This book presents several microsimulation models that can be used to assess the welfare consequences of a number of policy reforms in five countries: Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay. By using micro data from national surveys, the models not only characterize the population on the...

ILO pub-WEP pub-PREALC pub. Working paper outlining an econometric model based on a national accounting matrix to provide simulations of basic needs economic policies in Latin America - describes the structure of the model covering production factors, employment, value added, income...