Title: Gainers and Losers from Trade Reform in Morocco
Abstract: No AccessPolicy Research Working Papers25 Jun 2013Gainers and Losers from Trade Reform in MoroccoAuthors/Editors: Michael Lokshin, Martin RavallionMichael Lokshin, Martin Ravallionhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3368SectionsAboutPDF (0.7 MB) ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareFacebookTwitterLinked In Abstract:Ravallion and Lokshin use Morocco's national survey of living standards to measure the short-term welfare impacts of prior estimates of the price changes attributed to various trade policy reforms for cereals—the country's main foodstaple. They find small impacts on mean consumption and inequality in the aggregate. There are both gainers and losers and (contrary to past claims) the rural poor are worse off on average after trade policy reforms. The authors decompose the aggregate impact on inequality into a "vertical" component (between people at different pre-reform welfare levels) and a "horizontal" component (between people at the same pre-reform welfare level). There is a large horizontal component which dominates the vertical impact of full de-protection. The diverse impacts reflect a degree of observable heterogeneity in consumption behavior and income sources, with implications for social protection policies. This paper—a product of the Poverty Team, Development Research Group—is part of a larger effort in the group to assess the distributional impact of economywide policy reforms. Previous bookNext book FiguresreferencesRecommendeddetailsCited byFood Price Changes and Household Welfare: What Do We Learn from Two Different Approaches?The Journal of Development Studies, Vol.54, No.127 December 2016Are we overestimating the negative impact of higher food prices? Evidence from GhanaAgricultural Economics, Vol.46, No.48 May 2015Welfare consequences of food prices increases: Evidence from rural MexicoJournal of Development Economics, Vol.104Rising food prices and undernourishment: A cross-country inquiryFood Policy, Vol.38Are Jordan and Tunisia's Exports Becoming More Technologically Sophisticated? Analysis Using Highly Disaggregated Export DatabasesSSRN Electronic Journal View Published: August 2004 Copyright & Permissions Related RegionsMiddle East and North AfricaRelated CountriesMoroccoRelated TopicsFinance and Financial Sector DevelopmentHealth Nutrition and PopulationInternational Economics & TradeMacroeconomics and Economic GrowthPoverty ReductionPublic Sector DevelopmentRural Development KeywordsAGRICULTURAL SECTORCONSUMPTION BEHAVIORFARMERSFOOD STAPLESHOUSEHOLD DEMOGRAPHICSHOUSEHOLD SURVEYHOUSEHOLD WELFAREINCOMEINCOME SHARESINEQUALITYMEASURESPOST-REFORMPOVERTYRURALRURAL AREASRURAL ECONOMYRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL POORSAVINGSTRANSFERS PDF DownloadLoading ...