A Basic Needs Policy Model: A General Equilibrium Analysis with Special Reference to Ecuador

✍ Scribed by Arend KOUWENAAR (Eds.)

Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
Year: 1988
Tongue: English
Leaves: 419
Series: Contributions to Economic Analysis 175
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Using recent research on Ecuador, this book discusses a social accounting matrix (SAM)-based model for simulating the effects of basic needs policies on various socio-economic groups. Specific parameter choice and specification of relationships allow the general equilibrium model to capture rigidities and occurrences of non-perfect commodity and factor markets. Basic needs satisfaction is described as an ``output'' resulting from income formation and expenditure, and dynamically linked to the structural processes of household and socio-economic group formation, formation of the labour force and wealth, and labour productivity. Simulations concentrate on the effects of various expenditure, indirect tax and redistributive policies on incomes and basic needs satisfaction

✦ Table of Contents

Content:
Contributions to Economic Analysis
Page ii

Front Matter
Page iii

Copyright page
Page iv

Introduction to the series
Page v

Preface
Pages vii-ix

Acknowledgements
Page ix
A. Kouwenaar

List of Abbreviations
Page xiv

List of Figures
Page xiv

List of Tables
Pages xiv-xvi

PART I - Backgrounds and Skeleton of the Model
Pages 1-2

CHAPTER 1 - Introduction: Policy Modelling for Basic Needs in Ecuador
Pages 3-22

CHAPTER 2 - Relevance of General Equilibrium Modelling for Developing Countries
Pages 23-45

CHAPTER 3 - Outline of a Basic Needs Policy Simulation Model
Pages 47-64

PART II - Construction of the Model
Pages 65-66

CHAPTER 4 - A General Equilibrium Basic Needs Policy Model, Main Part
Pages 67-124

CHAPTER 5 - A General Equilibrium Basic Needs Policy Model: Updating structural characteristics and basic needs satisfaction
Pages 125-187

CHAPTER 6 - The Calibration of the Model to the Base Year
Pages 189-250

PART III - A Selection of Policy Simulations
Pages 251-252

CHAPTER 7 - Analysis of Static Policy Simulations
Pages 253-300

CHAPTER 8 - Analysis of Dynamic Policy Simulations
Pages 301-340

CHAPTER 9 - Summary and Conclusions
Pages 341-351

Appendices
Pages 353-380

References
Pages 381-398

Author Index
Pages 399-402

Subject Index
Pages 403-409

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