Generation and distribution of income in Mexico, 1990-2015

Francisco Javier Ayvar-Campos (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico)
José César Lenin Navarro-Chávez (Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico)
Víctor Giménez (Department of Business, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science

ISSN: 2218-0648

Article publication date: 26 March 2019

Issue publication date: 15 June 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to review the efficient use of economic and social resources to generate income and, at the same time, reduce the concentration of wealth in the 32 states of the Mexican Republic during the period 1990-2015.

Design/methodology/approach

Data envelopment analysis with the inclusion of a bad output was used to diagnose the efficiency of Mexican entities, and the Malmquist–Luenberger index was applied to understand how this efficiency evolves.

Findings

The results clearly show that only 3 of the 32 units studied generated and distributed wealth efficiently, while the other 29 must increase their level of income and its distribution.

Originality/value

According to the authors’ knowledge, this is the first work that performs a temporal analysis of the efficiency in the generation of Human Development Index using bad outputs and the Malmquist–Luenberger index.

Keywords

Citation

Ayvar-Campos, F.J., Navarro-Chávez, J.C.L. and Giménez, V. (2020), "Generation and distribution of income in Mexico, 1990-2015", Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Science, Vol. 25 No. 49, pp. 163-180. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEFAS-04-2018-0040

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 2019, Francisco Javier Ayvar-Campos, José César Lenin Navarro-Chávez and Víctor Giménez.

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1. Introduction

In Mexico, the Human Development Index (HDI) during the period 1990-2015 increased by 17.6 per cent. However, this indicator of welfare is still lower than that of other Latin American economies; one of the main causes is the low level of per capita income in the economy (UNDP, 2018b). At the level of federal entities, Mexico City, Nuevo León, Chihuahua, Baja California, Sonora and Aguascalientes stand out as the states with the highest levels of human development, while Hidalgo, Michoacán, Chiapas, Oaxaca and Guerrero have the lowest HDI levels, thus presenting a strong state and regional disparity in social welfare (UNDP, 2011, 2016). The dynamics of variables such as public expenditure, level of education and employed personnel, despite the positive trends throughout the study period, reveal the need for higher levels of investment, employment and education as its impact on the income dimension of the national and state HDI has been low (INEGI, 2018a, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d, 2018e, 2018f, 2018g, 2018h). In turn, the income concentration data in Mexico indicate that a significant percentage of the states has an asymmetric distribution of wealth, affecting negatively the level of welfare of the society (Tello, 2010; Quiroz and Salgado, 2016; Ortiz et al., 2017). For this reason, it is relevant to establish as a research question how efficient were the 32 entities of the Mexican Republic in the use of their economic and social resources to generate and distribute income during the period 1990-2015. The results of this study allow to quantify the efficiency in the management of the resources during the analyzed period and, therefore, contribute to the design of strategies and policies that energize the behavior of the income dimension of the HDI.

Harttgen and Klasen (2012) conceive human development as the process that expands the opportunities of the persons for lives the life that they value and, therefore, reach a higher level of well-being. Understanding as opportunities the possibility to have a long and healthy life; be literate and possess knowledge; have economic resources that grant a decent standard of living; and be involved in the community life. If we do not own them, many other options and opportunities of life are inaccessible (UNDP, 2018a). Determining the level of human development of an economy is key to establish public policies as it allows to evaluate the evolution of the living conditions of the population; diagnose the problems; and enrich the design of government objectives and strategies (López-Calva et al., 2004).

In the measurement of human development, the HDI highlights, proposed by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). This index combines three elements to evaluate the progress of countries in terms of human development: the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, health and education; each one is included with the same weight in the index (Griffin, 2011; Harttgen and Klasen, 2012). It is due to its simplicity and easy access to the statistical information that is required for its calculation that the HDI has become the most used mechanism to measure human development and social welfare (León, 2002; Ordóñez, 2014). Under the vision of human development, and consequently of the HDI, the individual must be the center of the design of public policies and, at the same time, the fundamental instrument of their own development (Griffin, 2011).

The distribution of income is the way in which the national product is distributed among those who have contributed to its production, grouping them into homogeneous categories according to the function exercised or according to the nature of the contribution made (Salinas, 1977; Medina, 2001). The concentration of income is caused by multiple factors. The way in which this asymmetry is measured is through inequality indices, which are measures that summarize the distribution of a variable among a set of individuals. Consequently, the inequality in the distribution of wealth is given by the degree of dispersion of income with respect to a reference value (Ruza, 1978; Carrillo and Vázquez, 2005; Ospina and Giraldo, 2005). The indicators of inequality are usually classified as positive and normative measures (Carrillo and Vázquez, 2005; Ospina and Giraldo, 2005; Mazaira et al., 2008). This research uses positive measures as the normative depends on ethical judgments that are reflected in the values chosen for the parameters of the social welfare function (Acevedo, 1986). Of the divers positive inequality measures, this research uses the Gini Coefficient (Cg), because it allows a simple interpretation of the degree of income concentration and meets the four basic properties of an inequality indicator: is sensitive to the effect of socioeconomic factors of inequality, considers the influence of any social hierarchy on changes of the composition of the population, is consistent with the argument of the Lorenz curve and shows invariance in the face of proportional increases in income (Gradín and del Río, 2001; Medina, 2001; Yáñez, 2010).

