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal financial economy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2531-2995
DOI - 10.35429/jfe.2020.7.4.11.22
Subject(s) - poverty , economic inequality , gini coefficient , population , income distribution , socioeconomics , geography , extreme poverty , distribution (mathematics) , vulnerability (computing) , development economics , economics , inequality , economic growth , demography , sociology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , computer security , computer science
The objective of this document is to analyze the distribution of income in the states of the southeast region of Mexico during the period 2010-2016, to identify the levels of inequality in economic matters. For this, a documentary, descriptive and longitudinal investigation was carried out, analyzing six economic indicators reported by the Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social (CONEVAL) for the period studied: 1) Gini coefficient, 2) population in poverty situation, 3) vulnerable population by income, 4) population in extreme poverty, 5) population with income below the extreme poverty line by income and 6) population with income below the income poverty line. The results indicate that Chiapas, Guerrero and Oaxaca were the most vulnerable states due to low income levels, high poverty in general, and prevailing inequality in the region. In contrast, the state with the least economic vulnerability was Quintana Roo. The main contribution of the study lies in the identification of the poorest and most vulnerable states in the southeast of Mexico, as well as in the formulation of recommendations for the better distribution of income and poverty reduction in the analyzed region.