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MONROY-GOMEZ-FRANCO, Luis Ángel  e  VELEZ-GRAJALES, Roberto. Unequal opportunities in Nuevo León, Mexico. Prob. Des [online]. 2023, vol.54, n.214, pp.77-100.  Epub 18-Mar-2024. ISSN 0301-7036.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iiec.20078951e.2023.214.70019.

This paper used a new source of information (ESRU-EMOVI NL) to estimate, for the first time, the lower limit of unequal opportunities in a federal state in Mexico. Using the former criterion concerning unequal opportunities, a lower threshold indicated 35% inequality in economic resources in the state. As at the national level, the main contributors to unequal opportunities in the state are unequal economic resources by origin and parental education. However, in contrast to what has been observed, for the country as a whole, inequalities associated with people’s skin tone account for 5% of observed unequal opportunities.

Palavras-chave : opportunities; Mexico; Nuevo León; economic inequality.