Table 1.

Long Run Effects of Increased Public Investment

Long-run effects of increasing individual components of public investment
(Increase of one percent of initial GDP)
[a][b][c][d][e]
Infrastructure
Basic education
Upper-level education
Basic education
Upper-level education
IRR [1]IRRz = 20%
IRRb = 12%
IRRu = 10%
IRRb = 8%
IRRu = 5%
[2]ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5
[3]
Real GDP4.65.110.110.16.29.17.37.34.76.9
Real aggregate consumption3.84.310.310.26.59.37.17.04.66.7
Private capital stock3.94.810.610.52.78.47.67.52.16.4
Sectoral output
 Agriculture4.64.19.59.63.00.46.86.82.20.2
 Formal sector4.86.510.09.910.120.87.17.07.415.4
 Informal sector4.65.011.311.36.69.28.68.55.47.4
Sectoral prices[4]
 Formal sector−2.31.70.10.1−13.6−10.70.10.1−10.4−8.0
 Informal sector−0.20.2−2.3−2.4−6.2−4.3−1.7−1.7−4.6−3.2
Employment
 Formal sector0.62.35.25.1−4.26.93.63.5−3.25.4
 Informal sector−0.10.6−0.7−0.8−4.4−0.3−0.1−0.2−2.90.3
 Agriculture0.0−0.40.00.1−1.6−4.2−0.2−0.1−1.3−3.3
Unemployment[5]6.05.95.85.85.75.35.95.95.85.5
Real wages
 Formal (unskilled)2.82.75.25.26.36.53.83.84.74.7
 Informal5.55.210.010.012.010.77.27.28.97.8
 Skilled4.35.410.110.0−29.0−24.17.37.3−22.6−18.5
Fiscal adjustment[6]−0.35−0.240.470.47−0.640.020.030.03−0.74−0.23
Private investment crowding-in[7]0.520.650.980.970.250.770.700.700.190.59
Real income of ‘ex ante’ poor[8]5.505.4010.3010.3018.0018.107.407.4014.0013.90
Long-run effects of increasing individual components of public investment
(Increase of one percent of initial GDP)
[a][b][c][d][e]
Infrastructure
Basic education
Upper-level education
Basic education
Upper-level education
IRR [1]IRRz = 20%
IRRb = 12%
IRRu = 10%
IRRb = 8%
IRRu = 5%
[2]ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5
[3]
Real GDP4.65.110.110.16.29.17.37.34.76.9
Real aggregate consumption3.84.310.310.26.59.37.17.04.66.7
Private capital stock3.94.810.610.52.78.47.67.52.16.4
Sectoral output
 Agriculture4.64.19.59.63.00.46.86.82.20.2
 Formal sector4.86.510.09.910.120.87.17.07.415.4
 Informal sector4.65.011.311.36.69.28.68.55.47.4
Sectoral prices[4]
 Formal sector−2.31.70.10.1−13.6−10.70.10.1−10.4−8.0
 Informal sector−0.20.2−2.3−2.4−6.2−4.3−1.7−1.7−4.6−3.2
Employment
 Formal sector0.62.35.25.1−4.26.93.63.5−3.25.4
 Informal sector−0.10.6−0.7−0.8−4.4−0.3−0.1−0.2−2.90.3
 Agriculture0.0−0.40.00.1−1.6−4.2−0.2−0.1−1.3−3.3
Unemployment[5]6.05.95.85.85.75.35.95.95.85.5
Real wages
 Formal (unskilled)2.82.75.25.26.36.53.83.84.74.7
 Informal5.55.210.010.012.010.77.27.28.97.8
 Skilled4.35.410.110.0−29.0−24.17.37.3−22.6−18.5
Fiscal adjustment[6]−0.35−0.240.470.47−0.640.020.030.03−0.74−0.23
Private investment crowding-in[7]0.520.650.980.970.250.770.700.700.190.59
Real income of ‘ex ante’ poor[8]5.505.4010.3010.3018.0018.107.407.4014.0013.90

Notes: [1] Initial internal rates of return to components of public investment; [2] Elasticity of substitution in consumption between domestic formal sector good and imported good; [3] Unless otherwise indicated, values reflect percentage change from baseline; [4] Sectoral real exchange rates (price of import good Pm = 1; [5] Unemployment rate; [6] Tax rates and debt-to-GDP are held constant between steady states so that fiscal adjustment is measured as required change in transfer to the private sector measured as percent of baseline GDP; [7] Crowding in measured as indicated private investment per unit of public infrastructure investment; [8] Real income of ‘ex ante’ poor includes income gains from ex ante poor who become skilled or obtain high-wage jobs in the formal sector.

Source: Authors’ calculations.

Table 1.

