Impacts of the Global Crisis and Policy Responses on Child Well-being: A macro-micro simulation framework

Sami Bibi (), John Cockburn, Ismaël Fofana and Luca Tiberti

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Abstract: This paper outlines the methodology of a UNICEF research project on the impact of the global economic crisis on children in Western and Central Africa, which can also be applied to study the effects of other socio-economic shocks on households and particularly on children in developing countries. To understand the nature and the extent of the effects of a crisis in developing countries requires a rigorous analysis of the transmission mechanisms at both the macro and micro levels. This paper provides a tool to attempt to predict ex ante the impacts of the crisis, and possible policy responses, on households and their children. As timely data monitoring child well-being are not readily available to guide the rapid implementation of policies to protect children, a predictive model was developed that anticipates the impacts of the crisis on various essential dimensions of child wellbeing. Specifically, this paper proposes and discusses a combined macro-micro model following a top-down approach.

Keywords: child education; child health; child labour; child poverty; econometric models; economic crisis; hunger; social protection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I32 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 40
Date: 2010
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