The income dimension of human development apart of the GDP per capita includes other indicators such as the concentration of income to determine in a more inclusive way the economic well-being of society (Hicks, 1997; Alkire and Foster, 2011). Thus, it reaffirms the fact that there can be no economic well-being if the income generated by a society is not properly distributed among the population that generated it (Mazaira et al., 2008; Yáñez, 2010). Hence, an excessive concentration of income can be considered as negative and, therefore, its decrease is recommended (Quiroz and Salgado, 2016). For it, is possible to point out that the concentration of income has a behavior similar to an unwanted output, while income itself would behave as a desired output.

Given that income generation involves the use of resources, it is important, prior to any manipulation of factors, to determine under which combination of socioeconomic inputs an economy is achieving the highest level of income per capita with the lowest concentration of it. In other words, it is relevant to analyze the efficiency in the generation of income. Several studies point the importance of the efficient use of resources to increase the economic well-being of an economy. It is argued that the welfare of society depends on the application of public policies aimed at the efficient use of resources and the promotion of greater equity in the distribution of wealth (Martić and Savić, 2001; Cortés, 2003; Stimson et al., 2006; Vargas, 2009; Halkos and Tzeremes, 2010; Tello, 2010; Poveda, 2011; Torres and Rojas, 2015; Quiroz and Salgado, 2016; Ortiz et al., 2017). Thus, the hypothesis of the research is that very few entities of the Mexican Republic were efficient in the usage of their economic and social resources to generate and distribute income, during the period 1990-2015. This has important repercussions on the economic and social well-being of the Mexican population.

For the analysis of the efficiency, the literature offers different methodologies. Data envelopment analysis (DEA), developed initially by Charnes et al. (1978), is a methodology widely used as an alternative to parametric methods (Banker et al., 1984; Bemowski, 1991). In essence, DEA compares an observed production unit with a virtual unit, which obtains the same or more product with the same or lesser number of factors. However, unwanted outputs often are produced together with desirable results. In this sense, Pittman (1983) introduces unwanted outputs in the calculation of productivity indexes, adapting the methodology of Caves et al. (1982), and determines the shadow prices of these. The result of this new approach allows to deduce an efficiency measure that, while maximizing the good outputs, minimizes the undesired outputs from a benchmarking process (Serra, 2004). Although the applications of DEA have been mostly in productive units, it is also applied in studies of quality of life, economic well-being, human development and social welfare (Mahlberg and Obersteiner, 2001; Despotis, 2005; Yago et al., 2010; Giménez et al., 2017). Mariano et al. (2015) perform an extensive review of the literature that use DEA for the analysis of human development. According to our knowledge, this work is the first that analyzes the efficiency in the generation of income considering bad outputs from a temporal perspective. For it, the Malmquist–Luenberger (ML) index is used to measure changes in the efficiency, technological change and productivity over time, taking into consideration the undesirable outputs of the productive process (Chung et al., 1997).

The research is structured in five sections: Section 1 analyzes the socioeconomic aspects of economic well-being. In Section 2, the theoretical elements of human development and income distribution are addressed. In Section 3, the methodological features of the generation and distribution of income DEA model are presented. In Section 4, the main results of the DEA model are exposed, indicating the entities that efficiently used their resources. Finally, the conclusions are established in Section 5, where the fundamental aspects of the research are highlighted.

2. The income dimension of human development in the entities of Mexico

The study of the dynamics of the income dimension of the HDI shows that during the period 1990-2010, the highest income indices were held by the states of Nuevo León, Mexico City, Chihuahua, Campeche and Sonora. On the other hand, the entities with the lowest income indices were Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Tlaxcala and Hidalgo, which is directly related to the behavior of the GDP per capita (UNDP, 2011, 2016). Table I shows that GDP per capita had an increase of 58 per cent during the period 1990-2015 as a result of increase in public spending and investment attraction policies. The states of the country with the highest GDP per capita levels are Campeche, Mexico City, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Quintana Roo and Tabasco.

The public spending had a major expansion from 33,938m pesos in 1990 to 1,955,597m pesos in 2015. The educational level of the society presented an increase of 45.5 per cent, this is, in 1990, the average level of education was 6.3 years, and in 2015, it was 9.1 years. The employed population grew 116 per cent, excelling Mexico City, State of Mexico, Nuevo León, Jalisco, Puebla and Veracruz (Table I). The establishment of companies during this stage was incentivized as they went from 736,860 in 1990 to 5,654,014 in 2015, factor that had a direct impact on the generation of jobs and on the remunerations of the population. An element that also presented development was the Gross Capital Formation, Foreign direct investment being the variable that showed the highest growth during the years studied. Specifically, the states of Baja California, Chihuahua, Guanajuato, Jalisco, State of Mexico, Mexico City, Nuevo León, Puebla and Veracruz were the more benefited (INEGI, 2018a, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d, 2018e, 2018f, 2018g, 2018h). Despite the positive behavior of these indicators, the low impact of the income dimension on the national and state HDI reflects the importance of increasing per capita income levels, as this would lead to higher levels of well-being in the entities of the country.

The concentration of income in Mexico decreased during the period 1990-2015, going from 0.519 in 1990 to 0.469 in 2015. When carrying out the analysis by states, it was observed that Baja California Sur, Tlaxcala, Colima, Baja California and State of Mexico presented the highest levels of income distribution, while Oaxaca, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Querétaro and Campeche were the ones that had the highest concentration of income. These results have, as a background, the poor performance of these last entities in terms of generation and distribution of GDP (Table II).

