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<journal-id>0186-7202</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Estudios Económicos (México, D.F.)]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Estud. Econ. (México, D.F.)]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0186-7202</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[El Colegio de México A.C.]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0186-72022021000100007</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.24201/ee.v36i1.416</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The impact of COVID-19 on inequality and poverty in Mexico]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El impacto del COVID-19 en la desigualdad y la pobreza en México]]></article-title>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Lustig]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nora]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez Pabón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Valentina]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Tulane University  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>USA</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2021</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>36</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>7</fpage>
<lpage>25</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0186-72022021000100007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0186-72022021000100007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0186-72022021000100007&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: We use microsimulation to estimate the short-term distributional consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. Although the potential increase in poverty is significant, we find that compared to their pre-shock income, those who lost the most are the moderate poor and the vulnerable to poverty. We find that the impact on poverty is more severe for urban households. Poverty increases less for rural households and the indigenous population. Compared to Argentina, Brazil, and Colombia, Mexico stands out because the government did not introduce additional transfers to mitigate the impact of the pandemic on living standards.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El impacto distributivo del COVID-19 en el corto plazo se estima mediante microsimulaciones. Si bien el incremento potencial de la pobreza es significativo, cuando se compara con el ingreso pre-shock los grupos que más pierden son los pobres y los vulnerables a la pobreza. El impacto sobre la pobreza es más severo para hogares urbanos. La pobreza sube relativamente menos para los hogares rurales y la población indígena. México sobresale porque -comparado con Argentina, Brasil y Colombia el gobierno no puso en marcha programas de transferencias adicionales para mitigar el impacto de la pandemia sobre los niveles de vida.]]></p></abstract>
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