The cognitive transition in Mexico: economic geography and local governance impacts

Este artículo muestra que la dinámica de la capacidad cognitiva interactúa con indicadores individuales y locales de bienestar macroeconómico, bienes públicos y bienes privados suministrados, a través de 141 localidades en México. La relación de estos diversos bienes con la inequidad se compara cuantitativamente mediante la descomposición del índice de concentración. El conjunto de características individuales tales como la capacidad cognitiva paterno y materno, si la madre trabaja, la escolaridad del padre y riqueza del hogar, y el conjunto de características, entre ellas la actividad económica local, la política pública local y los indicadores locales de marginación, cada uno tiene importantes conexiones con la formación de la capacidad cognitiva. Vivir en una localidad rural se asocia a una cuarta parte de las desigualdades en la capacidad cognitiva. Esto es coherente con un modelo de desarrollo humano y el crecimiento económico que presenta agregados macroeconómicos a través de los canales que la geografía económica y la gobernanza local pueden dar lugar a la estratificación y la divergencia en los indicadores de bienestar. Hay una transición a largo plazo hacia niveles más altos de habilidad cognitiva que se llevará varias generaciones para converger a la tasa actual.

Capacidad cognitiva, transición cognitiva, geografía económica, gobernanza local, América Latina, México

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