3. Methodology

The idea of Farrell (1957), who explains that to measure the efficiency of a set of productive units, it s necessary to know the function of production and the frontier of efficiency, has been applied empirically through two methodologies: stochastic frontiers estimation and DEA measurements. The first involves the use of econometrics, and the second involves linear programming algorithms and benchmarking. DEA is a technique used to measure the comparative efficiency of homogeneous units. Starting from the inputs and outputs, this method provides a classification of the Decision Making Unit (DMU), giving them a relative efficiency score. A DMU is efficient when there is no other (or combination of them) that produces more output, without generating less of the rest and without consuming more inputs. In this case, we speak of an output-oriented model, while in the opposite case, it is called an input-oriented model. DEA models take advantage of the know-how of the DMUs and once determined who is efficient and who is not, set improvement goals for the inefficient, and based on the achievements of the efficient (Bemowski, 1991; Navarro and Torres, 2003; Serra, 2004). In our case, the model was oriented to the output because the ultimate goal of economic well-being is to maximize income and minimize the concentration of it.

Due to the existence of undesirable outputs, for the calculation of the annual efficiency levels, a model based on a directional distance function (DDF) was used (Färe et al., 1994), precisely with the objective to maximize income while minimizing the concentration of it, given the amount of available resources. The DDF models has been widely used in efficiency studies (Sueyoshi and Goto, 2010; Färe et al., 2005; Watanabe and Tanaka, 2007). The mathematical expression of it is as follows:

(1) Maxβs.tk=1Kλkytkmymot(1+β)m=1Mk=1Kλkbtkhbhot(1β)h=1Hk=1Kλkxtknxnotn=1Nβ0;λk0k=1K
where β is the maximum increase and reduction achievable simultaneously in the good and bad outputs, ykmt represents the output m of the unit k in the year t, bkht the bad output h of the unit or country k in the year t, xknt the input n used by the country k in the year t and ymot, bhot and xknot denote the observed levels of good and bad outputs and inputs for the country evaluated in the year t. The linear mathematic equation (1) is solved for each unit analyzed.

For determining the evolution of efficiency and productivity over time, the ML index is used, which has its origins in the Malmquist index (MI) (Caves et al., 1982; Chung et al., 1997). The MI can explain the change in the total productivity of the factors as a product of the efficiency change or catching up and technological change. Chung et al. (1997) modified the MI to apply it to the case of DDF. The new index called ML was decided to use in this investigation as undesirable variables were considered in the income dimension of the HDI. The mathematical expression of the index is as follows (Chung et al., 1997):

(2) MLt,t+1=((1+Dt(xt,yt,bt))(1+Dt(xt+1,yt+1,bt+1))×(1+Dt+1(xt,yt,bt))(1+Dt+1(xt+1,yt+1,bt+1)))12
where Dt(xt,yt,bt)=max(β|(yt+βgyt,btβgbt)P(xt)) is the DDF defined for each unit analyzed taking its data for year t (xt, yt, bt) and as a reference the set of production possibilities for the same year P(xt). In an analogous way, it could be defined, for example, Dt+1(xt,yt,bt)=max(β|(yt+βgyt,btβgbt)P(xt+1)). In this case, the DDF would take the data for year t (xt, yt, bt) for each unit analyzed and, as a reference, the set of production possibilities for year t + 1, that is, P(xt+1). In the latter case, the DDF is crossed in the sense that it uses the data of one year for the analyzed units and projects them on the production possibility frontier of a different year. A value of MLt,t+1 greater than 1 would mean that there has been an improvement in productivity between years t and t + 1, while a value less than 1 would be interpreted in the opposite way. Any of the DDF needed for calculating the ML index can be calculated using equation (1).

Equation (2) can be decomposed using simple algebraic manipulation, such as:

(3) MLt,t+1=MLEFFt,t+1 x MLTECHt,t+1
where:
(4) MLEFFt,t+1=1+Dt(xt,yt,bt)1+Dt+1(xt+1,yt+1,bt+1)
represents the efficiency change or catch up, that is, if the unit analyzed has approached or moved away in the period with respect to the frontier. If it has been approximated, equation (4) takes a value greater than 1 and less than 1 otherwise. While:
(5) MLTECHt,t+1=[[1+Dt+1(xt,yt,bt)] x [1+Dt+1(xt+1,yt+1,bt+1)] [1+Dt(xt,yt,bt)] x  [1+Dt(xt+1,yt+1,bt+1)]]12
represents technological change, that is, if the frontier has improved or worsened over the period. In case of improvement (positive technological change), equation (5) takes a value greater than 1, and less than 1 otherwise.

For the empirical application of the model in this case, it was used as a good output the GDP per capita and as a bad output the concentration of the income, measured by the Cg. This due to the theoretical representativeness that these variables have to explain the economic well-being of a country. The selection of inputs was based on the theoretical pillars that explain the behavior of the components of the HDI income dimension. In this sense, the postulates of the UNDP (2011, 2016, 2018a); Mahlberg and Obersteiner (2001), Arcelus et al. (2006); Despotis (2005); Yago et al. (2010); Emrouznejad et al. (2010); Blancas and Domínguez-Serrano (2010); Jahanshahloo et al. (2011) and Blancard and Hoarau (2011, 2013) were analyzed, arriving at the conclusion that the indicators that explain the behavior of the income dimension of human development are the average annual change in the consumer price index, inequality index, exports, imports, foreign direct investment, total debt service, development assistance, public spending, electricity consumption per capita, proportion of the population that uses the internet, degree of schooling, economically active population, employed personnel, economic units, gross capital formation, remunerations and salary.

