A Micro-decomposition Analysis of Aggregate Human Development Outcomes

• Tác giả: Sylvie Lambert
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338.19 Food supply
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 305326
• Chủ đề: 1. Analysis of Education I210; 2. Economic Development: Human Resources; 3. General Welfare I310; 4. Health Production I120; 5. Human Development

Tóm tắt

We show how differences in aggregate human development outcomes over time and space can be additively decomposed into a pure mean income (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 and non-income characteristics. The income effect at the micro level is modelled non-parametrically, so as to flexibly reflect potentially complex distributional changes. Our proposed method is illustrated using data for Morocco and Vietnam, and the results offer some surprising insights into the observed aggregate gains in schooling attainments.