Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardode la Fuente, AlejandroRodriguez Castelan, Carlos2015-02-032015-02-032015-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/21398Social policy in Mexico has focused on identifying and supporting chronically poor households. Yet, Mexico has a significant number of households that are just above the poverty line who are not eligible, by definition, for antipoverty programs and are at risk of falling back into poverty in the event of an economic crisis or shocks like loss of employment and natural disasters. These shocks can have serious negative effects on welfare in the absence of social safety nets targeted to these households. This study uses household survey data to better understand these "vulnerable" households, including their profile and risk exposure and, more importantly, to document the extent to which these households are covered by public transfers and insurance mechanisms. The analysis shows that until 2010 most social programs, including the few with productive components, such as vocational training and productive investment grants, barely covered the vulnerable. The study concludes that public policies need to pay attention to the vulnerable households and find the right policy mix between targeted interventions and universal insurance schemes to serve this economic group.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO MEDICAL SERVICESAGRICULTURAL INSURANCEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCERSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL WORKERSANTI-POVERTYANTI-POVERTY INTERVENTIONSANTI-POVERTY PROGRAMASSET HOLDINGSBASIC EDUCATIONCASH TRANSFER PROGRAMCASH TRANSFER SCHEMECASH TRANSFERSCENSUSESCHILD LABORCHRONICALLY POORCLIMATE CHANGECONSUMPTION INSURANCECONSUMPTION POVERTYCORRELATES OF POVERTYDAY CAREDECOMPOSABLE POVERTYDEPENDENCY RATIOSDEVELOPMENT POLICYDIMENSIONS OF POVERTYDIRECT TRANSFERSDIVERSIFICATIONECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC INEQUALITYECONOMIC INSECURITYECONOMIC RESOURCESEDGE OF POVERTYELDERLYEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESESTIMATES OF POVERTYEXTREME POVERTYEXTREME VULNERABILITYFARMERFARMERSFOOD INSECURITYFOOD PRICESFOOD PROGRAMSFOOD SECURITYFOOD SUPPLEMENTSHEALTH CAREHEALTH INSURANCEHOUSEHOLD ASSETSHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD VULNERABILITYHOUSINGHUMAN CAPITALHUMAN DEVELOPMENTILL HEALTHILLNESSINCIDENCE ANALYSISINCIDENCE OF POVERTYINCOME POVERTYINCOME RISKINCOME SHOCKSINEQUALITYINSURANCEINSURANCE SCHEMESINTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINEJOB TRAININGLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET POLICIESLABOR MARKET PROGRAMSLABOR MARKETSLARGE FAMILIESLEVELS OF CONSUMPTIONLEVELS OF EDUCATIONLIVESTOCK PRODUCERSLIVING STANDARDSMACROECONOMIC SHOCKSMALNUTRITIONNATIONAL COUNCILNATIONAL LEVELNATURAL DISASTERNATURAL DISASTERSNATURAL SHOCKSNUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDSNUMBER OF PEOPLENUTRITIONAL CAREPEACEPENSIONSPERSISTENT POVERTYPOLICY DISCUSSIONSPOLICY MAKERSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOOR HOUSEHOLDSPOOR INDIVIDUALSPOOR POPULATIONPOOR POPULATIONSPOOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDSPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY ANALYSISPOVERTY ASSESSMENTSPOVERTY ESTIMATESPOVERTY INDICESPOVERTY LEVELPOVERTY LINEPOVERTY LINESPOVERTY MEASUREMENTPOVERTY MEASURESPOVERTY MITIGATIONPOVERTY PERSISTENCEPOVERTY RATEPOVERTY RATESPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY STATUSPRENATAL CAREPROGRESSPUBLIC SPENDINGPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONPURCHASING POWERPURCHASING POWER PARITYRECREATIONREDUCTION OF POVERTYREGIONAL LEVELRESPECTRISK MANAGEMENTRUNNING WATERRURALRURAL AREARURAL AREASRURAL POPULATIONRURAL POVERTYSAFETY NETSCHOOL ATTENDANCESCHOOLINGSECONDARY EDUCATIONSEISMIC REGIONSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESOCIAL CLASSSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL DIMENSIONSSOCIAL POLICIESSOCIAL POLICYSOCIAL PROGRAMSSOCIAL PROGRESSSOCIAL PROTECTIONSOCIAL SAFETY NETSSOCIAL SECURITYSOCIAL SPENDINGSTATE GOVERNMENTSSUBSISTENCETARGETINGTECHNICAL EDUCATIONTRANSFER PROGRAMSTVUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASVOCATIONAL TRAININGVULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTVULNERABILITY TO POVERTYVULNERABLE FAMILIESVULNERABLE GROUPSVULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDSVULNERABLE SECTORShttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-7165