Abstract

PELAEZ HERREROS, Óscar  and  CASTANEDA NAVA, Fidel. Reexamining the “Border Development Paradox” of Northern Mexico: Higher Income with Deficiencies in Public Services?. Frontera norte [online]. 2023, vol.35, e2334.  Epub Apr 15, 2024. ISSN 2594-0260.  https://doi.org/10.33679/rfn.v1i1.2334.

The objective of this paper is to verify if the urban population of the municipalities of the northern border of Mexico has higher incomes than those of other municipalities in the country, while suffering worse living conditions; that is what some authors have called “border development paradox”. To verify this issue, proportions were compared based on multidimensional poverty data from Coneval for the period 2008-2020, and more municipalities and population were considered than in any previous research. The results show that urban residents of the northern border have higher incomes, but also better access to services and less social deprivation. These results—which contradict some previous research, but confirm others—are maintained throughout the entire period analyzed and with different territorial groups. Therefore, it is concluded that there is no evidence of said paradox.

Keywords : income poverty; social deprivation; proportions test; northern border of Mexico; Baja California.

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