Given the availability of statistical information for the states of the Mexican Republic, the number of indicators was reduced. With these data, a statistical analysis was carried out by determining fist a matrix of correlations. Subsequently, factorial analysis was carried out, which is very useful for depurate the correlation matrix. The factorial analysis, under the concept of main components, passed the tests of Kaiser–Meyer–Olkin (KMO), with values higher than 0.70, and the test of sphericity of Bartlett, with a high result and with a small level of significance. Due to the positive results in the tests, we proceeded with the factorial analysis, and a matrix of communalities was obtained, which showed that the inputs that best explain the HDI income dimension are public expenditure, degree of schooling and employed personnel (Tables III-VI).

The statistical information of these variables was possible to obtain it through the databases of the Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Geografía e Informática de México, the Secretaría de Educación Pública de México, the Consejo Nacional de Población, the Consejo Nacional de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social, the Banco de México and the Human Development Reports of UNDP.

4. Analysis and discussion of results

The states considered efficient in the use of their resources to generate income and at the same time reduce the concentration of income, during the period 1990-2015, were Baja California Sur, Campeche and Mexico City. On the other hand, Quintana Roo and Nuevo León stand out as entities that approach efficiency (Table VII). These results are related to the endowment of factors that these states have and the level of life of their population. Specifically, it can be seen in Tables I and II that Baja California Sur, Campeche and Mexico City were characterized for occupying the first positions in terms of GDP per capita, public expenditure, employed personnel and average degree of schooling, as well as having the lowest levels of income concentration. Behavior that directly affected the position that they occupied in the national ranking of HDI (UNDP, 2011, 2016, 2018b). Emphasizing with this the preponderant position that they occupy within the regional dynamics of Mexico, being the entities that historically stand out in the country for their socioeconomic dynamism (Garza and Schteingart, 2010; Tello, 2010; Quiroz and Salgado, 2016; Ortiz et al., 2017). Thus, in this case, the efficient use of resources corresponds with the behavior of the main socioeconomic indicators and to the level of human development displayed by these entities during the study period.

The results of Table VII also show that entities such as Oaxaca, Chiapas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Veracruz were the most inefficient in generating economic well-being. These states did not use efficiently their resources to increase their GDP per capita and, at the same time, reduce the concentration of income in the period 1990-2015. Performance that is linked to the unequal allocation of resources (public expenditure, employed personnel and average grade of schooling) among the entities of the country. Being so historically the most lagging states in economic and social terms of Mexico (INEGI, 2018a, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d, 2018e, 2018f, 2018g, 2018h); since historically, they have been characterized as being the most lagging in economic and social terms (Garza and Schteingart, 2010; Tello, 2010; Quiroz and Salgado, 2016; Ortiz et al., 2017). Behavior that has been reflected in the three elements or dimensions of the health, education and income (HDI) (UNDP, 2011, 2016, 2018b).

Table VIII shows that the entities rated as efficient in the generation of economic well-being (Baja California Sur, Campeche and Mexico City) did not have a similar performance in terms of productivity, during the period 1990-2015. In the case of Baja California Sur, Campeche and Mexico City, the ML index worsened. That is, these states, despite being efficient, did not present substantial improvements in the efficient use of their resources. In general, Table VIII shows that during the period 1990-2015, the 32 entities worsened the use of their resources to generate and distribute income. This deterioration is consistent with the low levels of economic well-being that place Mexico in the ranking of countries with medium degree of HDI (UNDP, 2018b).

These results show that the states of the country that received the most resources in the period 1990-2015 (Campeche, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Mexico City) were not always the most efficient in the generation and distribution of income. Similarly, it is observed that despite the general increase in the efficient use of resources in the country, it is necessary to promote public policies that encourage this type of management and promote investment, employment and education in each of the entities of the Mexican Republic. This is because the efficient use of economic and social resources would generate economic well-being and, therefore, contribute to a higher level of human development in Mexico. Causal relationship that had already been exposed by authors such as Martić and Savić (2001); Arcelus et al. (2006), Stimson et al. (2006), Halkos and Tzeremes (2010), Emrouznejad et al. (2010), Blancas and Domínguez-Serrano (2010), Jahanshahloo et al. (2011), Blancard and Hoarau (2011, 2013) and Poveda (2011). Thus, the efficiency results of this study match with the theoretical arguments that indicate that the efficient use of resources contributes significantly to the human development of the countries (Mahlberg and Obersteiner, 2001; Despotis, 2005; Yago et al., 2010; Giménez et al., 2017). As with the empirical evidence that highlights that the lack of economic growth and the presence of income concentration in Mexico; as a consequence of the cheapening of the labor force, the absence of employment for the trained personnel, the little social mobility, the growing public debt, and the absence of a social and labor policy; perpetuate poverty and marginalization (Cortés, 2003; Vargas, 2009; Tello, 2010; Torres and Rojas, 2015; Quiroz and Salgado, 2016; Ortiz et al., 2017).

5. Conclusions

Human development in Mexico as a goal of economic development models has been partial as, on one hand, it exists a positive evolution in terms of health and education, coupled with positive, but not sufficient, growth rates of employed personnel, public expenditure and GDP per capita. On other hand, there are important lags in social matters such as marginalization and concentration of income. In regional terms, there is an uneven development of the entities in Mexico. States such as Campeche, Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Puebla and Mexico City have high levels of well-being, while, others like Oaxaca, Guerrero, Michoacán and Chiapas are distinguished by their economic backwardness.

