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Published on Thursday, November 30, 2023 | Updated on Friday, December 1, 2023

Mexico | In 3Q-23, labor poverty did not improve compared to pre-pandemic

Summary

Coneval updated its quarterly calculation of the proportion of the population that is in labor poverty. In the third quarter of 2023, the proportion of the population in labor poverty, at the national level and in the urban areas, did not improve compared to the proportion that existed before the pandemic emergency began.

Key points

  • Key points:
  • In the rural areas, the three quarters of 2023 have a lower proportion of the population in labor poverty compared to the last proportion that existed before the pandemic emergency began.
  • However, the reduction in labor poverty in the third quarter of 2023 was slowed by increases in food basket prices.
  • In the third quarter of 2023, half of the federal entities had a lower proportion of the population in labor poverty than before the start of the pandemic.

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2023-11-29-PobLab_3T_23-1.pdf

Spanish - November 30, 2023

Authors

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Guillermo Jr. Cárdenas Salgado BBVA Research - Senior Economist
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