Product Market Integration and Household Labor Supply in a Poor Economy : Evidence from Vietnam
This report considers how product market integration in a country's primary agricultural export alters the economic activities of men and women in a poor economy. Between 1993 and 1997, Vietnam relaxed its rice export quota and freed internal...
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okr-10986-156272021-04-23T14:03:20Z Product Market Integration and Household Labor Supply in a Poor Economy : Evidence from Vietnam Edmonds, Eric V. Pavcnik, Nina AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FORESTRY GNP GNP PER CAPITA INCOME INCOME EFFECT INCOME EFFECTS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEISURE LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL VALUE MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKETING NORMAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY COST POLICY ENVIRONMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRODUCERS QUOTAS REAL WAGES RELATIVE VALUE RURAL COMMUNITIES SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SURPLUS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION URBAN AREAS WAGE RATES WAGES WTO GENDER RESEARCH RICE CULTIVATION RICE PRICES RICE PRODUCTION RICE RESEARCH GENDER DIFFERENCES This report considers how product market integration in a country's primary agricultural export alters the economic activities of men and women in a poor economy. Between 1993 and 1997, Vietnam relaxed its rice export quota and freed internal restrictions on the trade of rice across regions. These reforms contributed to an almost 30 percent increase in the real price of rice. Using a panel of rural Vietnamese communities that spans the period of policy change, the authors relate the regional and intertemporal variation in the price of rice to changes in the economic activities of children, young adults, and adults by gender. They find that higher rice prices are associated with lower participation in wage work by boys, girls, and young adults, and lower participation in household production by adults. Moreover, higher rice prices are associated with less time devoted to household production for all age groups and adults devoting more hours to wage work. Finally, with the exception of children, labor market responses to changes in rice prices mostly do not differ statistically for males and females. 2013-09-04T20:59:57Z 2013-09-04T20:59:57Z 2004-03 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3168103/product-market-integration-household-labor-supply-poor-economy-evidence-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15627 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 3234 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Vietnam |
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FORESTRY GNP GNP PER CAPITA INCOME INCOME EFFECT INCOME EFFECTS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEISURE LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL VALUE MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKETING NORMAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY COST POLICY ENVIRONMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRODUCERS QUOTAS REAL WAGES RELATIVE VALUE RURAL COMMUNITIES SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SURPLUS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION URBAN AREAS WAGE RATES WAGES WTO GENDER RESEARCH RICE CULTIVATION RICE PRICES RICE PRODUCTION RICE RESEARCH GENDER DIFFERENCES |
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AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE COMMODITIES COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CONSUMERS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EQUILIBRIUM EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FORESTRY GNP GNP PER CAPITA INCOME INCOME EFFECT INCOME EFFECTS INTERNATIONAL MARKETS LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LABOR SUPPLY LEISURE LIQUIDITY LIVING STANDARDS LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MARGINAL PRODUCT MARGINAL VALUE MARKET INTEGRATION MARKET LIBERALIZATION MARKETING NORMAL GOOD OPPORTUNITY COST POLICY ENVIRONMENT PRICE CHANGES PRICE INCREASES PRODUCERS QUOTAS REAL WAGES RELATIVE VALUE RURAL COMMUNITIES SUBSTITUTES SUBSTITUTION SUBSTITUTION EFFECT SURPLUS TRADE BARRIERS TRADE LIBERALIZATION URBAN AREAS WAGE RATES WAGES WTO GENDER RESEARCH RICE CULTIVATION RICE PRICES RICE PRODUCTION RICE RESEARCH GENDER DIFFERENCES Edmonds, Eric V. Pavcnik, Nina Product Market Integration and Household Labor Supply in a Poor Economy : Evidence from Vietnam |
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This report considers how product market
integration in a country's primary agricultural export
alters the economic activities of men and women in a poor
economy. Between 1993 and 1997, Vietnam relaxed its rice
export quota and freed internal restrictions on the trade of
rice across regions. These reforms contributed to an almost
30 percent increase in the real price of rice. Using a panel
of rural Vietnamese communities that spans the period of
policy change, the authors relate the regional and
intertemporal variation in the price of rice to changes in
the economic activities of children, young adults, and
adults by gender. They find that higher rice prices are
associated with lower participation in wage work by boys,
girls, and young adults, and lower participation in
household production by adults. Moreover, higher rice prices
are associated with less time devoted to household
production for all age groups and adults devoting more hours
to wage work. Finally, with the exception of children, labor
market responses to changes in rice prices mostly do not
differ statistically for males and females. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Edmonds, Eric V. Pavcnik, Nina |
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Edmonds, Eric V. Pavcnik, Nina |
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Edmonds, Eric V. |
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Product Market Integration and Household Labor Supply in a Poor Economy : Evidence from Vietnam |
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Product Market Integration and Household Labor Supply in a Poor Economy : Evidence from Vietnam |
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Product Market Integration and Household Labor Supply in a Poor Economy : Evidence from Vietnam |
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Product Market Integration and Household Labor Supply in a Poor Economy : Evidence from Vietnam |
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Product Market Integration and Household Labor Supply in a Poor Economy : Evidence from Vietnam |
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product market integration and household labor supply in a poor economy : evidence from vietnam |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/03/3168103/product-market-integration-household-labor-supply-poor-economy-evidence-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15627 |
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