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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Main Authors: Lambert, Sylvie, Ravallion, Martin, van de Walle, Dominique
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 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
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topic ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
AGE GROUPS
AGE RANGES
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
AVERAGE SCHOOLING
BIRTH ORDER
BULLETIN
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS
COUNTRY PERFORMANCE
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
CROSS-COUNTRY RELATIONSHIP
CULTURAL CHANGE
CURRICULUM
DATA SETS
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCRIMINATION
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLMENT RATE
ENROLMENT RATES
ENROLMENTS
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
ETHNIC MINORITY
ETHNIC MINORITY CHILDREN
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATE
FUNCTIONAL FORM
FUTURE GROWTH
GENDER GAP
GENDER OF TEACHERS
GIRLS
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
GROWTH COMPONENT
GROWTH PROCESS
HEALTH CARE
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME POVERTY
INEQUALITY TRENDS
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LINEAR MODEL
LINEAR REGRESSION
LITERACY
LITERATE PARENTS
LIVING STANDARDS
MACROECONOMICS
MEAN CONSUMPTION
MEAN ERROR TERM
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MOTHER
NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NUTRITION
OFFICIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY UPDATE
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATE
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL FACILITIES
PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY-SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
QUALITY OF LIFE
REGRESSION RESULTS
REGRESSION TECHNIQUES
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
RICHER COUNTRIES
RUNNING WATER
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DIFFERENCES
RURAL DISPARITIES
RURAL GIRLS
RURAL MIGRATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL SCHOOL
RURAL WOMEN
SAFETY NET
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY ENROLLMENT
SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES
SECONDARY ENROLMENT
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT
SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SOCIAL OUTCOMES
SOCIAL SPENDING
SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
URBANIZATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle ACCESS TO SCHOOLING
AGE GROUPS
AGE RANGES
AVERAGE INCOME
AVERAGE INCOMES
AVERAGE SCHOOLING
BIRTH ORDER
BULLETIN
CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS
COUNTRY PERFORMANCE
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
CROSS-COUNTRY RELATIONSHIP
CULTURAL CHANGE
CURRICULUM
DATA SETS
DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS
DEMAND FOR EDUCATION
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS
DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISCRIMINATION
DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE
DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC INEQUALITY
ECONOMIC REVIEW
EDUCATION OUTCOMES
EDUCATION SECTOR
EDUCATION SYSTEM
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES
EMPIRICAL MODEL
EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATE
ENROLMENT RATE
ENROLMENT RATES
ENROLMENTS
ETHNIC GROUP
ETHNIC GROUPS
ETHNIC MINORITIES
ETHNIC MINORITY
ETHNIC MINORITY CHILDREN
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FERTILITY
FERTILITY RATE
FUNCTIONAL FORM
FUTURE GROWTH
GENDER GAP
GENDER OF TEACHERS
GIRLS
GROSS ENROLLMENT
GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE
GROWTH COMPONENT
GROWTH PROCESS
HEALTH CARE
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD INCOMES
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCOME DIFFERENCES
INCOME EFFECT
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME INEQUALITY
INCOME POVERTY
INEQUALITY TRENDS
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
LABOR FORCE
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LIFE EXPECTANCY
LINEAR MODEL
LINEAR REGRESSION
LITERACY
LITERATE PARENTS
LIVING STANDARDS
MACROECONOMICS
MEAN CONSUMPTION
MEAN ERROR TERM
MEAN INCOME
MEAN INCOMES
MEAN LOG DEVIATION
MIGRANTS
MIGRATION
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS
MOTHER
NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
NEGATIVE EFFECT
NUTRITION
OFFICIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL
PARENTAL EDUCATION
PER CAPITA INCOME
PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POOR
POOR COUNTRIES
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION GROUPS
POPULATION GROWTH RATE
POSITIVE IMPACT
POVERTY MEASURES
POVERTY UPDATE
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATE
PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES
PRIMARY LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOL FACILITIES
PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL
PRIMARY SCHOOLING
PRIMARY-SCHOOL
PRIVATE SCHOOLING
PROGRESS
PUBLIC EDUCATION
PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING
PUBLIC EXPENDITURE
PUBLIC POLICY
PUBLIC SERVICES
PUBLIC SPENDING
QUALITY OF LIFE
REGRESSION RESULTS
REGRESSION TECHNIQUES
RELATIVE IMPORTANCE
RICHER COUNTRIES
RUNNING WATER
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DIFFERENCES
RURAL DISPARITIES
RURAL GIRLS
RURAL MIGRATION
RURAL POVERTY
RURAL SCHOOL
RURAL WOMEN
SAFETY NET
SCHOOL AGE
SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN
SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CHILDREN
SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE
SCHOOL YEAR
