The world is in the midst of a major demographic transition. This paper examines the implications of such transition over the next 80 years for Japan, the United States, other industrial countries, and the developing regions of the world using a dynamic intertemporal general equilibrium...

This study reviews early simulations of the effects of German unification using three different rational-expectations multi-country models. Despite significant differences in their structures and in the implementations of the unification shock the models delivered a number of common results that...

The paper investigates whether the market size of a regional trade agreement (RTA) is a determinant of foreign direct investment (FDI) received by countries participating in the RTA. This hypothesis is tested on a sample of 71 developing countries during the period 1980-99. Evidence is found...

[eng] The transpacific imbalance : an East Asian perspective . This paper explores the effects of policies proposed to decrease transpacific imbalances. This paper attempts to provide empirical estimates for the effects of the proposals based on a simulation model (a multi-country intertemporal...

Matching mechanisms have been proposed to mitigate underprovision of public goods in voluntary contribution models. This paper investigates Pareto-improving equilibria under various matching schemes with two heterogeneous players. First, this matching mechanism avoids free riding and each player...

This paper does two things. First, it articulates what are the main implications of theoretical and empirical research for design of labor market policies and labor market institutions. Second, in this light, the paper analyzes the IMF’s labor market recommendations since the beginning of the...

The paper examines the relationship between the rapid pace of trade and financial globalization and the rise in income inequality observed in most countries over the past two decades. Using a newly compiled panel of 51 countries over a 23-year period from 1981 to 2003, the paper reports...

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Dans la plupart des pays de l’OCDE, la participation des femmes au marché du travail a fortement augmenté au cours des dernières décennies (graphique 1). Ce processus n’a pas suivi le même déroulement temporel dans tous les pays : il a démarré plus tôt dans certains (par exemple les...