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abstract: 'A general equilibrium model is used to study the impact of labor market
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policies on growth, employment, urban inequality, and rural welfare in
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labor-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Various
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experiments are conducted, such as a reduction in payroll taxation, cuts
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in public sector wages and employment, and a reduction in trade unions''
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bargaining power. We find that overseas employment may, under certain
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circumstances, substitute for domestic informal sector employment as the
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main buffer in labor market adjustment. In addition, we argue that to
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foster broad-based welfare-enhancing job creation in the region, labor
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market reforms must take account of general equilibrium effects,
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including crowding-in effects on private investment and variations in
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income remittances and international migration patterns. Finally, we
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argue that labor market reforms should be viewed as a component of a
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more comprehensive program of structural reforms aimed at spurring
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growth and employment. (c) 2006 Society for Policy Modeling. Published
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by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.'
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affiliation: 'Agenor, PR (Corresponding Author), Univ Manchester, Sch Social Studies,
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Ctr Growth \& Business Cycle Res, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England.
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Univ Manchester, Sch Social Studies, Ctr Growth \& Business Cycle Res, Manchester
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M13 9PL, Lancs, England.
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World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA.
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Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC 20057 USA.
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Univ Copenhagen, DK-1168 Copenhagen, Denmark.'
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author: Agenor, Pierre-Richard and Nabli, Mustapha K. and Yousef, Tarik and Jensen,
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Henning Tarp
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author-email: pierre-richard.agenor@manchester.ac.uk
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author_list:
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- family: Agenor
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given: Pierre-Richard
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- family: Nabli
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given: Mustapha K.
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- family: Yousef
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given: Tarik
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- family: Jensen
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given: Henning Tarp
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da: '2023-09-28'
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doi: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2006.07.007
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files: []
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issn: 0161-8938
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journal: JOURNAL OF POLICY MODELING
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keywords: labor market reforms; growth; employment; MENA; unemployment rate; IMMPA
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language: English
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month: MAR-APR
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number: '2'
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number-of-cited-references: '27'
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pages: 277-309
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papis_id: b36361cf5060d3fd32f80b1426575d7e
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ref: Agenor2007labormarket
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times-cited: '19'
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title: Labor market reforms, growth, and unemployment in labor-exporting countries
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in the Middle East and North Africa
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2023-10-01 08:15:07 +00:00
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type: article
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2023-09-28 14:46:10 +00:00
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unique-id: WOS:000246345100007
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usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
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usage-count-since-2013: '14'
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volume: '29'
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web-of-science-categories: Economics
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year: '2007'
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