Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains

International trade increases efficiency but also redistributes income, thus creating winners and losers. To account for the total impact and calculate redistributive effects correctly and fully, the different channels of gains and losses must be m...

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Main Author:	Artuc, Erhan
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Malaysia 2021
Subjects:	INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT LABOR MOBILITY LABOR MARKET REMOTENESS COMPENSATING LOSERS EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/532981614958627866/Distributional-Effects-of-International-Trade-Misconceptions-about-Losses-and-Gains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35264

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spelling	okr-10986-352642021-04-23T14:02:19Z Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains Artuc, Erhan INTERNATIONAL TRADE DISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT LABOR MOBILITY LABOR MARKET REMOTENESS COMPENSATING LOSERS EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS International trade increases efficiency but also redistributes income, thus creating winners and losers. To account for the total impact and calculate redistributive effects correctly and fully, the different channels of gains and losses must be measured precisely. This Brief shows that measuring the gains is often much more challenging than measuring the losses, generating misconceptions and an overstatement of the adverse impacts of international trade. To assess the effects of trade shocks objectively, and to promote effective policy options, policy makers must be aware of thelimitations in data and methodology surrounding the research on the distributional effects of international trade, and the misconceptions that ensue. 2021-03-12T19:51:58Z 2021-03-12T19:51:58Z 2021-03-05 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/532981614958627866/Distributional-Effects-of-International-Trade-Misconceptions-about-Losses-and-Gains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35264 English Research and Policy Brief;No. 44 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Malaysia Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief
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description	International trade increases efficiency but also redistributes income, thus creating winners and losers. To account for the total impact and calculate redistributive effects correctly and fully, the different channels of gains and losses must be measured precisely. This Brief shows that measuring the gains is often much more challenging than measuring the losses, generating misconceptions and an overstatement of the adverse impacts of international trade. To assess the effects of trade shocks objectively, and to promote effective policy options, policy makers must be aware of thelimitations in data and methodology surrounding the research on the distributional effects of international trade, and the misconceptions that ensue.
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author	Artuc, Erhan
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title	Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains
title_short	Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains
title_full	Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains
title_fullStr	Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains
title_full_unstemmed	Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains
title_sort	distributional effects of international trade : misconceptions about losses and gains
publisher	World Bank, Malaysia
publishDate	2021
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/532981614958627866/Distributional-Effects-of-International-Trade-Misconceptions-about-Losses-and-Gains http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35264
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Distributional Effects of International Trade : Misconceptions about Losses and Gains

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