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Trade, Growth and Wage Inequality in Bangladesh

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  • Hiranya K. Nath

    (Department of Economics and International Business, Sam Houston State University)

  • Khawaja A. Mamun

    (Department of Economics and Finance, John F. Welch College of Business, Sacred Heart University)

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Using model selection technique based on out-of-sample predictive ability criterion in Vector Autoregression (VAR) framework to identify the ‘best’ model for growth, trade and wage inequality this paper examines the causal relations between these variables in Bangladesh between 1971 and 2000. There is some evidence of bi-directional causality between growth and inequality, and between trade and growth. That growth causes trade and that trade causes inequality are two robust results. Furthermore, evidence strongly suggests that investment is important for trade, and the terms of trade between agricultural products and manufacturing products is an important causal determinant of both growth and trade.

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  • Hiranya K. Nath & Khawaja A. Mamun, 2006. "Trade, Growth and Wage Inequality in Bangladesh," Working Papers 0605, Sam Houston State University, Department of Economics and International Business.
    • Handle: RePEc:shs:wpaper:0605
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    1. Uz Zaman, Kazi Arif & Akita, Takahiro, 2012. "Spatial Dimensions of Income Inequality and Poverty in Bangladesh: An Analysis of the 2005 and 2010 Household Income and Expenditure Survey Data," Bangladesh Development Studies, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), vol. 35(3), pages 19-50, September.
    2. Bakari, Sayef, 2016. "Impact of Exports and Imports on Economic Growth in Canada: Empirical Analysis Based on Causality," MPRA Paper 75910, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    3. Kazi Arif Uz Zaman & Takahiro Akita, 2011. "Spatial Dimensions of Income Inequality and Poverty in Bangladesh: An Analysis of the 2005 Household Income and Expenditure Survey Data," Working Papers EMS_2011_20, Research Institute, International University of Japan.

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