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...

Swedish wives' market earnings contribute 39% of the net family earnings of couples living together. German wives contribute 12%. This paper employs Swedish and German micro data on earnings and personal characteristics of couples. After tax earnings are simulated, under both the tax system of...

Using data from a large Canadian longitudinal dataset, we examine whether earnings of wives and teenagers increase in response to layoffs experienced by husbands. We find virtually no evidence of an “added worker effect†for the earnings of teenagers. However, we find that among...

Staff Discussion Notes showcase the latest policy-related analysis and research being developed by individual IMF staff and are published to elicit comment and to further debate. These papers are generally brief and written in nontechnical language, and so are aimed at a broad audience...