A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development
This paper shows how differences in aggregate human development outcomes over time and space can be additively decomposed into a pure economic-growth component, a component attributed to differences in the distribution of income, and components att...
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Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2012
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Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8331633/micro-decomposition-analysis-macroeconomic-determinants-human-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7343 |
Summary: | This paper shows how differences in
aggregate human development outcomes over time and space can
be additively decomposed into a pure economic-growth
component, a component attributed to differences in the
distribution of income, and components attributed to
"non-income" factors and differences in the model
linking outcomes to income or non-income characteristics.
The income effect at the micro level is modeled
non-parametrically, so as to flexibly reflect distributional
changes. The paper illustrates the decomposition using data
for Morocco and Vietnam, and the results offer some
surprising insights into the observed aggregate gains in
schooling attainments. A user friendly STATA program is
available to implement the method in other settings. |
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