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Item Labour market responses to the abolition of compulsory superannuation(2023) Carter, LousieThis paper aims to compare the labour market effects of two alternative retirement income polices: the superannuation guarantee; and the higher income taxes that would be required to fund the greater pension expenditure that would be incurred if the superannuation guarantee was removed. The labour market effects of the superannuation guarantee have already been modelled by Freebairn (1998) by undertaking comparative statics analysis of a partial equibirilium model. A similar approach is used to examine the labour market effects of higher taxes. The paper sets out both theoretical models,and then considers a numerical example to compare the policy alternatives. It is concluded that the superannuation guarantee is less distortional than an ''equivalent'' tax increase as long as workers do not completely discount the future value of future income derived from compulsory superannuation contributions.Item East Asian development experience; economic system approach and its applicability(Institute of Developing Economics: Tokyo, 1997-01-22) Yanagihara, Toru; Sambommatsu, SusumuItem Estimation of overall incremental capital output ratios of Sri Lanka(1987-08) Karunaratna, S.A.Item NAFTA's Impact on Mexico: rural household-level effects(2023) Janvry, Alain de; Sanoulet, Elisabet; Davis, BenjaminItem Household behavior with imperfect labour market(1996-10-15) Sadoulet, Elisabet; Janvry, Alain de; Benjamin, CatherineA household model with differential asset endowments and idiosyncratic transactions costs in accessing labor market is developed to (1) explain membership of farm households to alternative labor regimes (sellers,employers,or self-sufficient in labor), (2) test for recursivity between production and consumption decisions selectively by labor regime, and (3) identify the determinants of differential labor productivity across labor regimes. The model is applied to a 1994 household survey of the Mexican land reform sector.Item Greening the economy: What it means for South Asian LDCs.(2012) Sharma, PuspaItem The computational experiment: an econometric tool(1996) Kydland, Finn E.; Prescott, Edward CItem Towards a socialist Sri Lanka(Center for society and religion, 1977-01)Item The gender dimensions of economic adjustment policies potential interactions and evidence to date(International Food Policy Research Institute, 1995) Hadded, Lawrence; Brown, Lynn R.; Richter, Andrea; Smith, LisaMany developing countries have implemented stabilization and structural adjustment programs over the last 20 years. The success of these programs depends critically on individual- level responses to changing economic incentives. Access to , control of, and an ability to move productive economic resources between sectors is determined, in part, by gender if an individual's gender impedes their ability to fully participate in the economic adjustment process by inhibiting resource access, control or movement adjustment will be impaired. This paper discusses the potential gender dimensions of structural adjustment for the policies and examines the evidence to date.Item The adding up problem(1989-03) Balassa, BelaThe "Adding Up Problem", or the "Fallacy of Composition", has been with us for sometime. In presenting the favorable economic results of countries following outward-oriented policies, or advocating the adoption of such policies in other countries, one often encounters the objection:"But what would happen if everyone did the same?"The implicit, or explicit, contention is that there would not be enough markets, or that protectionist reactions would be triggered in the developed world, as a result of the onslaught of exports by the developing countries.Item Economic incentives and agricultural exports in developing countries(1987-02) Balassa, BelaThe findings of this paper indicate that exports in general, and agricultural exports in particular, strongly respond to price incentives. this conclusion has been established by an econometric analysis of data for developing countries and for a subset of Sub-saharam African countries as well as by comparisons of the experience of countries at different levels of development and following different policies. The econometric analysis show the responsiveness of the exports of goods and non factor services, merchandise exports, and agricultural exports to changes in the real exchange rate. It is of particular interest to note that this response is apparently greater in sub-saharn African countries than in developing countries in general. The country analyses further indicate that outward-oriented countries had a far better export performance in regard to merchandise exports, as well as for traditional agricultural exports, than inward-oriented economies. The conclusion applies to all the periods under consideration as well as to countries at different levels of development, from newly-industrializing developing countries to sub-saharan African countries.Item Sources of East Asian growth: some evidance from cross - country studies*(2000-02-21) Hahn, Chin Hee; Kim, Jong - ilThe growth accounting analysis of this study confirms the importance of physical capital accumulation for the spectacular performance of East Asia. While total factor productivity growth (TEPG) of East Asia seems to be only moderate compared with developed countries. it is relatively high and sustained compared with other developing regions, which has not received due attention in the literature. Cross-country regressions and the decomposition of regional output growth reveals the quantitative importance of policies, such as openness and and institutions, in distinguishing East Asia from other developing regions. such as Latin America or Sub-Saharan Africa. However, the success of East Asia relative to developed regions can be attributed to the ''convergence'' effect. Which has not been fully exploited due to differences in policies and institutions. The differences in policies and institutions are also useful for understanding the cross-country growth differential within East Asian region, with the role of institutional quality being quantitatively the most important. That is, a significant portion of above-average performance of singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan and below average performance of Philippines and Indonesia are explained by the institutional quality alone. However, if we allow for the possibility that openness affects growth not only directly but also indirectly by improving by improving institutional quality, then the quantitative importance of openness in explaining growth becomes much ,more pronounced. This evidence seems to indicate that openness is the most important factor behind East Asian growth., consistent with the view provided by Kruger (1990) that ''the success of an outer-oriented trade strategy provides the momentum and impetus for further liberalization. Which then permits further economic gains from the trade strategy.''Item Economic and social consequences of Sri Lanka's population changes(2015-02) Sanderatne, Dr.NimalItem Intertemporal equity, discounting and economic efficiency in IPCC Second Assessment Report WGIII - Climate Change 1995: Economic and Social Dimensions of Climate Change.(Cambridge University Press, 2023) Arrow, K.J.; Cline, W.R.; Maler, K.G.; Munasinghe, M; Squitieri, R; Stiglitz, J.E.The discount rate allows economic effects occurring at efferent times to be compared. It plays a vital role in public policy analysis of actions with varying time paths of costs of costs and benefits. It is particularly important in climate change. Because of the very long times involved in climate change decisions, the choice of a discount rate powerfully affects the net present value of alternative policies, and thus the policy recommendations that emerge from climate change analysis.Item Services sector growth: An unstable growth component or a sustainable wealth creator? : The case of Sri Lanka(Central Bank of Sri Lanka, 2006-12-15) Wijewardena, W.A.Item The world economy: On the casual links between FDI and growth in developing countries(2006-01) Hansen, Henrik; Rand, JohnItem Foreign direct investment in developing countries and growth: A selective survey(Prank Cass, 1997-10) Jr, R.Luiz De MelloThis article survey the latest development in the literature on the impact of inward foriegn direct investment (FDI) on growth in developing countries. In general, FDI is thought of as a composite bundle of capital stocks, know - how and technology and hence its impact on growth is expected to be manifold and vary a great deal between technologically advanced and developing countries. The ultimate impact of FDI on output growth in the recipient economy depends on the scope for efficiency spillovers to domestic firms, by which FDi leads to increasing returns in domestic production and increases in the value - added content of FDI- related production.