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The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Household Welfare in a Developing Country with Imperfect Labour Markets

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I develop an empirical methodology to assess the distributional impact of trade-induced price shocks when labour markets are imperfect. The proposed methodology relates exogenous variations in prices to changes in household welfare using a separable agricultural household model that flexibly allows the data to determine the degree of labour market imperfections. Applying this approach to Vietnam, I investigate the impact of agriculture trade liberalisation between 1993 and 1998 on overall household welfare, measured using per capita household expenditure. I find that accounting for labour market imperfections results in welfare gains that are nearly four times larger than those found when assuming complete labour markets.

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  • Ganesh K. Seshan, 2014. "The Impact of Trade Liberalisation on Household Welfare in a Developing Country with Imperfect Labour Markets," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 50(2), pages 226-243, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevst:v:50:y:2014:i:2:p:226-243
    DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2013.833324
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