A Mexican State-level Perspective on Covid-19 and its Economic Fallout

By Juan Pablo Cuesta Aguirre, Swarnali A Hannan

October 13, 2020

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Juan Pablo Cuesta Aguirre, and Swarnali A Hannan. A Mexican State-level Perspective on Covid-19 and its Economic Fallout, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2020) accessed December 3, 2024

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Summary

Mexico has had one of the highest death tolls from Covid-19 and among the largest declines in output compared to peers. This paper utilizes data on Mexico’s thirty-two states to better understand the relationship between health and economic outcomes. For instance, did the states with worse pandemic outcomes suffer more economically? What state-level characteristics impacted health and economic outcomes? Among the findings are: individual traits such as age and certain pre-existing conditions were associated with higher illness and fatality risks. States with higher initial health expenditure and capacity on average had a lower case fatality rate. The economic fallout was widespread well beyond the direct impact of the pandemic. Tourism-heavy states were particularly badly affected, while states with larger exposures to manufacturing exports performed better. These findings support the case for adequate health spending, fiscal lifelines for hard-hit workers and sectors, and further integration into global value chains to bolster economic outcomes and resilience.

Subject: COVID-19, Expenditure, Health, Health care spending, Population and demographics, Public expenditure review

Keywords: Containment measure, Containment measures, Country sample, Covid-19, Differences to health outcome, Economic activity, Global, Health care spending, Health condition, Plots states' tourism-exposure, Pre-existing conditions, Public expenditure review, State characteristic, State Quintana Roo, State-level data, World Health Organization state, WP

Publication Details

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39
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Working Paper No. 2020/214
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WPIEA2020214
ISBN:

9781513559025
ISSN:

1018-5941

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