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Linking National and Multi-regional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Models: The Effects of an Increase in Award Wage Rates in Australia

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  • Peter Dixon
  • John Madden
  • Maureen Rimmer

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Dixon P. B., Madden J. R. and Rimmer M. T. Linking national and multi-regional computable general equilibrium (CGE) models: the effects of an increase in award wage rates in Australia, Regional Studies. Wages for 20% of Australian workers are set by awards, reviewed annually in a centralized legal process. For the 2005 review, the economy-wide and regional effects of increases in awards were modelled. A top-down approach in which results from a national model, MONASH, are fed into a multi-regional model, MMRF, was adopted. This enabled the authors to produce regional results while taking advantage of detailed labour-market specifications that were available only in MONASH. In using MMRF, a limitation of previous top-down methods was overcome - the inability to handle shocks affecting cost relativities between regions. [image omitted] Dixon P. B., Madden J. R. et Rimmer M. T. Relier les modeles CGE national et a plusieurs regions: les effets d'une hausse des salaires d'attribution en Australie, Regional Studies. Pour 20% des travailleurs australiens, les salaires sont fixes a partir des attributions et sont revises tous les ans par moyen d'une procedure juridique centralisee. Pour la revision 2005, on a modelise l'impact des hausses des attributions sur l'economie et les regions. On a adopte une facon directive ou les resultats d'un modele national, MONASH, s'introduisent dans un modele a plusieurs regions, MMRF. Cela a permis la production des resultats regionaux tout en profitant des caracteristiques du marche du travail detaillees qui n'etaient disponibles que dans le modele MONASH. En employant le modele MMRF, on a surmonte une contrainte aux methodes directives anterieures - a savoir l'incapacite de traiter des chocs qui influent sur les couts relatifs interegionaux. Modelisation CGE a plusieurs regions Relier les modeles CGE Modelisation directive Salaire minimum Salaires d'attribution australiens Dixon P. B., Madden J. R. und Rimmer M. T. Verknupfung von nationalen und multiregionalen CGE-Modellen: die Auswirkungen einer Erhohung des Mindestlohns in Australien, Regional Studies. Zwanzig Prozent der australischen Arbeitnehmer erhalten Mindestlohne, die jahrlich uber ein zentralisiertes juristisches Verfahren festgelegt werden. Fur die Festlegung von 2005 modellierten wir die wirtschaftsweiten und regionalen Auswirkungen der Mindestlohnerhohungen. Hierfur verwendeten wir einen Top-Down-Ansatz, bei dem die Ergebnisse eines nationalen Modells (MONASH) in ein multiregionales Modell (MMRF) eingegeben wurden. Auf diese Weise erhielten wir regionale Ergebnisse und konnten zugleich die detaillierten Arbeitsmarktdaten nutzen, die nur in MONASH zur Verfugung stehen. Durch MMRF konnten wir eine Beschrankung der fruheren Top-Down-Ansatze uberwinden: die Unmoglichkeit einer Berucksichtigung von Schocks, die sich auf die Kostenrelativitaten zwischen Regionen auswirken. Multiregionales CGE-Modell Verknupfung von CGE-Modellen Top-Down-Modelle Mindestlohne Australische Mindestlohne Dixon P. B., Madden J. R. y Rimmer M. T. Acceso a modelos CGE nacionales y multi-regionales: los efectos de un aumento del salario minimo en Australia, Regional Studies. Los salarios para el veinte por ciento de los empleados australianos estan definidos por salarios minimos, revisados anualmente en un proceso legal centralizado. Para la revision de 2005, modelamos los efectos regionales y en toda la economia del aumento del salario minimo. Adoptamos un enfoque verticalista en el que los resultados de un modelo nacional, MONASH, se suministran a un modelo multi-regional, MMRF. Esto nos permitio producir resultados regionales a la vez que pudieramos aprovecharnos de las especificaciones detalladas del mercado laboral que solamente estaban disponibles en MONASH. Al usar MMRF, superamos la limitacion de los metodos verticalistas anteriores -la incapacidad de manejar choques que afectan a las relatividades de costes entre regiones. Modelo CGE multi-regional Enlaces entre modelos CGE Modelo verticalista Salarios minimos Salarios minimos en Australia

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  • Peter Dixon & John Madden & Maureen Rimmer, 2010. "Linking National and Multi-regional Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) Models: The Effects of an Increase in Award Wage Rates in Australia," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 44(10), pages 1369-1385.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:44:y:2010:i:10:p:1369-1385
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    3. Boeters, Stefan & Savard, Luc, 2013. "The Labor Market in Computable General Equilibrium Models," Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, in: Peter B. Dixon & Dale Jorgenson (ed.), Handbook of Computable General Equilibrium Modeling, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 0, pages 1645-1718, Elsevier.

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