Human development seeks to expand the capabilities of the human being, adding to the economic factor the health and education dimensions to have a holistic vision of social welfare. The concentration of income, understood as the unequal distribution of the product generated by a society among its members, is directly related to the concept of human development from the income dimension as economic well-being is not only the generation of income but also the way in which it is distributed among the population.

Based on the DEA methodology, it was determined how efficient were Mexican entities in the use of the resources to generate income and, at the same time, reduce the concentration of it during the period 1990-2015. The model was elaborated with constant returns to scale, oriented to the output and including a bad output. The output of the model was the GDP per capita, the bad output the Cg, and the inputs were the public expenditure, the degree of schooling and the employed personnel.

Oaxaca, Chiapas, Michoacán, Guerrero and Veracruz were the most inefficient entities in the generation of economic well-being, while, Baja California Sur, Campeche and Mexico City had the highest efficiencies, that is, with the resources, they possess were efficient in the generation of income and in the reduction of the concentration of it. The ML index in this case reflected that all the states presented a negative evolution in their efficiency and productivity over the period studied.

The results obtained in this study show that the states that received the most economic resources (Campeche, Jalisco, Nuevo León, Querétaro, Quintana Roo, Tabasco and Mexico City) were not always the most efficient in the generation and distribution of income, making evident the need for a more adequate use of resources, through the establishment of public policies focused by entity for the promotion of investment, employment, education and the reduction of inequity.

