Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy
The author develops and applies a methodology to empirically explore the effects of trade policies on the distribution of income and poverty in developing countries. He uses a methodology based on two links-one connecting trade policies to prices, and another connecting prices to household welfare. The author applies the methodology to the study of the distributional effects of Mercosur on Argentine families. The main finding is that Mercosur benefits the average Argentine household across the entire income distribution. There is evidence of a pro-poor bias of the regional trade agreement: on average, poor households gain more from the reform than middle-income households, whereas the effects on rich families are positive but not statistically significant. Prior to the reform, Argentine trade policy protected the rich over the poor, and after the reform, granted some protection to the poor. As relative pre-Mercosur tariffs are higher on relatively skill-intensive goods, the tariff removals tend to benefit the poor over the rich. These findings indicate that trade reforms may actually help improve the distribution of income and reduce poverty in the country.
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dig-okr-10986180562021-04-23T14:03:41Z Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy Porto, Guido G. BENCHMARK COCOA PRICES COMPENSATING VARIATION COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS DEMAND ANALYSIS DEREGULATION DOMESTIC MARKETS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENGEL CURVE ENGEL CURVES EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR PRICES FINANCIAL CRISIS FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INFLATION LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION LEISURE MARKET ANALYSIS OPEN ECONOMIES PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES SAVINGS SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSTITUTION TARIFF BARRIERS TIME SERIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE FUNCTION WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA TRADE POLICY DISTRIBUTION (ECONOMIC THEORY) INCOME DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH PRICE POLICY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TARIFF POLICY TRADE REGIME MERCOSUR HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA The author develops and applies a methodology to empirically explore the effects of trade policies on the distribution of income and poverty in developing countries. He uses a methodology based on two links-one connecting trade policies to prices, and another connecting prices to household welfare. The author applies the methodology to the study of the distributional effects of Mercosur on Argentine families. The main finding is that Mercosur benefits the average Argentine household across the entire income distribution. There is evidence of a pro-poor bias of the regional trade agreement: on average, poor households gain more from the reform than middle-income households, whereas the effects on rich families are positive but not statistically significant. Prior to the reform, Argentine trade policy protected the rich over the poor, and after the reform, granted some protection to the poor. As relative pre-Mercosur tariffs are higher on relatively skill-intensive goods, the tariff removals tend to benefit the poor over the rich. These findings indicate that trade reforms may actually help improve the distribution of income and reduce poverty in the country. 2014-04-25T16:53:30Z 2014-04-25T16:53:30Z 2003-09 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/2534253/using-survey-data-assess-distributional-effects-trade-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18056 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3137 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean ARGENTINA |
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BENCHMARK COCOA PRICES COMPENSATING VARIATION COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS DEMAND ANALYSIS DEREGULATION DOMESTIC MARKETS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENGEL CURVE ENGEL CURVES EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR PRICES FINANCIAL CRISIS FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INFLATION LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION LEISURE MARKET ANALYSIS OPEN ECONOMIES PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES SAVINGS SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSTITUTION TARIFF BARRIERS TIME SERIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE FUNCTION WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA TRADE POLICY DISTRIBUTION (ECONOMIC THEORY) INCOME DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH PRICE POLICY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TARIFF POLICY TRADE REGIME MERCOSUR HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA BENCHMARK COCOA PRICES COMPENSATING VARIATION COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS DEMAND ANALYSIS DEREGULATION DOMESTIC MARKETS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENGEL CURVE ENGEL CURVES EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR PRICES FINANCIAL CRISIS FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INFLATION LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION LEISURE MARKET ANALYSIS OPEN ECONOMIES PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES SAVINGS SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSTITUTION TARIFF BARRIERS TIME SERIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE FUNCTION WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA TRADE POLICY DISTRIBUTION (ECONOMIC THEORY) INCOME DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH PRICE POLICY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TARIFF POLICY TRADE REGIME MERCOSUR HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA |
