This article studies the impact of education and fertility in structural transformation and growth. In the model there are three sectors, agriculture, which uses only low-skill labor, manufacturing, that uses high-skill labor only and services, that uses both. Parents choose optimally the number...

This article investigates the economic effects of carbon taxation, using a multi-sector general equilibrium model with intersectorial input-output linkages and greenhouse gas emissions. We construct a novel and comprehensive sector-level dataset incorporating all relevant sources of greenhouse...

This paper investigates the effects of a tax reform that eliminates tax rate heterogeneity and cumulative taxation using a general equilibrium model calibrated to Brazil that includes multiple sectors with market power. Industries are connected through input-output linkages and changes in tax...

We study the macroeconomic and social effects of Universal Basic Income (UBI) programs in a developing economy, comparing them with policies that condition cash transfers on household characteristics (CCT). We construct a dynastic heterogeneous-agent model with human capital investment and...