The eternal dilemma: Poverty or inequality in the explanation of homicides. Unexpected findings and a proposal to overcome the dilemma

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Héctor Figueroa
Julio Boltvinik Kalinka

Abstract

After discussing the concepts of hunger, undernutrition, food insecurity and food poverty, we propose a methodology to measure food poverty which integrates two innovations which were developed separately: 1) construction and cost estimate of the Normative Food Basket (NFB) for the concrete composition of each household in Mexico City, carried out by Evalúa DF; 2) The comparison between the cost of the NFB and households’ food expenditure, instead of comparing it with income, as usually done. This integration allows a rigorous diagnosis of the food condition in Mexico City. Lastly, results of applying both innovations are contrasted with the results derived from comparing the costs of INEGI-CEPAL’s NFB and CONEVAL’s Minimum Welfare Line with households’ income. 

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Figueroa, H., & Boltvinik Kalinka, J. (2016). The eternal dilemma: Poverty or inequality in the explanation of homicides. Unexpected findings and a proposal to overcome the dilemma. Acta Sociológica, (70), 223–243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acso.2017.01.010

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Héctor Figueroa, Director de Área en el Staff de la Junta de Gobierno del Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación, INEE

Director de Área en el Staff de la Junta de Gobierno del Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación, INEE. Líneas de investigación: Medición de la pobreza, uso del tiempo, calidad en la educación. Correo electrónico: hectorfigueroapalafox@gmail.com

Julio Boltvinik Kalinka, El Colegio de México

Profesor-Investigador del Centro de Estudios Sociológicos de El Colegio de México. Líneas de investigación: pobreza, política social, desigualdad, tendencias del capitalismo. Correo electrónico: julio.boltvinik@gmail.com