Long Run Effects of Increased Public Investment

Long-run effects of increasing individual components of public investment
(Increase of one percent of initial GDP)
[a][b][c][d][e]
Infrastructure
Basic education
Upper-level education
Basic education
Upper-level education
IRR [1]IRRz = 20%
IRRb = 12%
IRRu = 10%
IRRb = 8%
IRRu = 5%
[2]ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5
[3]
Real GDP4.65.110.110.16.29.17.37.34.76.9
Real aggregate consumption3.84.310.310.26.59.37.17.04.66.7
Private capital stock3.94.810.610.52.78.47.67.52.16.4
Sectoral output
 Agriculture4.64.19.59.63.00.46.86.82.20.2
 Formal sector4.86.510.09.910.120.87.17.07.415.4
 Informal sector4.65.011.311.36.69.28.68.55.47.4
Sectoral prices[4]
 Formal sector−2.31.70.10.1−13.6−10.70.10.1−10.4−8.0
 Informal sector−0.20.2−2.3−2.4−6.2−4.3−1.7−1.7−4.6−3.2
Employment
 Formal sector0.62.35.25.1−4.26.93.63.5−3.25.4
 Informal sector−0.10.6−0.7−0.8−4.4−0.3−0.1−0.2−2.90.3
 Agriculture0.0−0.40.00.1−1.6−4.2−0.2−0.1−1.3−3.3
Unemployment[5]6.05.95.85.85.75.35.95.95.85.5
Real wages
 Formal (unskilled)2.82.75.25.26.36.53.83.84.74.7
 Informal5.55.210.010.012.010.77.27.28.97.8
 Skilled4.35.410.110.0−29.0−24.17.37.3−22.6−18.5
Fiscal adjustment[6]−0.35−0.240.470.47−0.640.020.030.03−0.74−0.23
Private investment crowding-in[7]0.520.650.980.970.250.770.700.700.190.59
Real income of ‘ex ante’ poor[8]5.505.4010.3010.3018.0018.107.407.4014.0013.90
Long-run effects of increasing individual components of public investment
(Increase of one percent of initial GDP)
[a][b][c][d][e]
Infrastructure
Basic education
Upper-level education
Basic education
Upper-level education
IRR [1]IRRz = 20%
IRRb = 12%
IRRu = 10%
IRRb = 8%
IRRu = 5%
[2]ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5ε3 = 0.5ε3 = 5
[3]
Real GDP4.65.110.110.16.29.17.37.34.76.9
Real aggregate consumption3.84.310.310.26.59.37.17.04.66.7
Private capital stock3.94.810.610.52.78.47.67.52.16.4
Sectoral output
 Agriculture4.64.19.59.63.00.46.86.82.20.2
 Formal sector4.86.510.09.910.120.87.17.07.415.4
 Informal sector4.65.011.311.36.69.28.68.55.47.4
Sectoral prices[4]
 Formal sector−2.31.70.10.1−13.6−10.70.10.1−10.4−8.0
 Informal sector−0.20.2−2.3−2.4−6.2−4.3−1.7−1.7−4.6−3.2
Employment
 Formal sector0.62.35.25.1−4.26.93.63.5−3.25.4
 Informal sector−0.10.6−0.7−0.8−4.4−0.3−0.1−0.2−2.90.3
 Agriculture0.0−0.40.00.1−1.6−4.2−0.2−0.1−1.3−3.3
Unemployment[5]6.05.95.85.85.75.35.95.95.85.5
Real wages
 Formal (unskilled)2.82.75.25.26.36.53.83.84.74.7
 Informal5.55.210.010.012.010.77.27.28.97.8
 Skilled4.35.410.110.0−29.0−24.17.37.3−22.6−18.5
Fiscal adjustment[6]−0.35−0.240.470.47−0.640.020.030.03−0.74−0.23
Private investment crowding-in[7]0.520.650.980.970.250.770.700.700.190.59
Real income of ‘ex ante’ poor[8]5.505.4010.3010.3018.0018.107.407.4014.0013.90

Notes: [1] Initial internal rates of return to components of public investment; [2] Elasticity of substitution in consumption between domestic formal sector good and imported good; [3] Unless otherwise indicated, values reflect percentage change from baseline; [4] Sectoral real exchange rates (price of import good Pm = 1; [5] Unemployment rate; [6] Tax rates and debt-to-GDP are held constant between steady states so that fiscal adjustment is measured as required change in transfer to the private sector measured as percent of baseline GDP; [7] Crowding in measured as indicated private investment per unit of public infrastructure investment; [8] Real income of ‘ex ante’ poor includes income gains from ex ante poor who become skilled or obtain high-wage jobs in the formal sector.

Source: Authors’ calculations.

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