Policy Options for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Brazil : Can Micro-Simulations Help?

The authors investigate whether micro-simulation techniques can shed light on the types of policies that should be adopted by countries wishing to meet their Millennium Development Goals. They compare two families of micro-simulations. The first fa...

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Main Authors:	Ferreira, Francisco H.G., Leite, Phillippe George
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	DEVELOPMENT POLICY SIMULATION SIMULATION METHODS LABOR MARKET CHARACTERISTICS LABOR MARKET ECONOMETRIC MODELS REDISTRIBUTION GOVERNMENT POLICY ACCESS TO EDUCATION ECONOMIC GROWTH LORENZ CURVE MICROECONOMIC ECONOMETRIC MODELS HOUSEHOLD INCOME OCCUPATIONAL STRUCTURE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR ANNUAL GROWTH ANNUAL GROWTH RATE ANNUAL RATE AVERAGE ANNUAL CAPITA GROWTH CHILD LABOR COMPLETE LISTING CPI CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION CUMULATIVE GROWTH DATA SET DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DIRECT IMPACT ECONOMETRICS EDUCATION LEVEL EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT EMPIRICAL MODEL EQUILIBRIUM ESTIMATED COEFFICIENTS EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPLANATORY VARIABLES EXTREME POVERTY GINI COEFFICIENT GROWTH ELASTICITY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD BEHAVIOR HOUSEHOLD INCOMES HOUSEHOLD MEMBERS HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HUMAN WELFARE INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME LEVEL INCOME LEVELS INCREASING INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INEQUALITY TRENDS INEQUALITY WILL INEQUALITY-INCREASING EFFECT INFLATION INFLATION RATES INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL POVERTY LINE LABOR FORCE LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION LABOR MARKETS LONGITUDINAL DATA MARGINAL RETURNS MEAN INCOME MEAN INCOMES MEAN LOG DEVIATION MICROECONOMICS MONITORING PROGRAMS MULTILATERAL INSTITUTIONS NORMAL DISTRIBUTION OBSERVED CHANGES OPPORTUNITY COSTS PER CAPITA EXPENDITURE PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA GROWTH RATE PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS PER CAPITA INCOMES POLICY INTERVENTION POLICY INTERVENTIONS POLICY MAKERS POLICY OPTIONS POLICY OUTCOMES POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL ARENA POOR POLICIES POVERTY CHANGES POVERTY GAP POVERTY HEADCOUNT POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY RATE POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT PRO-POOR PUBLIC SERVICE PURCHASING POWER PURCHASING POWER PARITY REDISTRIBUTION POLICIES REDISTRIBUTION POLICY REDUCING INEQUALITY RELATIVE SUPPLY RURAL AREAS SAMPLE SIZE SECTOR EMPLOYMENT SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS TEAM MEMBERS TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/02/2166844/policy-options-meeting-millennium-development-goals-brazil-can-micro-simulations-help http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19147

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http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19147

Policy Options for Meeting the Millennium Development Goals in Brazil : Can Micro-Simulations Help?

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