Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam

This paper analyzes the impact of trade reforms on household welfare. In particular, it studies the importance of each of the links that together constitute the impact using data from the Vietnamese experience in the 1990s. The implementation of trade reforms in the 1990s, most noteworthy of which w...

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Main Author: Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7155092/trade-reforms-welfare-ex-post-decomposition-income-vietnam
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spelling okr-10986-90312021-04-23T14:02:41Z Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin AGRICULTURAL ADVICE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL WAGES AVERAGE GROWTH AVERAGE INCOME CALORIC INTAKE CASH CROP INCOME COMMODITY CONSUMERS COUNTERFACTUAL DEPENDENT VARIABLE DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECONOMICS RESEARCH EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE EMPLOYMENT INCOME EXPORTS EXTREME POVERTY FACTOR INCOME FARMERS FOOD BUYERS FOOD CROP FOOD CROP PRODUCTION FOOD CROPS FOOD ITEMS FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES GROUP INEQUALITY GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVELS INCOME ON FOOD INCOME SHARE INCOME SOURCE INCOME SOURCES INCOMES INEQUALITY INEQUALITY MEASURES INFLATION RATE LABOR DEMAND LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKETS LAND SIZE LAND TITLING LIVESTOCK INCOME LIVING STANDARDS LOW INCOME This paper analyzes the impact of trade reforms on household welfare. In particular, it studies the importance of each of the links that together constitute the impact using data from the Vietnamese experience in the 1990s. The implementation of trade reforms in the 1990s, most noteworthy of which was the liberalization of rice, resulted in substantial improvement in welfare as evidenced by the drastic decline in poverty. Using analytical and empirical methods, the author examines the role of each channel (direct versus indirect) in this improvement for different groups of households. Results indicate that the growth has been broad based and pro-poor. Poorer households experienced more growth for each and every group analyzed. And contrary to the standard literature, net buyer households had more growth compared with net sellers, emphasizing the importance of indirect links. Decomposition of the growth shows that for rural households, both the direct effect and the multiplier effect drive growth while the multiplier effect was key in urban areas. The importance of the secondary effects underscores the need for a broader model to estimate the impact of trade reforms fully. 2012-06-26T15:09:17Z 2012-06-26T15:09:17Z 2006-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7155092/trade-reforms-welfare-ex-post-decomposition-income-vietnam http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9031 English Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4049 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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topic AGRICULTURAL ADVICE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOME
CALORIC INTAKE
CASH CROP INCOME
COMMODITY
CONSUMERS
COUNTERFACTUAL
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
EMPLOYMENT INCOME
EXPORTS
EXTREME POVERTY
FACTOR INCOME
FARMERS
FOOD BUYERS
FOOD CROP
FOOD CROP PRODUCTION
FOOD CROPS
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME ON FOOD
INCOME SHARE
INCOME SOURCE
INCOME SOURCES
INCOMES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INFLATION RATE
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LAND SIZE
LAND TITLING
LIVESTOCK INCOME
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW INCOME
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL ADVICE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
AGRICULTURAL WAGES
AVERAGE GROWTH
AVERAGE INCOME
CALORIC INTAKE
CASH CROP INCOME
COMMODITY
CONSUMERS
COUNTERFACTUAL
DEPENDENT VARIABLE
DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY
ECONOMICS RESEARCH
EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
EMPLOYMENT IN AGRICULTURE
EMPLOYMENT INCOME
EXPORTS
EXTREME POVERTY
FACTOR INCOME
FARMERS
FOOD BUYERS
FOOD CROP
FOOD CROP PRODUCTION
FOOD CROPS
FOOD ITEMS
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
GROUP INEQUALITY
GROWTH RATE
GROWTH RATES
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
HOUSEHOLD DATA
HOUSEHOLD HEAD
HOUSEHOLD HEADS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HOUSEHOLD WELFARE
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY
INCOME
INCOME DISTRIBUTION
INCOME GROWTH
INCOME LEVELS
INCOME ON FOOD
INCOME SHARE
INCOME SOURCE
INCOME SOURCES
INCOMES
INEQUALITY
INEQUALITY MEASURES
INFLATION RATE
LABOR DEMAND
LABOR MARKET
LABOR MARKETS
LAND SIZE
LAND TITLING
LIVESTOCK INCOME
LIVING STANDARDS
LOW INCOME
Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin
Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam
geographic_facet East Asia and Pacific
Vietnam
relation Policy Research Working Paper; No. 4049
description This paper analyzes the impact of trade reforms on household welfare. In particular, it studies the importance of each of the links that together constitute the impact using data from the Vietnamese experience in the 1990s. The implementation of trade reforms in the 1990s, most noteworthy of which was the liberalization of rice, resulted in substantial improvement in welfare as evidenced by the drastic decline in poverty. Using analytical and empirical methods, the author examines the role of each channel (direct versus indirect) in this improvement for different groups of households. Results indicate that the growth has been broad based and pro-poor. Poorer households experienced more growth for each and every group analyzed. And contrary to the standard literature, net buyer households had more growth compared with net sellers, emphasizing the importance of indirect links. Decomposition of the growth shows that for rural households, both the direct effect and the multiplier effect drive growth while the multiplier effect was key in urban areas. The importance of the secondary effects underscores the need for a broader model to estimate the impact of trade reforms fully.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin
author_facet Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin
author_sort Isik-Dikmelik, Aylin
title Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam
title_short Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam
title_full Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam
title_fullStr Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam
title_full_unstemmed Trade Reforms and Welfare : An Ex-Post Decomposition of Income in Vietnam
title_sort trade reforms and welfare : an ex-post decomposition of income in vietnam
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/11/7155092/trade-reforms-welfare-ex-post-decomposition-income-vietnam
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9031
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