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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 May 8.
Published in final edited form as: Estud Econ. 2011 Jun;38(1):67–100. doi: 10.4067/s0718-52862011000100004

TABLE 7B.

SIMULATED EFFECTS OF OPORTUNIDADES IMPACTS ON INCOME DISTRIBUTION BASED ON PARAMETRIC EARNINGS MODEL

Women, Age 25–40

Original Schooling (+0.6 yrs) Height (+1 cm) Schooling (+0.6 yrs) Height (+1 cm) Schooling (+3 yrs) Height (+3 cm)

(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
Proportion with zero earnings 0.638 0.627 0.640 0.629 0.596 0.644
Mean earnings 1.140 1.196 1.132 1.199 1.438 1.133
Std. Dev. earnings 2.595 2.662 2.569 2.673 3.108 2.583
Median earnings 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Interquartile Range 1.200 1.400 1.228 1.400 2.000 1.265
Coefficient of Variation 2.276 2.225 2.269 2.230 2.160 2.279
Gini Coefficient 0.819 0.813 0.819 0.813 0.796 0.821
Theil Index 1.459 1.423 1.458 1.428 1.344 1.467
Headcount Ratio (FGT, α = 0)* 0.763 0.753 0.764 0.754 0.715 0.764
Average Poverty Gap Ratio (FGT, α = 1) * 0.702 0.691 0.703 0.692 0.656 0.706
Foster-Greer-Thorbecke Index (FGT, α = 2)* 0.681 0.670 0.682 0.671 0.636 0.686

Sample size is 3221.