Selected. For a full list of articles, see my CV
Journal Articles
When Life Gives You Lemons: Using Cross-Sectional Surveys to Identify Chronic Poverty in the Absence of Panel Data (with K. Bolch & L.F. Lopez-Calva), 2022. Review of Income and Wealth, DOI: 10.1111/roiw.12566
Measuring Global Poverty Before and During the Pandemic: A Political Economy of Overoptimism (with A. Sumner and C. Hoy), 2022. Third World Quarterly, 43(1): 1-17
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Also available as WIDER Working Paper 43 and WIDER Working Paper 77
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Blog posts in WIDER Angle, Global Policy, and The Conversation
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Interview in The Guardian and selected media coverage: The Guardian, The Huffington Post, The New York Times, Slate, and Reuters
Within-Country Poverty Convergence: Evidence from Mexico (with L.F. Lopez-Calva & C. Rodriguez- Castelan), 2022. Empirical Economics, 62: 2547–2586
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Also available as IZA Discussion Paper 13577 and as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 9038
Temporary Basic Income in Times of Pandemic: Rationale, Costs and Poverty-Mitigation Potential (with G. Gray Molina and M. Montoya-Aguirre), 2022. Basic Income Studies, 17(2): 125-154.
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Also available as UNDP Transition Series Working Paper.
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Blog post in The Conversation and selected media coverage: CNBC, Der Spiegel, Le Monde, and Reuters.
Living on the Edge: Vulnerability to Poverty and Public Transfers in Mexico (with A. de la Fuente & C. Rodriguez-Castelan), 2018. Oxford Development Studies, 46(1): 10-27
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Also available as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7165 and as Background Paper for the 2014 World Development Report
A Long-Term Perspective on Inequality and Human Development in Latin America (with L.F. López- Calva & N. Lustig), 2015. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 16(3): 319-323
A Vulnerability Approach to the Definition of the Middle Class (with L.F. Lopez- Calva), 2014. Journal of Economic Inequality, 12(1): 23-47
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Also available as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 5902
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Blog posts in Americas Quarterly and WIDER Angle and selected media coverage: El País, The Huffington Post, and The Economist Intelligence Unit
Declining Inequality in Latin America in the 2000s: The Cases of Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico (with N. Lustig & L.F. Lopez- Calva), 2013. World Development, 44: 129-141
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Also available as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 6248 and as Center for Global Development Working Paper 307
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Selected media coverage: Foreign Policy, The New York Times, Página 12, and World Bank blog
A Household-Based Distribution-Sensitive Human Development Index: An Empirical Application to Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru (with L.F. Lopez- Calva), 2012. Social Indicators Research, 109(3): 395-411
Book Chapters
A Vulnerability Approach to the Definition of the Middle Class (with L.F. Lopez-Calva), 2023. In: Goulart, P., Ramos, R., Ferrittu, G. (eds) Global Labour in Distress, Volume I. Palgrave Readers in Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Inequality (with A. Sumner), 2023. In: Phillips, N. (ed.) Global Political Economy: A New Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press (forthcoming).
The Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty in Chile (with S. Martínez-Aguilar, A. Fuchs & G. del Carmen), 2018. In: Lustig, N. (ed.) Commitment to Equity Handbook. A Guide to Estimating the Impact of Fiscal Policy on Inequality and Poverty. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press.
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Also available as World Bank Policy Research Working Paper 7939 and as Commitment to Equity Working Paper 46
Deconstructing the Decline in Inequality in Latin America (with N. Lustig & L.F. Lopez-Calva), 2016. In: Basu, K. & Stiglitz, J. (eds.) Inequality and Growth: Patterns and Policy. Volume II: Regions and Regularities. International Economic Association Series, London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Inequality, Mobility and Middle Classes in Latin America (with J.P. Azevedo, N. Lustig & L.F. Lopez-Calva), 2015. In: Dayton-Johnson, J. (ed.) Latin America’s Emerging Middle Classes. London: Palgrave Macmillan.