Studying the poverty and income distribution effects of macroeconomic policies or shocks requires a methodology that …

model that is sequentially linked to a microsimulation model, we examine the transmission channels through which the large …, growth generated by the boom reduces poverty despite increasing informality. …

A CGE microsimulation model is used to study the poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Zimbabwe. A sample of 14006 … consumer prices fall and this, together with increased unskilled wages, leads to a fall in poverty. The fall in the price of …, explains why poverty falls more here than in rural Zimbabwe …

model that is sequentially linked to a microsimulation model, we examine the transmission channels through which the large …, growth generated by the boom reduces poverty despite increasing informality. …

computable general equilibrium model with top-down behavioral microsimulation. The results of the poverty and inequality index … equality. In addition, elderly rural households are experiencing the most serious poverty, and their inequality problems … indicate that population aging has a negative impact on the reduction of poverty while its impact is positive with regard to …

This paper provides an ex ante assessment of taxation reforms being considered in Pakistan, in order to widen the tax … currently low tax to GDP ratio in Pakistan. Almost all simulations result in a decrease in investment levels, reduced … consumption, and an increase in poverty. We thus recommend a gradual approach to tax reform that can make the adjustment process …

employment, poverty and inequality. To evaluate impacts on poverty and inequality, we use a CGE Top Down approach. The paper … unemployment as well as a fall of poverty for each population groups. …

The objective of this study was to examine the role of social security in fighting poverty in Metlaoui, Tunisia, using …

-term growth and poverty reduction. Aid dependence is among the reasons why this effect is not found to be larger. Major …

. To this end we use a microsimulation model to provide the output with which to estimate the parameters of tax functions …