Absorption Capacity, Structural Similarity and Embodied Technology Spillovers in a "Macro" Model: An Implementation Within a Computable General Equilibrium Framework

2001 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-132
Author(s):  
Gouranga G. Das ◽  
Alan A. Powell
Keyword(s):  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
New Technology ◽  
Structural Similarity ◽  
Absorption Capacity ◽  
Technology Transfers ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
And Shifts

In this paper, all technology transfers are embodied in trade flows within a three-region, one- traded-commodity version of the GTAP model. Exogenous Hicks-Neutral technical progress in one region can have uneven impacts on productivity elsewhere. Why? Destination regions’ ability to harness new technology depends on their absorptive capacity and the structural congruence of the source and destination. Together with trade volume, these two factors determine the recipient’s spillover coefficient (which measures its success in capturing foreign technology). Armington competition between the outputs of the three economies and shifts in their terms of trade loom large in the general equilibrium adjustment. This has implications for public policy in the context of human capital formation, role of education especially for the developing economies like the East-Asian countries.

scholarly journals Factors of success and failure in the acquisition of grammatical gender in Dutch

2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 267-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonie Cornips ◽  
Aafke Hulk
Keyword(s):  
Second Language Acquisition ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Age Of Onset ◽  
Structural Similarity ◽  
Grammatical Gender ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Gender System

The goal of this article is to examine the factors that are proposed in the literature to explain the success—failure in the child L2 (second language) acquisition of grammatical gender in Dutch definite determiners. Focusing on four different groups of bilingual children, we discuss four external success factors put forward in the literature: (1) early age of onset, (2) lengthy and intensive input, (3) the quality of the input and (4) the role of the other language. We argue that the first two factors may indeed contribute to explaining the differences in success between the less and more successful bilingual children. However, the influence of the quality of the input in (standard) Dutch appears to be inconclusive, whereas the (structural) similarity of the gender systems in the two languages may reinforce the children's awareness of the grammatical gender category. Moreover, it appears that individual bilingualism vs. societal bilingualism, that is the sociolinguistic context in which Dutch is acquired, is not a factor for failure or success with respect to the acquisition of grammatical gender. In the final part of this article, we hypothesize that the important role of the input is related to a language internal factor, which distinguishes the Dutch gender system of the definite determiner from that of other languages, resulting in different acquisition paths.

The role of agriculture for economic development and gender in iraq: a computable general equilibrium model approach

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 431-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azhr Al-Haboby ◽  
Clemens Breisinger ◽  
Dario Debowicz ◽  
Abdul Hussein El-Hakim ◽  
Jenna Ferguson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Equilibrium Model ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium Model ◽  
General Equilibrium Model ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Model Approach

scholarly journals Welfare Analysis: Bridging the Partial and General Equilibrium Divide for Policy Analysis

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Scott Farrow ◽  
Adam Rose
Keyword(s):  
General Equilibrium ◽  
Computable General Equilibrium ◽  
Secondary Effects ◽  
Equilibrium Modeling ◽  
Functional Specification ◽  
Equilibrium Approach ◽  
Welfare Measures ◽  
Conceptual Foundations ◽  
General Equilibrium Modeling

Advances in theoretical and computable general equilibrium modeling brought their conceptual foundations more in line with standard microeconomic constructs. This reduced the theoretical gap between welfare measurements using a partial or a general equilibrium approach. However, the separation of the partial and general equilibrium literatures lingers in many applications that this manuscript seeks to bridge. The now shared conceptual foundations, the importance of functional specification, the role of common price movements and closure rules are discussed. The continuing stricture in U.S. Government guidelines against including secondary effects in welfare measures is questioned.

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