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY ENROLLMENT
SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES
SECONDARY ENROLMENT
SECONDARY SCHOOL
SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT
SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL
SECONDARY SCHOOLING
SOCIAL OUTCOMES
SOCIAL SPENDING
SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS
URBAN AREAS
URBAN POPULATION
URBAN POPULATION GROWTH
URBANIZATION
VOCATIONAL TRAINING
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Lambert, Sylvie
Ravallion, Martin
van de Walle, Dominique
A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4358
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Lambert, Sylvie
Ravallion, Martin
van de Walle, Dominique
author_facet Lambert, Sylvie
Ravallion, Martin
van de Walle, Dominique
author_sort Lambert, Sylvie
title A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development
title_short A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development
title_full A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development
title_fullStr A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development
title_full_unstemmed A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development
title_sort micro-decomposition analysis of the macroeconomic determinants of human development
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8331633/micro-decomposition-analysis-macroeconomic-determinants-human-development
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7343
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spelling okr-10986-73432021-04-23T14:02:34Z A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development Lambert, Sylvie Ravallion, Martin van de Walle, Dominique ACCESS TO SCHOOLING AGE GROUPS AGE RANGES AVERAGE INCOME AVERAGE INCOMES AVERAGE SCHOOLING BIRTH ORDER BULLETIN CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES COUNTRY CHARACTERISTICS COUNTRY PERFORMANCE COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS CROSS-COUNTRY RELATIONSHIP CULTURAL CHANGE CURRICULUM DATA SETS DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS DEMAND FOR EDUCATION DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT OUTCOMES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISCRIMINATION DISTRIBUTION FUNCTION DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGE DISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES DISTRIBUTIONAL DATA DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECT DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC INEQUALITY ECONOMIC REVIEW EDUCATION OUTCOMES EDUCATION SECTOR EDUCATION SYSTEM EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES EMPIRICAL MODEL EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIP ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATE ENROLMENT RATE ENROLMENT RATES ENROLMENTS ETHNIC GROUP ETHNIC GROUPS ETHNIC MINORITIES ETHNIC MINORITY ETHNIC MINORITY CHILDREN EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FUNCTIONAL FORM FUTURE GROWTH GENDER GAP GENDER OF TEACHERS GIRLS GROSS ENROLLMENT GROSS ENROLLMENT RATE GROWTH COMPONENT GROWTH PROCESS HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCOME DIFFERENCES INCOME EFFECT INCOME GROWTH INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY TRENDS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LIFE EXPECTANCY LINEAR MODEL LINEAR REGRESSION LITERACY LITERATE PARENTS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMICS MEAN CONSUMPTION MEAN ERROR TERM MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION MIGRANTS MIGRATION MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MOTHER NATIONAL HEALTH SYSTEMS NEGATIVE EFFECT NUTRITION OFFICIAL PRIMARY SCHOOL PARENTAL EDUCATION PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS POLICY CHANGES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POOR POOR COUNTRIES POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION GROUPS POPULATION GROWTH RATE POSITIVE IMPACT POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY UPDATE PRIMARY ENROLLMENT PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATE PRIMARY ENROLLMENT RATES PRIMARY LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL FACILITIES PRIMARY SCHOOL LEVEL PRIMARY SCHOOLING PRIMARY-SCHOOL PRIVATE SCHOOLING PROGRESS PUBLIC EDUCATION PUBLIC EDUCATION SPENDING PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC SPENDING QUALITY OF LIFE REGRESSION RESULTS REGRESSION TECHNIQUES RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RICHER COUNTRIES RUNNING WATER RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DIFFERENCES RURAL DISPARITIES RURAL GIRLS RURAL MIGRATION RURAL POVERTY RURAL SCHOOL RURAL WOMEN SAFETY NET SCHOOL AGE SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CHILDREN SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION SCHOOL INFRASTRUCTURE SCHOOL YEAR SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY ENROLLMENT SECONDARY ENROLLMENT RATES SECONDARY ENROLMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL SECONDARY SCHOOL ENROLMENT SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOLING SOCIAL OUTCOMES SOCIAL SPENDING SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATION GROWTH URBANIZATION VOCATIONAL TRAINING WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 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. 2012-06-06T21:09:33Z 2012-06-06T21:09:33Z 2007-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/09/8331633/micro-decomposition-analysis-macroeconomic-determinants-human-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/7343 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4358 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research