Agencia y pobreza por entidad federativa en México

Abstract

In this work we try to contribute to the understanding of the causes of poverty in Mexico. We consider that it is a multidimensional phenomenon where not only material but also non-material variables are present. We highlight the importance of agency in the capabilities approach as a variable to explain poverty in Mexico. As an agency proxy, responsibility has been used in its three dimensions, responsibility after, before and towards others. To measure poverty, the deficiencies in health, education and housing space are used, based on two types of data: a) from the household survey and the special module of the 2014 work, and b) from the National Council for the Evaluation of Social Development Policy (Coneval) of 2010 and 2016. Based on the exploratory analysis of spatial data, the existence of spatial autocorrelation and the existence of clusters of states whose poverty levels are associated with levels of responsibility are evaluated. The results indicate that the levels of total and moderate poverty can be explained by the previous responsibility of the labor context and by the lack of income, but not by extreme poverty.