Data of the income factor in Mexico, 1990-2015

State 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
GDP per capita (Pesos)
Aguascalientes 7,272 9,145 11,724 14,270 17,368 14,332
Baja California 8,612 10,825 13,053 15,492 17,445 14,972
Baja California Sur 10,744 10,256 11,412 14,864 14,823 17,201
Campeche 10,571 15,308 15,477 20,276 20,819 41,776
Chiapas 3,641 3,566 3,717 4,760 4,585 5,043
Chihuahua 9,253 10,677 13,437 17,149 21,009 14,125
Colima 8,990 7,683 9,013 11,668 12,433 12,355
Ciudad de México 19,999 19,291 23,400 30,911 34,413 28,689
Coahuila 7,319 11,004 12,159 16,377 17,306 18,356
Durango 6,211 6,528 7,425 10,833 10,907 10,419
Estado de México 7,209 6,150 6,895 8,557 9,453 8,289
Guanajuato 5,453 5,473 6,577 8,671 9,311 10,727
Guerrero 4,990 4,386 4,994 6,574 5,942 6,090
Hidalgo 6,285 4,519 5,216 6,929 6,611 8,562
Jalisco 8,633 7,497 9,120 11,581 11,612 13,338
Michoacán 4,248 4,358 4,996 6,649 7,121 7,823
Morelos 9,411 6,706 7,676 10,811 9,074 9,015
Nayarit 6,457 4,495 5,146 7,014 8,578 9,028
Nuevo León 12,677 13,449 16,522 22,185 23,730 22,112
Oaxaca 3,756 3,593 3,856 5,420 5,614 6,260
Puebla 4,933 5,177 6,626 8,459 9,387 8,133
Querétaro 6,743 9,208 11,035 13,878 15,690 16,872
Quintana Roo 18,111 12,516 14,313 17,913 15,093 15,231
San Luis Potosí 5,583 5,883 6,696 9,532 11,641 11,598
Sinaloa 7,988 6,116 6,833 9,184 9,040 11,211
Sonora 7,728 10,004 10,789 14,237 17,607 17,580
Tabasco 5,461 5,311 5,718 7,938 8,244 16,639
Tamaulipas 7,161 8,491 10,060 13,840 12,181 13,540
Tlaxcala 4,310 4,116 4,943 6,223 6,034 7,086
Veracruz 4,390 5,093 5,150 7,366 8,343 8,982
Yucatán 6,662 5,740 7,494 9,854 9,644 10,334
Zacatecas 4,120 4,559 4,755 6,610 7,799 9,172
Public spending (millions of Pesos)
Aguascalientes 268 1,126 4,634 8,403 13,441 22,524
Baja California 1,907 5,106 21,843 20,764 30,537 42,143
Baja California Sur 161 776 3,161 5,868 9,556 16,305
Campeche 276 1,727 6,082 10,186 15,138 23,169
Chiapas 944 4,927 18,554 34,424 57,418 87,811
Chihuahua 791 4,223 14,518 26,563 44,555 66,599
Colima 204 840 3,326 5,746 8,827 16,665
Ciudad de México 7,707 17,991 56,676 79,624 130,541 210,845
Coahuila 552 3,252 10,867 19,859 38,234 44,812
Durango 328 942 7,327 11,706 25,024 33,969
Estado de México 2,316 13,185 41,977 88,876 171,651 246,145
Guanajuato 718 3,676 15,484 28,192 48,465 81,367
Guerrero 602 1,691 14,382 23,673 39,798 55,580
Hidalgo 320 2,309 9,324 17,806 27,397 46,139
Jalisco 2,976 11,452 25,587 44,201 73,161 96,809
Michoacán 558 3,525 15,443 27,409 48,321 62,741
Morelos 378 1,389 6,793 11,724 19,544 28,242
Nayarit 272 1,309 5,596 8,920 16,517 21,198
Nuevo León 3,325 9,149 21,315 34,393 59,417 86,631
Oaxaca 1,495 7,631 14,733 25,974 51,711 70,202
Puebla 671 4,298 19,301 31,532 54,491 84,600
Querétaro 299 2,221 6,823 12,398 20,841 30,789
Quintana Roo 212 1,021 5,105 10,176 23,018 31,485
San Luis Potosí 367 2,356 9,761 18,318 27,761 42,795
Sinaloa 679 3,128 10,654 18,249 35,340 47,721
Sonora 981 3,464 11,631 21,530 44,105 57,500
Tabasco 1,256 3,423 14,023 28,068 35,013 47,262
Tamaulipas 766 3,302 13,517 22,976 43,696 52,599
Tlaxcala 292 681 4,820 7,689 16,458 21,523
Veracruz 1,664 6,368 28,088 47,807 98,322 114,417
Yucatán 337 1,080 3,617 12,846 21,768 34,548
Zacatecas 314 1,459 6,310 11,241 24,748 30,462
Degree of schooling (years)
Aguascalientes 6.7 7.3 7.9 8.7 9.46 9.7
Baja California 7.5 7.9 8.2 8.9 9.54 9.8
Baja California Sur 7.4 7.9 8.4 8.9 9.69 9.9
Campeche 5.8 6.5 7.2 7.9 8.53 9.1
Chiapas 4.2 4.8 5.6 6.1 6.73 7.3
Chihuahua 6.8 7.3 7.8 8.3 9.01 9.5
Colima 6.6 7.1 7.7 8.4 9.12 9.5
Ciudad de México 8.8 9.2 9.7 10.2 10.81 11.1
Coahuila 7.3 7.8 8.5 9 9.79 9.9
Durango 6.2 6.8 7.4 8 8.74 9.1
Estado de México 7.1 7.6 8.2 8.7 9.48 9.5
Guanajuato 5.2 5.8 6.4 7.2 7.9 8.4
Guerrero 5 5.6 6.3 6.8 7.55 7.8
Hidalgo 5.5 6 6.7 7.4 8.21 8.7
Jalisco 6.5 7 7.6 8.2 8.98 9.2
Michoacán 5.2 5.8 6.4 6.9 7.62 7.9
Morelos 6.8 7.3 7.8 8.4 9.17 9.3
Nayarit 6.1 6.7 7.3 8 8.72 9.2
Nuevo León 8 8.4 8.9 9.5 10.17 10.3
Oaxaca 4.5 5.1 5.8 6.4 7.08 7.5
Puebla 5.6 6.2 6.9 7.4 8.14 8.5
Querétaro 6.1 6.8 7.7 8.3 9.26 9.6
Quintana Roo 6.3 7.1 7.9 8.5 9.3 9.6
San Luis Potosí 5.8 6.4 7 7.7 8.51 8.8
Sinaloa 6.7 7.1 7.6 8.5 9.28 9.6
Sonora 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.9 9.6 10
Tabasco 5.9 6.5 7.2 8 8.78 9.3
Tamaulipas 7 7.5 8.1 8.7 9.48 9.5
Tlaxcala 6.5 7.1 7.7 8.3 9.13 9.3
Veracruz 5.5 6 6.6 7.2 7.84 8.2
Yucatán 5.7 6.3 6.9 7.6 8.26 8.8
Zacatecas 5.4 5.9 6.5 7.2 7.89 8.6
Employed personnel (persons)
Aguascalientes 212,365 292,184 331,083 406,782 460,428 518,514
Baja California 565,471 785,060 906,369 1,181,866 1,318,160 1,512,261
Baja California Sur 102,763 142,847 169,014 225,302 258,651 357,412
Campeche 149,983 214,141 243,323 326,946 345,981 394,634
Chiapas 854,159 1,101,341 1,206,621 1,552,418 1,722,617 1,898,952
Chihuahua 773,100 1,041,766 1,117,747 1,328,974 1,276,383 1,539,769
Colima 133,474 178,907 199,692 256,986 289,025 340,008
Ciudad de México 2,884,807 3,449,206 3,582,781 3,957,832 3,985,184 4,147,971
Coahuila 586,165 724,729 822,686 965,240 1,040,436 1,247,782
Durango 347,275 402,351 443,611 556,402 576,977 724,360
Estado de México 2,860,976 3,908,623 4,462,361 5,553,048 6,195,622 7,065,112
Guanajuato 1,030,160 1,304,041 1,460,194 1,887,033 1,961,002 2,381,939
Guerrero 611,755 776,577 888,078 1,164,045 1,301,453 1,390,303
Hidalgo 493,315 690,874 728,726 926,353 932,139 1,208,638
Jalisco 1,553,202 2,180,447 2,362,396 2,870,720 3,073,650 3,424,781
Michoacán 891,873 1,105,816 1,226,606 1,595,979 1,602,495 1,903,548
Morelos 348,357 504,109 550,831 663,781 719,727 778,745
Nayarit 233,000 286,693 318,837 408,313 430,055 544,513
Nuevo León 1,009,584 1,317,418 1,477,687 1,832,395 1,975,245 2,225,108
Oaxaca 754,305 955,626 1,066,558 1,408,055 1,450,587 1,621,204
Puebla 1,084,316 1,446,039 1,665,521 2,161,852 2,358,045 2,564,998
Querétaro 288,994 428,651 479,980 651,557 683,693 766,182
Quintana Roo 163,190 259,071 348,750 518,040 655,226 738,156
San Luis Potosí 529,016 616,679 715,731 935,462 979,539 1,116,158
Sinaloa 660,905 818,932 880,295 1,139,861 1,110,501 1,290,410
Sonora 562,386 751,405 810,424 957,211 972,978 1,309,197
Tabasco 393,434 546,794 600,310 731,237 762,850 907,599
Tamaulipas 684,550 903,894 1,013,220 1,271,428 1,308,505 1,491,450
Tlaxcala 196,609 290,914 328,585 430,958 439,084 531,163
Veracruz 1,742,129 2,145,521 2,350,117 2,701,735 2,852,644 3,092,678
Yucatán 407,337 531,197 618,448 788,841 899,766 977,644
Zacatecas 294,458 267,925 353,628 524,128 541,914 600,148

