Structural Change in the Australian Electricity Industry During the 1990s and the Effect on Household Income Distribution

George Verikios and Xiao-guang Zhang

Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers from Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre

Abstract: We develop a framework for estimating the direct and indirect effects on household income of industry changes; it combines a computable general equilibrium model with a microsimulation model in a two-stage simulation procedure. We apply the framework to analysing changes in the Australian electricity industry during 1990s and their effect on household income across households. Almost all income deciles are found to have benefited from the changes but the pattern of effects meant that there was also a small increase in income inequality.

Keywords: computable general equilibrium; electricity; household income distribution; microeconomic reform; microsimulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C68 C69 D31 L94 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010-09
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Published in Economic Modelling, vol. 32, May 2013, pp. 564-75.

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