(DP 1980-03) An Auxiliary Model for Quantifying the Socioeconomic Impact of a Development Project

Abstract

One can in principle calculate the impact of a development project on various areas of concern to the policymaker. While some relationships among variables are specific to a particular project, there are also relationships that are common to all projects. A model of a latter would therefore be a common auxiliary to the specific model assessing the effects of different projects. This paper presents a partial specification of such an auxiliary model and gives estimates (using the 1973 National Demographic Survey data set, which does not suffice for estimating more than a partial specification) of multiple regression equations with marital fertility, child mortality and wife's employment status as dependent variables.