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A STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS OF LIFE EXPECTANCY IN MEXICO (1990–2006)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2010

OSCAR PELÁEZ ,
MARTA GUIJARRO  and
MERCEDES ARIAS
OSCAR PELÁEZ
Affiliation:
Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
MARTA GUIJARRO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
MERCEDES ARIAS
Affiliation:
Departamento de Economía, Universidad de Cantabria, Spain
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Summary

Using a methodology similar to that proposed by Barro & Sala-i-Martin (1995), it is found that, in the period 1990–2006, there was strong convergence among state-level life expectancy series, but a distancing in life expectancy in the Mexican Republic compared with more developed countries, especially during the new millennium. The interior convergence had taken place at the expense of the exterior; that is, not so much as a result of an improvement in living conditions in the poorer states, but more due to the low performance of the richer states. The causes of this situation are explained using the concept of ‘epidemiological transition’.

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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 42 , Issue 6 , November 2010 , pp. 815 - 826
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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