abstract: 'A general equilibrium model is used to study the impact of labor market

  policies on growth, employment, urban inequality, and rural welfare in

  labor-exporting countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Various

  experiments are conducted, such as a reduction in payroll taxation, cuts

  in public sector wages and employment, and a reduction in trade unions''

  bargaining power. We find that overseas employment may, under certain

  circumstances, substitute for domestic informal sector employment as the

  main buffer in labor market adjustment. In addition, we argue that to

  foster broad-based welfare-enhancing job creation in the region, labor

  market reforms must take account of general equilibrium effects,

  including crowding-in effects on private investment and variations in

  income remittances and international migration patterns. Finally, we

  argue that labor market reforms should be viewed as a component of a

  more comprehensive program of structural reforms aimed at spurring

  growth and employment. (c) 2006 Society for Policy Modeling. Published

  by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Agenor, PR (Corresponding Author), Univ Manchester, Sch Social Studies,
  Ctr Growth \& Business Cycle Res, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancs, England.

  Univ Manchester, Sch Social Studies, Ctr Growth \& Business Cycle Res, Manchester
  M13 9PL, Lancs, England.

  World Bank, Washington, DC 20433 USA.

  Georgetown Univ, Washington, DC 20057 USA.

  Univ Copenhagen, DK-1168 Copenhagen, Denmark.'
author: Agenor, Pierre-Richard and Nabli, Mustapha K. and Yousef, Tarik and Jensen,
  Henning Tarp
author-email: pierre-richard.agenor@manchester.ac.uk
author_list:
- family: Agenor
  given: Pierre-Richard
- family: Nabli
  given: Mustapha K.
- family: Yousef
  given: Tarik
- family: Jensen
  given: Henning Tarp
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.jpolmod.2006.07.007
files: []
issn: 0161-8938
journal: JOURNAL OF POLICY MODELING
keywords: labor market reforms; growth; employment; MENA; unemployment rate; IMMPA
language: English
month: MAR-APR
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '27'
pages: 277-309
papis_id: b36361cf5060d3fd32f80b1426575d7e
ref: Agenor2007labormarket
times-cited: '19'
title: Labor market reforms, growth, and unemployment in labor-exporting countries
  in the Middle East and North Africa
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000246345100007
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volume: '29'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2007'