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Policy alternatives for accelerating health & educational attainments of children in India: An Analysis using Computable General Equilibrium model

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  • Runu Bhakta

    (Deloitte, Mumbai)

  • A. Ganesh Kumar

    (Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research)

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Assessing the impact of alternative policy options on developmental goals relating to health and education remains an analytical challenge due to several reasons. Typically, the goals and their associated indicators are non-economic variables that are influenced by a multitude of factors at different levels (household, local, regional and national), and often rooted in different sectors of the economy. Further, these factors interact and influence each other in several ways that are often difficult to capture....

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  • Runu Bhakta & A. Ganesh Kumar, 2024. "Policy alternatives for accelerating health & educational attainments of children in India: An Analysis using Computable General Equilibrium model," Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai Working Papers 2024-002, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India.
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    Keywords

    Child Health; Child Education; CGE; SAM; Fiscal Policies; Government Expenditure;
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    JEL classification:

    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models
    • H51 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Health
    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • E16 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - General Aggregative Models - - - Social Accounting Matrix
    • E62 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook - - - Fiscal Policy; Modern Monetary Theory

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