Source: Own elaboration based on the INEGI (2018a, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d, 2018e, 2018f, 2018g, 2018h), Banco de México (Banxico) (2018), Banco Mundial (2018) and Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) (2018)

The coefficient of Gini in Mexico, 1990-2015

Sate 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
National 0.519 0.518 0.516 0.499 0.482 0.469
Aguascalientes 0.488 0.471 0.454 0.481 0.507 0.451
Baja California 0.476 0.461 0.446 0.476 0.506 0.432
Baja California Sur 0.458 0.475 0.493 0.489 0.485 0.447
Campeche 0.504 0.512 0.520 0.517 0.514 0.484
Chiapas 0.543 0.542 0.542 0.541 0.541 0.512
Chihuahua 0.509 0.508 0.507 0.490 0.473 0.465
Colima 0.536 0.520 0.505 0.511 0.517 0.507
Ciudad de México 0.510 0.487 0.465 0.470 0.476 0.460
Coahuila 0.500 0.506 0.511 0.465 0.420 0.440
Durango 0.486 0.482 0.478 0.474 0.470 0.431
Estado de México 0.520 0.509 0.498 0.483 0.468 0.438
Guanajuato 0.519 0.522 0.525 0.479 0.433 0.513
Guerrero 0.542 0.545 0.549 0.532 0.516 0.480
Hidalgo 0.528 0.530 0.531 0.498 0.465 0.467
Jalisco 0.560 0.542 0.523 0.492 0.461 0.445
Michoacán 0.543 0.523 0.502 0.496 0.489 0.438
Morelos 0.532 0.547 0.561 0.491 0.420 0.452
Nayarit 0.501 0.497 0.493 0.490 0.488 0.471
Nuevo León 0.499 0.484 0.469 0.483 0.498 0.515
Oaxaca 0.517 0.541 0.565 0.537 0.509 0.503
Puebla 0.563 0.559 0.554 0.518 0.481 0.505
Querétaro 0.583 0.556 0.529 0.508 0.487 0.484
Quintana Roo 0.538 0.554 0.571 0.524 0.477 0.464
San Luis Potosí 0.551 0.548 0.545 0.526 0.507 0.463
Sinaloa 0.515 0.498 0.481 0.474 0.466 0.457
Sonora 0.497 0.496 0.495 0.487 0.479 0.487
Tabasco 0.540 0.530 0.520 0.499 0.478 0.457
Tamaulipas 0.522 0.511 0.500 0.474 0.449 0.476
Tlaxcala 0.485 0.501 0.518 0.471 0.425 0.395
Veracruz 0.538 0.548 0.558 0.546 0.533 0.489
Yucatán 0.526 0.558 0.590 0.526 0.462 0.481
Zacatecas 0.492 0.508 0.523 0.522 0.521 0.499

Source: Own elaboration based on data published by the CONEVAL (2018a, 2018b)

Matrix of correlations

Variables GP_I GraEsc_I EP_I EU_I MW_I Rem_I GDP_O
Correlations
GP_I 1 0.53 0.78 0.83 0.63 0.8 0.23
GraEsc_I 0.53 1 0.3 0.33 0.75 0.57 0.7
EP_I 0.78 0.3 1 0.93 0.26 0.82 0.06
EU_I 0.83 0.33 0.93 1 0.41 0.8 0.03
MW_I 0.63 0.75 0.26 0.41 1 0.41 0.36
Rem_I 0.8 0.57 0.82 0.8 0.41 1 0.43
GDP_O 0.23 0.7 0.06 0.03 0.36 0.43 1
Notes:

GDP: GDP per capita; GP: total public expenditure; GraEsc: average grade of schooling; EP: employed personnel; EU: economic Units; MW: minimum Wage; Rem: remuneration

Source: Own elaboration based on the INEGI (2018a, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d, 2018e, 2018f, 2018g, 2018h), Banco de México (Banxico) (2018), Banco Mundial (2018) and Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) (2018)

KMO and Bartlett test

Sampling adaptation measure of KMO 0.72667374
Bartlett’s sphericity test
Approximate Chi-square 1,227.8515
Gl. 21
Sig. 6.531E-247

Source: Own elaboration based on the INEGI (2018a, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d, 2018e, 2018f, 2018g, 2018h), Banco de México (Banxico) (2018), Banco Mundial (2018) and Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) (2018)

Anti-image matrix

Variables GP_I GraEsc_I EP_I MW_I GDP_O
Covariance anti-image
GP_I 0.199 0.023 −0.196 −0.129 −0.039
GraEsc_I 0.023 0.204 −0.062 −0.151 −0.210
EP_I −0.196 −0.062 0.290 0.132 0.083
MW_I −0.129 −0.151 0.132 0.256 0.118
Correlation anti-image
GP_I −0.039 −0.210 0.083 0.118 0.418
GraEsc_I 0.566 0.116 −0.814 −0.573 −0.134
EP_I 0.116 0.582 −0.254 −0.660 −0.718
MW_I −0.814 −0.254 0.428 0.483 0.238
a Sample adaptation measure

