A Micro-Decomposition Analysis of the Macroeconomic Determinants of Human Development

• Tác giả: Sylvie Lambert
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 347.12 Civil procedure and courts
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 297213
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO SCHOOLING; 2. AGE GROUPS; 3. AGE RANGES; 4. AVERAGE INCOME; 5. AVERAGE INCOMES

Tóm tắt

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.