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    Understanding Income Gaps within Mexico: Place-Specific vs. Individual Factors

      Speaker: Tim Cheston The literature on income gaps between Chiapas and the rest of Mexico revolves around individual factors. Yet, twenty years after the Zapatista rebellion, the schooling gap […]
  • Mexico Atlas - Washing Machines Exports

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    CID Announces Upgrades for the Mexican Atlas of Economic Complexity

    March 11, 2016

    The Growth Lab at Harvard University, Mexico’s Ministry of Finance, and the Center for Research and Teaching of Economics (CIDE) have launched the Mexican Atlas of Economic Complexity version 2.0. The Mexican Atlas […]
  • Mexico Atlas - Washing Machines Exports

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    Mexico

    Mexico Atlas of Economic Complexity

    Large income gaps prevail across regions in Mexico. Nuevo Leon exhibits levels of productivity similar to those of South Korea, while Guerrero and Chiapas experience productivity levels below Honduras. These large disparities reproduce even as we break into smaller geographical units: Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas’ capital, has eight times the income of Aldama and Mitontic, its poorest municipalities.