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Implications of labor supply specifications in CGE models : a demonstration for employment of Palestinian labor in Israel and its impact on the West Bank economy

Agbahey, Johanes; Siddig, Khalid Hassan Ali; Grethe, Harald - 2020

Results of general equilibrium models are sensitive to model parameterization and specification. The role of macroeconomic closures and the effect of trade elasticities are documented in the literature, but there is no systematic analysis of the implications of different labor supply...

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Foreseeing supply and demand for competence and education until 2025 with a regional CGE model

Kinnunen, Jouko; Lindström, Bjarne; Fellman, Katarina - 2015

Åland Islands, a small Finnish island region with its own governmental powers, is rapidly aging together with its neighboring regions in mainland Finland and Sweden. The demographic momentum affects its labor market in various ways. Aging will keep exits from labor market high in the near...

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Economic effects of climate change in developing countries : economy-wide and regional analysis for Ethiopia

Yalew, Amsalu W.; Hirte, Georg; Lotze-Campen, Hermann; … - 2017

Quantifying the economic effects of climate change is a crucial step for planning adaptation in developing countries. This study assesses the economy-wide and regional effects of climate change induced productivity and labor supply shocks in agriculture in Ethiopia. The study shows, in worst...

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The Impact of Crisis-Related Changes in Trade Flows on Employment, Incomes, Regional and Sectoral Development in Brazil

McDonald, Scott - 2012

This study uses the STAGE-LAB Computable General Equilibrium Model to analyze the potential impact of the trade shock associated with the Great Recession on labor and household income in Brazil. Our model assumes that high skilled labor is fully employed, while there is oversupply of labor in...

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Income Inequality and Asset Prices Under Redistributive Taxation

Pastor, Lubos - 2017

Our simple model features agents heterogeneous in skill and risk aversion, incomplete financial markets, and redistributive taxation. In equilibrium, agents become entrepreneurs if their skill is sufficiently high or risk aversion sufficiently low. Under heavier taxation, entrepreneurs are more...

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Impacts of fuel subsidy rationalization on sectoral output and employment in Malaysia

Noorasiah Sulaiman; Mukaramah-Harun; Yusuf, Arief Anshory - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 39 (2022) 1, pp. 315-348

Large allocations for fuel subsidies have long put the Government of Malaysia’s budget under great strain. Using a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model, this paper evaluates the impact of fuel subsidy rationalization on sectoral output and employment. Employment is classified into...

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Trade Reforms, Unemployment, Household Income and Welfare: The Philippine Case

Cororaton, Caesar B. - 2003

The paper analyzes the possible effects of tariff reduction in the 1990s on unemployment, household income and … effects and factor movements, the nonfood manufacturing sector benefits the most. As a result, unemployment in production … labor declines while its wages improve. However, agriculture sector contracts which results in higher unemployment in the …

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Analyzing the Impact of Philippine Tariff Reform on Unemployment, Distribution and Poverty Using CGE-Microsimulation Approach

Cororaton, Caesar B. - 2003

This paper examines the effects of the reduction in tariff rates in the Philippines from 1994 to 2000 on unemployment …

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Philippine-Japan Bilateral Agreements: Analysis of Possible Effects on Unemployment, Distribution and Poverty in the Philippines Using CGE-Microsimulation Approach

Cororaton, Caesar B. - 2004

-Japan bilateral agreements on unemployment, income distribution and poverty. The results indicate contraction in agriculture but … industry. Unemployment in agriculture deteriorates while in industry improves. Thus income inequality worsens. However, poverty …

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A drastic reduction of fuel subsidies confuses ends and means

Azis, Iwan J. - In: ASEAN economic bulletin 23 (2006) 1, pp. 114-136

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