Uruguay is a small economy. Its integration to MERCOSUR has increased the exposure to regional macroeconomic … inestability. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of regional integration on labour market and poverty. We estimated wage …. Finally, the effects on poverty and income distribution obtained through microsimulations are consistent with the results of …

Uruguay is a small economy. Its integration into MERCOSUR has increased its exposure to regional macroeconomic … instability. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of regional integration on the country's labor market and poverty. We … negative effects on investment. Finally, the effects on poverty and income distribution obtained through microsimulations are …

distribution in Canada, using a general equilibrium microsimulation model. We also estimate labour supply and demand elasticities …

A CGE microsimulation model is used to study the poverty impacts of trade liberalization in Zimbabwe. A sample of 14006 … consumer prices fall and this, together with increased unskilled wages, leads to a fall in poverty. The fall in the price of …, explains why poverty falls more here than in rural Zimbabwe …

The paper employs an integrated CGE-microsimulation approach to analyze the poverty effects of tariff reduction. The … results indicate that the tariff cuts implemented between 1994 and 2000 were generally poverty-reducing, primarily through the … (NCR), where poverty incidence is already lowest, than in other areas, especially rural, where poverty incidence is highest …

the efficiency of public spending, could lift long-term growth and reduce poverty, especially in rural areas, even more …

paper considers the effects of macroeconomic policies on poverty and inequality by building and linking a microsimulation … (MS) model to a Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model. In the South African context, where poverty and inequality are … impact on poverty and inequality can be assessed in detail …

this paper is to take this discussion a step further by introducing the effect of textiles protection on poverty and its … increase in consumption for most households. Unskilled Indians are the only group to experience a reduction in poverty and … welfare increases in the short run. The average poverty gap and the squared poverty gap also follow the same pattern as …

-importer countries like Indonesia. This study aims to measure the impact on poverty in Indonesia of volatility in the world price and … import tariffs of soybeans. By applying a computable general equilibrium (CGE)-microsimulation approach and the endogenous … poverty line, it was shown that the dramatic volatility of world soybean prices during 2007–09 had a significant effect on …

levels. Poverty levels have also risen. The country’s experience presents an interesting challenge for many economists that … liberalization using a dynamic microsimulation computable general equilibrium approach. Trade liberalization has been simulated by a … factor productivity. The main findings are that a complete tariff removal on imports has negative welfare and poverty …