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BENCHMARK COCOA PRICES COMPENSATING VARIATION COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS DEMAND ANALYSIS DEREGULATION DOMESTIC MARKETS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENGEL CURVE ENGEL CURVES EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR PRICES FINANCIAL CRISIS FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INFLATION LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION LEISURE MARKET ANALYSIS OPEN ECONOMIES PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES SAVINGS SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSTITUTION TARIFF BARRIERS TIME SERIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE FUNCTION WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA TRADE POLICY DISTRIBUTION (ECONOMIC THEORY) INCOME DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH PRICE POLICY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TARIFF POLICY TRADE REGIME MERCOSUR HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA BENCHMARK COCOA PRICES COMPENSATING VARIATION COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS DEMAND ANALYSIS DEREGULATION DOMESTIC MARKETS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENGEL CURVE ENGEL CURVES EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR PRICES FINANCIAL CRISIS FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INFLATION LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION LEISURE MARKET ANALYSIS OPEN ECONOMIES PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES SAVINGS SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSTITUTION TARIFF BARRIERS TIME SERIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE FUNCTION WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA TRADE POLICY DISTRIBUTION (ECONOMIC THEORY) INCOME DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH PRICE POLICY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TARIFF POLICY TRADE REGIME MERCOSUR HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA Porto, Guido G. Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy |
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The author develops and applies a
methodology to empirically explore the effects of trade
policies on the distribution of income and poverty in
developing countries. He uses a methodology based on two
links-one connecting trade policies to prices, and another
connecting prices to household welfare. The author applies
the methodology to the study of the distributional effects
of Mercosur on Argentine families. The main finding is that
Mercosur benefits the average Argentine household across the
entire income distribution. There is evidence of a pro-poor
bias of the regional trade agreement: on average, poor
households gain more from the reform than middle-income
households, whereas the effects on rich families are
positive but not statistically significant. Prior to the
reform, Argentine trade policy protected the rich over the
poor, and after the reform, granted some protection to the
poor. As relative pre-Mercosur tariffs are higher on
relatively skill-intensive goods, the tariff removals tend
to benefit the poor over the rich. These findings indicate
that trade reforms may actually help improve the
distribution of income and reduce poverty in the country. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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BENCHMARK COCOA PRICES COMPENSATING VARIATION COMPETITIVE MARKETS CONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALE CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS DEMAND ANALYSIS DEREGULATION DOMESTIC MARKETS ELASTICITIES ELASTICITY ENDOGENOUS VARIABLES ENGEL CURVE ENGEL CURVES EQUILIBRIUM EQUILIBRIUM PRICES EXCHANGE RATES EXOGENOUS VARIABLES FACTOR DEMAND FACTOR PRICES FINANCIAL CRISIS FUNCTIONAL FORMS GDP GINI COEFFICIENT IMPORTS INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME EFFECTS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME LEVELS INFLATION LABOR MARKET LEGISLATION LEISURE MARKET ANALYSIS OPEN ECONOMIES PER CAPITA INCOME PRICE ADJUSTMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE ELASTICITIES PRICE INDEX PRICE INDICES SAVINGS SOCIAL WELFARE SUBSTITUTION TARIFF BARRIERS TIME SERIES TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICIES TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT WAGES WELFARE EFFECTS WELFARE FUNCTION WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA TRADE POLICY DISTRIBUTION (ECONOMIC THEORY) INCOME DISTRIBUTION RESEARCH PRICE POLICY HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS TARIFF POLICY TRADE REGIME MERCOSUR HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE SURVEYS NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS WORLD MARKETS SURVEY DATA |
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Porto, Guido G. |
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Porto, Guido G. |
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Porto, Guido G. |
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Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy |
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Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy |
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Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy |
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Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy |
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Using Survey Data to Assess the Distributional Effects of Trade Policy |
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using survey data to assess the distributional effects of trade policy |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2003-09 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/09/2534253/using-survey-data-assess-distributional-effects-trade-policy http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18056 |
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