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Trade Wars and Trade Deals : Estimated Effects Using a Multi-Sector Model
Caceres, Carlos - 2019
This paper studies the potential long-term effects of three illustrative scenarios using a multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) trade model calibrated to 165 countries. The first scenario estimates effects from potential U.S. auto tariffs. The second analyzes a ‘transactional...
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The Impact of Remittances on Economic Activity : The Importance of Sectoral Linkages
Dridi, Jemma - 2019
of some sectors as key input providers in the economy. Then, we use these measures to quantify the effect of sectoral … the propagation of shocks across sectors and the implications for the whole economy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863976
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Accounting for Cloud Computing in the National Accounts
Baer, Andrew - 2020
Digitalization and the innovative use of digital technologies is changing the way we work, learn, communicate, buy and sell products. One emerging digital technology of growing importance is cloud computing. More and more businesses, governments and households are purchasing hardware and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012826022
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Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and GDP : What National Accounts Bring to the Table
Alexander, Thomas - 2018
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2015 represent a new global consensus to end poverty, promote prosperity, and protect the environment. Goal 8 seeks to improve global resource efficiency in consumption and production and to decouple economic growth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012924236
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The Status of GDP Compilation Practices in 189 Economies and the Relevance for Policy Analysis
Berry, Francien - 2018
This paper examines the status of GDP compilation in 189 economies against six key criteria that describe national accounts compilation practices: whether the benchmark year is up to date, the availability and timeliness of annual and quarterly GDP, whether GDP by production and expenditure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012924993
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2020 Global Stocktaking of National Accounts Statistics : Availability for Policy and Surveillance
Silungwe, Anthony; Baer, Andrew; Guerreiro, Vanda - 2022
This paper analyzes the availability, methodological soundness, and scope of National Accounts statistics in IMF member and non-member countries in 2020. National Account statistics are instrumental in the development of fiscal and monetary policy and in monitoring economic developments. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013295130
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Transmission of Domestic and External Shocks Through Input-Output Network : Evidence from Korean Industries
Lee, Dongyeol - 2019
lead to large swings in the overall economy. This paper contributes to the understanding of the potential interactions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868263
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Is Technology Widening the Gender Gap? Automation and the Future of Female Employment
Brussevich, Mariya - 2019
Using individual level data on task composition at work for 30 advanced and emerging economies, we find that women, on average, perform more routine tasks than men?tasks that are more prone to automation. To quantify the impact on jobs, we relate data on task composition at work to occupation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012868465
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A Quantitative Analysis of Female Employment in Senegal
Malta, Vivian - 2019
Female-to-male employment in Senegal increased by 14 percentage points between 2006 and 2011. During the same period … employment in Senegal. To that end, we build an overlapping generations model that captures barriers that women face over their … increased in female-to-male employment ratio and (ii) the rest can be explained by a decline in the discrimination against women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012858383
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Social Programs and Formal Employment : Evidence from the Brazilian Bolsa Família Program
Fruttero, Anna - 2020
Employment is key to combating poverty. Thus, detractors of social assistance programs argue that they create … jury is still out with respect to their impact on formal employment. This paper exploits an unannounced change in the … identify the causal impact of the program on formal employment, combining three large administrative datasets. This paper finds …
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