Re: RE: URPE (stat request)

[Colin Danby <danbyc@xxxxxxx>]

> ... i would like sources that show
> stats for yearly per capita income by quintile/decile for mexico
and/or the
> maquiladora mexican states since the advent of NAFTA.

INEGI's website will give you GDP and population by state for 93-98.

http://www.inegi.gob.mx/

I'm not sure what's meant by "maquiladora states," as I think NAFTA
ended that kind of distinction between zones where you could and
couldn't set up duty-free plants.

Data on income distribution are harder to come by, plus it's hard to
find surveys that give you multiple snapshots over time using consistent
methods.  But there may be useful stuff in the 2000 census that could be
compared to earlier censuses.

It's also going to be difficult, if I interpret your request properly,
to strip out the effects of starting NAFTA in January 1994 from the
effects of the abrupt devaluation and financial crisis that started in
December 1994.  In any case most of the relevant trade openings had
occurred well before NAFTA went into effect.  From Mexico's point of
view NAFTA was mainly an investment pact.

You don't say what these quotes are from, but FWIW the broad argument
that neoliberalism has not delivered the goods is sound, as you'll
quickly see if you plot a series of GDP/capita since the 1970s.  But the
contention that Mexico submitted to U.S. "domination" starting in 1982
is a bit forced.  The neoliberal reforms starting under de la Madrid
were a Mexican elite project; involving a rather complex interplay
between the PRI and segments of the Mexican private sector.

Best, Colin