The effects of rising food prices on poverty in Mexico

Valero Gil, Jorge Noel y Valero Tonone, Magali Noelia (2008) The effects of rising food prices on poverty in Mexico. Agricultural Economics. pp. 485-496.

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We evaluate the impact of the rise in food prices during 2006-2008 on the poverty and extreme poverty rates in Mexico. We concentrate on the poor’s consumption of staple foods, and analyze the change in their consumption brought about by changed prices. We also allow households receiving income from the farming and livestock sector to benefit from increases in prices of food products. We find a modest increase in poverty using 2006-2007 prices, however, there is a daunting effect on the poor once the 2008 prices are taken into account. After considering the positive effects of public policies announced in 2008, such as reduced taxes and tariffs on food products and greater subsidies to the extremely poor, the poverty rate measured through consumption increases from 25% to 33.5%, and the extreme poverty rate from 10.58% to 16%, given the increase in food prices. Further analysis using the theory of optimal taxes suggests policies oriented towards relieving the food price pressure on the Mexican poor should aim at lowering the prices of eggs, vegetable oil, milk, and chicken.

Tipo de elemento: Article
Palabras claves no controlados: Food price changes, Poverty, Mexico
Divisiones: Economía
Usuario depositante: Lic. Josimar Pulido
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Valero Gil, Jorge NoelNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
Valero Tonone, Magali NoeliaNO ESPECIFICADONO ESPECIFICADO
Fecha del depósito: 23 Sep 2015 20:52
Última modificación: 23 Sep 2015 20:52
URI: http://eprints.uanl.mx/id/eprint/7539

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