Disponible en français: L’impact des réformes commerciales sur l’emploi et le bien-être dans les pays de la CEDEAO Le cas du Sénégal.
This study evaluates the impact of the ECOWAS-CET and the EPA on youth employment and
on welfare in Senegal. The analysis is performed using the PEP-1-1 model, which is a static
computable general equilibrium model. The simulation results indicate that applying the
ECOWAS-CET instead of the WAEMU-CET tends, in Senegal, to generate an increase in youth
and female employment at all qualification levels, and thereby increases welfare of all
household groups. However, implementation of the EPA led to deterioration of this situation,
with contrary effects on employment of all workers (especially youth and women) and
overall welfare.
