The paper analyses welfare and poverty implications of different options for creating and using fiscal space for public education expenditures. The analysis uses a multi sectoral computable general equilibrium model calibrated for Burkina Faso. Education is demanded by households as an...

The Netherlands experience with the use of fiscal policy in times of low growth is often quoted as an example of the better performing experiences, also renamed as the ‘Dutch miracle'. This has been generally true for the Netherlands since the 1980's, when compared to other countries. The...

Employing the available social accounting matrix, this paper examines the impacts of different public education consumption schemes on Cambodian macroeconomics, the labour market and household welfare. The results from the simulation scenarios in the CGE model revealed that the reallocation of...

A multisectoral computable general equilibrium model is constructed to evaluate the direct and indirect effects of public education policy on well-being, poverty and income distribution in Burkina Faso. It specifies a flexible endowment of qualified and unqualified workers in each household. The...

This study uses a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to analyze the impact of skilled and semi-skilled labor supply shocks on the Ethiopian economy and sectoral outputs. The study examines three policy scenarios: a 10% increase, a 15% increase, and a 20% increase in skilled and...