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Giesecke, J.A.; Dixon, J.M.; Dixon, P.B.; Rimmer, M.T. - Centre of Policy Studies and Impact Project (COPS), … - 2014

require a substantial increase in multifactor productivity growth. In our third simulation, we model the size of the increase … in multifactor productivity necessary to offset the forecast declining terms of trade, rising dependency ratio, and other … forecast economic challenges. We find that the required rate of productivity growth, at 1.96% p.a., is of a level not seen in …

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Accounting for Skill Premium Patterns during the EU Accession: Productivity or Trade?

Sang-Wook (Stanley) Cho; Dìaz, Juliàn P. - School of Economics, UNSW Business School - 2014

In this article, we disentangle the relationship between the skill premium, trade liberalization and productivity … Accounting Matrices, Household Budget Surveys and the EU KLEMS Growth and Productivity Accounts database, we calibrate it to …. While productivity changes account for only a small fraction of the skill premium increases during 1995 and 2000, they …

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To Be or Not to Be at the BOP: A One-North-Many-Souths Model with Subsistence and Luxury Goods

Zon, Adriaan van; Schmidt, Tobias - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2008

In this paper we seek to explain the causes and consequences of Northern penetration in Southern subsistence markets in order to reach the countless masses at the Bottom of the (Income) Pyramid. To this end we formulate a One-North-Many-Souths model, inspired by the Krugman (1979) North-South...

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Libéralisation commerciale et emploi en Tunisie : un modèle d'équilibre général calculable avec salaires d'efficience

Marouani, Mohamed Ali - DIAL - 1999

(english) Within a multisectoral general equilibrium framework, we explicitly model endogenous wage differentials between sectors. The model, based on efficiency wage theory (the Shirking Model) is used to assess the impact of trade liberalization on employment and wages in Tunisia. Highly...

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Economic sanctions and trade diversions in Sudan

Siddig, Khalid - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The latest episode of the armed conflict between Northern and Southern Sudan erupted in 1983 and ended with the signing of the "Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)" in 2005. The CPA allows for a referendum on independence for South Sudan in 2011. A similar scenario is possible for Darfur, where...

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Ouverture commerciale, réformes fiscales et chômage en Tunisie. Une analyse en équilibre général intertemporel

Marouani, Mohamed Ali - In: Revue économique 59 (2008) 1, pp. 119-148

This article analyses the impact of the Euro-Tunisian Free Trade Agreement and of various tax reform scenarios on unemployment in Tunisia. At this aim, we build a multisectoral intertemporal general equilibrium model, taking into account imperfect labour market behaviour. The main conclusion is...

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Commerce international et salaires relatifs : les enseignements des modeles d'equilibre general calculables

Decreux, Yvan; Guerin, Jean-Louis; Jean, Sebastien - In: Economie Internationale (2003) 94-95, pp. 175-200

Cet article etudie les enseignements des modeles d'equilibre general calculables quant a l'impact sur les salaires relatifs d'un choc de politique commerciale ou d'un choc exogene de commerce international. Les simulations presentees confirment que, en s'appuyant sur un cadre d'analyse...

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Is the End of the MFA a threat for the Tunisian Economy?

Marouani, Mohamed Ali - DIAL - 2007

(english) The end of the Multifiber Agreement in January 2005 had a negative impact on the Tunisian apparel industry, but the effects were weaker than expected. Using a dynamic general equilibrium model, the article provides a prospective assessment of the impact on Tunisia of the phase out of...

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Effects of Reducing Tariffs in The Democratic Republic of Congo(DRC): A CGE Analysis

Bonga-Bonga, Lumengo; Erero, Jean Luc; Pambudi, Daniel … - Economic Research Southern Africa (ERSA) - 2014

export markets. Nonetheless, it induces productivity improvements when local producers survive import competition by seeking …

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Women’s changing participation in the Labor Force. A CGE Model applied to the Moroccan economy

Karim, Mohamed; Bouzahzah, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We examine, in this article, the effect, on the women’s participation in the labor market, of increasing commercial opening of the Moroccan economy (further to the Association Agreement with the European Union, the Agadir Agreement, etc.). To do this, we build a multi-sector computable general...

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