Model Exercise 6, "How Immigration Can Raise Wages," in Burfisher, Intro to CGE Models, 3e (2021).
November 2020

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Version: NIMMIG
Model: Standard GTAPv7 model (uncondensed)
Data: GTAP Data Base version 8 (2007) (same as IMMIGv8 in Intro to CGE models 2e, but data are compatible with GTAPv7 model)
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I.   SUMMARY

This GTAP model version uses a 2-region, 3-factor, 3-commodity data aggregation.  It is used for demonstration in Burfisher, Intro to CGE Models, 3e.  Cambridge University Press, 2021.

II.   SETS

The regions are:
USA	United States
ROW	Rest of the World

The 3 factors are:
Unksilled Labor
Skilled Labor
Capital

The 3 commodities are:
AGR	food and agriculture
MFG	resources and manufactures
SER	all services

III.   EXPERIMENT FILES: SHOCKS, PARAMETERS, CLOSURES AND SOLUTION METHOD

SHOCKS
The experiments in this version replicate Model Exercise 6 in the book

PARAMETERS
Some factor substitution parameters are changed from the default values.  
 
CLOSURES
Standard uncondensed GE closure for GTAPv7 model

SOLUTION METHOD
Gragg 2-4-6  


