This paper uses an OLG CGE model for the UK to illustrate the long-term effect on migration on the macroeconomy. As an illustration we use current UK government's migration target to reduce net migration "from hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands". Achieving this target would require to...

The problem of lack of competitiveness has become one of the main concerns of European governments. This is reflected trough out the Europe 2020 Strategy that includes as key priority the promotion and efficient and productive use of inputs. Differently to other “well-behaved” European...

Ever since the accession of Spain to the European Economic Community, Andalusia has been recipient of European Funds, hence, this paper proposes an analysis on the main macroeconomic variables of the region, that will reveal the economic impact of the European Funds received by the Autonomous...

The objective of the current paper is to analyze the impact of the European Union (EU) funds on gross domestic product (GDP) and employment in the Azores. The theoretical model is based on a modeling platform for the Azorean economy, supported by a dynamical multi-sector computable general...

In this paper we study the potential effects on the Italian economy of various reform packages in the spirit of the Europe 2020 strategy. By using the version adapted for Italy of the endogenous growth model developed by the DG ECFIN for economic policy evaluation (QUEST III with R&D), through...

A sectorally disaggregated CGE model is a powerful tool for economic policy simulation. Using the sectoral data, that are encompassing 71 sectors/commodities taken from the most recent input-output table refering to 2007, we were able to construct a detailed general equilibrium model for Germany...

In line with the EU strategy on smart and sustainable growth, increasing attention has been directed to Research and Development activities in the Czech Republic. Both public and private Gross Expenditures on R&D (GERD) have doubled between 2000 and 2008. Whereas the private sector still...

High and increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have remained an urgent priority on the international political agenda since the first Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC 1990) and evidence suggests that immediate global action to curb GHG emissions is...

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This paper is intended as a first approach to effectiveness of the wage reduction in promoting the international competitiveness of the Portuguese economy. It is general knowledge that the promotion of international competitiveness can be promoted by three distinct pathways. The first is to...