Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/259471 
Year of Publication: 
2022
Citation: 
[Journal:] Latin American Economic Review [ISSN:] 2196-436X [Volume:] 31 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] 1 [Publisher:] Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE) [Place:] Ciudad de México [Year:] 2022 [Pages:] 1-20
Publisher: 
Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económica (CIDE), Ciudad de México
Abstract: 
The health crisis caused by the spread of COVID-19 has caused a profound social and economic disruption in Mexico. Our purpose in this paper is to contribute to the knowledge about the economic impact of the pandemic in Mexico and to evaluate social policy options to mitigate its effects. We do so based on a multisectoral-multiplier model and the most recent Social Accounting Matrix for Mexico, with which we estimate the direct and indirect impacts of COVID-19 as well the likely effects of two alternatives for mitigating them: an unconditional cash transfer scheme for households living in poverty, and the establishment of an unemployment insurance program for workers who have lost their jobs during the pandemic. We find that the first alternative alleviates more value added and loss of income, and thus has a greater effect in reducing inequality and the incidence of poverty.
Subjects: 
Poverty
COVID-19 pandemic
Economywide impacts
Social policies
Income distribution
Poverty
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