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Assessing the Impact of Supply Disruptions on the Global Pandemic Recovery

Author/Editor: Harri Kemp, Rafael A Portillo, Marika Santoro.

Release Date:February, 2023

We estimate the role of (pre-Ukraine war) supply disruptions in constraining the Covid-19 pandemic recovery, for several advanced economies and emerging markets, and globally. We rely on two more...



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Commodity Cycles, Inequality, and Poverty in Latin America

Author/Editor: Ravi Balakrishnan, Sandra V Lizarazo Ruiz, Marika Santoro, Frederik G Toscani, Mauricio Vargas.

Release Date:April, 2021

Over the past decades, inequality has risen not just in advanced economies but also in many emerging market and developing economies, becoming one of the key global policy challenges. And throughout more...



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Enhancing Resilience to Climate Change in the Maldives

Author/Editor: Giovanni Melina, Marika Santoro.

Release Date:April, 2021



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Modeling Trade Tensions: Different Mechanisms in General Equilibrium

Author/Editor: Benjamin L Hunt, Susanna Mursula, Rafael A Portillo, Marika Santoro.

Release Date:December, 2020

In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms through which import tariffs impact the macroeconomy in two large scale workhorse models used for quantitative policy analysis: a computational general more...



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Pension Reform Options in Chile : Some Tradeoffs

Author/Editor: Marika Santoro.

Release Date:March, 2017

In this paper, we study the macroeconomic impact of pension reform options in Chile, using a dynamic general equilibrium model. The main reform proposal considers raising contributions (employer more...



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Labor Force Participation in Chile : Recent Trends, Drivers, and Prospects

Author/Editor: Patrick Blagrave, Marika Santoro.

Release Date:March, 2017

Gains in labor force participation rates in Chile have slowed in recent years. We examine their determinants using a cohort-model analysis. Allowing for both age- and cohort-specific effects in the more...



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Estimating Potential Output in Chile : A Multivariate Filter for Mining and Non-Mining Sectors

Author/Editor: Patrick Blagrave, Marika Santoro.

Release Date:October, 2016

Using a multivariate filter, we estimate potential growth rates in Chile’s mining and non-mining sectors. Estimates for the mining sector incorporate information on copper prices, whereas estimates more...



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Long-term Gain, Short-Term Pain : Assessing the Potential Impact of Structural Reforms in Chile

Author/Editor: Marika Santoro.

Release Date:December, 2015

In this paper, I study the potential economic impact of the 2015-18 structural reform agenda
 in Chile, using the IMF dynamic general equilibrium model (GIMF). I find that the more...



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Energy Subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean: Stocktaking and Policy Challenges

Author/Editor: Gabriel Di Bella, Lawrence Norton, Joseph Ntamatungiro, Sumiko Ogawa, Issouf Samaké, Marika Santoro.

Release Date:February, 2015

The oil price decline creates an opportunity to dismantle energy subsidies, which escalatedwith high oil prices. This paper assesses energy subsidies in Latin America and theCaribbean—about 1.8 more...



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Labor Market Issues in the Caribbean: Scope to Mobilize Employment Growth

Author/Editor: Magda E. Kandil, Genevieve Lindow, Mario Mansilla, Joel Chiedu Okwuokei, Jochen M. Schmittmann, Qiaoe Chen, Xin Li, Marika Santoro, Solomon Stavis.

Release Date:July, 2014

The paper examines the determinants of employment growth, drawing on data available across a sample of Caribbean countries. To that end, the paper analyzes estimates of the employment-output more...



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