Source: Own elaboration based on the INEGI (2018a, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d, 2018e, 2018f, 2018g, 2018h), Banco de México (Banxico) (2018), Banco Mundial (2018) and Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) (2018)

Matrix of components

Component
Variables 1 2
GP_I 0.34 0.9
GraEsc_I 0.9 0.3
EP_I 0.01 0.93
MW_I 0.71 0.43
Extraction method: analysis of main components
Rotation method: Varimax standardization with Kaiser
a The rotation converged in 3 iterations

Source: Own elaboration based on the INEGI (2018a, 2018b, 2018c, 2018d, 2018e, 2018f, 2018g, 2018h), Banco de México (Banxico) (2018), Banco Mundial (2018) and Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) (2018)

Efficiency in Mexico with output orientation and constant scale returns, 1990-2015

DMU 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015
Aguascalientes 0.720 0.852 0.952 0.877 0.932 0.684
Baja California 0.757 0.864 0.921 0.862 0.876 0.701
Baja California Sur 0.942 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.723
Campeche 0.811 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000
Chiapas 0.594 0.587 0.568 0.567 0.559 0.557
Chihuahua 0.765 0.829 0.894 0.872 0.949 0.676
Ciudad de México 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 1.000 0.861
Coahuila 0.714 0.849 0.869 0.898 0.921 0.741
Colima 0.749 0.809 0.857 0.855 0.908 0.641
Durango 0.688 0.741 0.743 0.773 0.757 0.640
Estado de México 0.690 0.653 0.637 0.635 0.640 0.610
Guanajuato 0.652 0.658 0.661 0.657 0.662 0.621
Guerrero 0.633 0.629 0.611 0.606 0.580 0.573
Hidalgo 0.675 0.634 0.640 0.638 0.628 0.606
Jalisco 0.709 0.675 0.700 0.679 0.674 0.674
Michoacán 0.613 0.623 0.616 0.605 0.601 0.603
Morelos 0.761 0.703 0.719 0.763 0.734 0.615
Nayarit 0.690 0.648 0.664 0.670 0.699 0.611
Nuevo León 0.854 0.913 0.987 0.971 0.949 0.748
Oaxaca 0.599 0.588 0.573 0.577 0.576 0.572
Puebla 0.627 0.636 0.641 0.633 0.638 0.593
Querétaro 0.671 0.771 0.842 0.832 0.873 0.702
Quintana Roo 1.000 1.000 0.999 0.934 0.858 0.690
San Luis Potosí 0.649 0.671 0.682 0.694 0.741 0.645
Sinaloa 0.726 0.691 0.705 0.704 0.674 0.642
Sonora 0.724 0.820 0.829 0.820 0.889 0.709
Tabasco 0.644 0.654 0.656 0.670 0.670 0.711
Tamaulipas 0.699 0.763 0.792 0.811 0.742 0.665
Tlaxcala 0.631 0.646 0.653 0.658 0.651 0.604
Veracruz 0.611 0.624 0.592 0.603 0.608 0.606
Yucatán 0.686 0.671 0.734 0.719 0.724 0.624
Zacatecas 0.623 0.646 0.639 0.643 0.661 0.606

Source: Own elaboration based on the data of Tables I and II

ML index in Mexico, 2000-2010

DMU Catch up Technological change ML index Type
Aguascalientes 0.949 0.259 0.246 Worsened
Baja California 0.925 0.646 0.598 Worsened
Baja California Sur 0.767 0.194 0.149 Worsened
Campeche 1.233 0.260 0.321 Worsened
Chiapas 0.937 0.559 0.524 Worsened
Chihuahua 0.884 0.398 0.352 Worsened
Ciudad de México 0.861 1.022 0.880 Worsened
Coahuila 1.039 0.376 0.390 Worsened
Colima 0.856 0.202 0.173 Worsened
Durango 0.930 0.293 0.273 Worsened
Estado de México 0.884 0.697 0.616 Worsened
Guanajuato 0.953 0.437 0.417 Worsened
Guerrero 0.905 0.399 0.361 Worsened
Hidalgo 0.898 0.276 0.248 Worsened
Jalisco 0.950 0.760 0.722 Worsened
Michoacán 0.984 0.419 0.412 Worsened
Morelos 0.809 0.264 0.213 Worsened
Nayarit 0.885 0.258 0.228 Worsened
Nuevo León 0.876 0.760 0.666 Worsened
Oaxaca 0.956 0.703 0.672 Worsened
Puebla 0.947 0.428 0.405 Worsened
Querétaro 1.046 0.276 0.289 Worsened
Quintana Roo 0.690 0.172 0.119 Worsened
San Luis Potosí 0.994 0.317 0.315 Worsened
Sinaloa 0.884 0.380 0.336 Worsened
Sonora 0.979 0.483 0.473 Worsened
Tabasco 1.103 0.617 0.681 Worsened
Tamaulipas 0.951 0.423 0.402 Worsened
Tlaxcala 0.958 0.310 0.297 Worsened
Veracruz 0.992 0.711 0.705 Worsened
Yucatán 0.909 0.283 0.257 Worsened
Zacatecas 0.974 0.328 0.319 Worsened

Source: Own elaboration based on the data of Tables I and II

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Víctor Giménez can be contacted at: victor.gimenez@uab.cat

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