Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization

Data from China's national rural and urban household surveys are used to measure and explain the welfare impacts of changes in goods and factor prices attributable to accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The price changes are estim...

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Main Authors: Chen, Shaohua, Ravallion, Martin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2014
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WTO
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/17742525/welfare-impacts-chinas-accession-world-trade-organization
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spelling okr-10986-171532021-04-23T14:03:29Z Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization Chen, Shaohua Ravallion, Martin ADVERSE IMPACTS AGGREGATE INEQUALITY AGRICULTURE CLERKS COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS COMPETITIVE MARKET CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY PERFORMANCE COUNTRY REGRESSIONS CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS CROSS-COUNTRY DATA CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES DATA SET DATA SETS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH DISPOSABLE INCOME DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT DRIVERS ECONOMETRICS ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC REFORMS ECONOMIC REVIEW ENVELOPE PROPERTY EQUILIBRIUM EXPLANATORY VARIABLES FACTOR MARKETS FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTS FARM WORKERS FARMERS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SECTOR FOOD ITEMS FOOD PRICE FOOD STAPLES FOREIGN TRADE FUTURE RESEARCH GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL GEOGRAPHIC AREA HEADCOUNT INDEX HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS INCOME RISES INCOME SHARES INCOME SOURCE INCOME SOURCES INCOMES INEQUALITY INNOVATION INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT LABOR MOBILITY LABOR SUPPLY LABORERS LABOUR LAND PRICES LIVING INDEX LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY MARGINAL UTILITY MEAN INCOME MEASURING WELFARE MEDIAN INCOME NEGATIVE SIGN OFFICIAL POVERTY OFFICIAL POVERTY LINE OUTPUTS PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS PER CAPITA INCOME POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY CHANGE POLICY CHANGES POLICY REFORM POLICY REFORMS POLICY RESEARCH POOR POOR AREAS POPULATION SHARE POST-REFORM POVERTY DYNAMICS POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY LINE POVERTY LINES POVERTY RATE POWER PARITY PRICE CHANGES PRICE LEVELS PRICE VECTOR PRODUCTION FUNCTION PRODUCTION INPUTS PRODUCTIVITY PROFIT FUNCTIONS PROPORTIONATE CHANGES PUBLIC ECONOMICS PURCHASING POWER RAPID RESPONSE REAL INCOME REGRESSION RESULTS RELATIVE PRICE RELATIVE PRICES RELATIVE WAGES RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL CONSUMER RURAL FAMILIES RURAL HOUSEHOLD RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LIVING STANDARDS RURAL MIGRANTS RURAL PRICES RURAL WELFARE SAVINGS SECTOR EMPLOYMENT TAXATION TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRADE REFORMS UNEMPLOYMENT UNSKILLED LABOR URBAN AREAS URBAN HOUSEHOLDS URBAN PRICES UTILITY FUNCTION UTILITY FUNCTIONS WAGE RATES WAGES WEALTH WELFARE INDICATOR WHOLESALE PRICES WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO Data from China's national rural and urban household surveys are used to measure and explain the welfare impacts of changes in goods and factor prices attributable to accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The price changes are estimated separately using a general equilibrium model to capture both direct and indirect effects of the initial tariff changes. The welfare impacts are first-order approximations based on a household model incorporating own-production activities calibrated to household-level data and imposing minimum aggregation. The results show negligible impacts on inequality and poverty in the aggregate. However, diverse impacts emerge across household types and regions, associated with heterogeneity in consumption behavior and income sources, with possible implications for compensatory policy responses. 2014-02-25T22:39:03Z 2014-02-25T22:39:03Z 2004-01 Journal Article http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/17742525/welfare-impacts-chinas-accession-world-trade-organization World Bank Economic Review http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17153 English en_US CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Washington, DC: World Bank Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific China
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topic ADVERSE IMPACTS
AGGREGATE INEQUALITY
AGRICULTURE
CLERKS
COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
COUNTRY PERFORMANCE
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES
DATA SET
DATA SETS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
DRIVERS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ENVELOPE PROPERTY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FACTOR MARKETS
FARM INCOME
FARM PRODUCTS
FARM WORKERS
FARMERS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD PRICE
FOOD STAPLES
FOREIGN TRADE
FUTURE RESEARCH
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GEOGRAPHIC AREA
HEADCOUNT INDEX
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME RISES
INCOME SHARES
INCOME SOURCE
INCOME SOURCES
INCOMES
INEQUALITY
INNOVATION
INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LABORERS
LABOUR
LAND PRICES
LIVING INDEX
LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY
MARGINAL UTILITY
MEAN INCOME
MEASURING WELFARE
MEDIAN INCOME
NEGATIVE SIGN
OFFICIAL POVERTY
OFFICIAL POVERTY LINE
OUTPUTS
PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES
PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR
POOR AREAS
POPULATION SHARE
POST-REFORM
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY RATE
POWER PARITY
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE LEVELS
PRICE VECTOR
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION INPUTS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFIT FUNCTIONS
PROPORTIONATE CHANGES
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PURCHASING POWER
RAPID RESPONSE
REAL INCOME
REGRESSION RESULTS
RELATIVE PRICE
RELATIVE PRICES
RELATIVE WAGES
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL CONSUMER
RURAL FAMILIES
RURAL HOUSEHOLD
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL LIVING STANDARDS
RURAL MIGRANTS
RURAL PRICES
RURAL WELFARE
SAVINGS
SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
TAXATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REFORMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNSKILLED LABOR
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
URBAN PRICES
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WEALTH
WELFARE INDICATOR
WHOLESALE PRICES
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
spellingShingle ADVERSE IMPACTS
AGGREGATE INEQUALITY
AGRICULTURE
CLERKS
COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
COMPETITIVE MARKET
CONSUMER PRICE INDEXES
CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR
CONSUMPTION GROWTH
COUNTRY PERFORMANCE
COUNTRY REGRESSIONS
CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
CROSS-COUNTRY DATA
CROSS-COUNTRY STUDIES
DATA SET
DATA SETS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
DISPOSABLE INCOME
DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
DRIVERS
ECONOMETRICS
ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECONOMIC REFORMS
ECONOMIC REVIEW
ENVELOPE PROPERTY
EQUILIBRIUM
EXPLANATORY VARIABLES
FACTOR MARKETS
FARM INCOME
FARM PRODUCTS
FARM WORKERS
FARMERS
FINANCIAL CRISIS
FINANCIAL SECTOR
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD PRICE
FOOD STAPLES
FOREIGN TRADE
FUTURE RESEARCH
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
GEOGRAPHIC AREA
HEADCOUNT INDEX
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICS
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEAD AGE
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL DATA
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
INCOME RISES
INCOME SHARES
INCOME SOURCE
INCOME SOURCES
INCOMES
INEQUALITY
INNOVATION
INVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT
LABOR MOBILITY
LABOR SUPPLY
LABORERS
LABOUR
LAND PRICES
LIVING INDEX
LIVING STANDARDS SURVEY
MARGINAL UTILITY
MEAN INCOME
MEASURING WELFARE
MEDIAN INCOME
NEGATIVE SIGN
OFFICIAL POVERTY
OFFICIAL POVERTY LINE
OUTPUTS
PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES
PARTIAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
PER CAPITA INCOME
POLICY ANALYSIS
POLICY CHANGE
POLICY CHANGES
POLICY REFORM
POLICY REFORMS
POLICY RESEARCH
POOR
POOR AREAS
POPULATION SHARE
POST-REFORM
POVERTY DYNAMICS
POVERTY INCIDENCE
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY LINES
POVERTY RATE
POWER PARITY
PRICE CHANGES
PRICE LEVELS
PRICE VECTOR
PRODUCTION FUNCTION
PRODUCTION INPUTS
PRODUCTIVITY
PROFIT FUNCTIONS
PROPORTIONATE CHANGES
PUBLIC ECONOMICS
PURCHASING POWER
RAPID RESPONSE
REAL INCOME
REGRESSION RESULTS
RELATIVE PRICE
RELATIVE PRICES
RELATIVE WAGES
RURAL
RURAL AREAS
RURAL CONSUMER
RURAL FAMILIES
RURAL HOUSEHOLD
RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
RURAL LIVING STANDARDS
RURAL MIGRANTS
RURAL PRICES
RURAL WELFARE
SAVINGS
SECTOR EMPLOYMENT
TAXATION
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
TRADE LIBERALIZATION
TRADE POLICY
TRADE REFORMS
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNSKILLED LABOR
URBAN AREAS
URBAN HOUSEHOLDS
URBAN PRICES
UTILITY FUNCTION
UTILITY FUNCTIONS
WAGE RATES
WAGES
WEALTH
WELFARE INDICATOR
WHOLESALE PRICES
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
WTO
Chen, Shaohua
Ravallion, Martin
Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
China
description Data from China's national rural and urban household surveys are used to measure and explain the welfare impacts of changes in goods and factor prices attributable to accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO). The price changes are estimated separately using a general equilibrium model to capture both direct and indirect effects of the initial tariff changes. The welfare impacts are first-order approximations based on a household model incorporating own-production activities calibrated to household-level data and imposing minimum aggregation. The results show negligible impacts on inequality and poverty in the aggregate. However, diverse impacts emerge across household types and regions, associated with heterogeneity in consumption behavior and income sources, with possible implications for compensatory policy responses.
format Journal Article
author Chen, Shaohua
Ravallion, Martin
author_facet Chen, Shaohua
Ravallion, Martin
author_sort Chen, Shaohua
title Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_short Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_full Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_fullStr Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_full_unstemmed Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization
title_sort welfare impacts of china's accession to the world trade organization
publisher Washington, DC: World Bank
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/01/17742525/welfare-impacts-chinas-accession-world-trade-organization
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17153
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