Household Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization

dc.creatorChen, Shaohua
dc.creatorRavallion, Martin
dc.date2014-05-09T17:53:37Z
dc.date2014-05-09T17:53:37Z
dc.date2003-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T01:21:38Z
dc.descriptionThe authors use China's national household surveys for rural and urban areas to measure and explain the welfare impacts of the changes in goods and factor prices attributed to WTO accession. Price changes are estimated separately using a general equilibrium model to capture both direct and indirect effects of the initial tariff changes. The welfare impacts are first-order approximations based on a household model incorporating own-production activities and are calibrated to the household-level data imposing minimum aggregation. The authors find negligible impacts on inequality and poverty in the aggregate. However, diverse impacts emerge across household types and regions associated with heterogeneity in consumption behavior and income sources, with possible implications for compensatory policy responses.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/05/2329632/household-welfare-impacts-chinas-accession-world-trade-organization
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/18204
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.1596/1813-9450-3040
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/417381
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 3040
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectFACTOR PRICES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectINCOME SOURCES
dc.subjectSOCIAL WELFARE
dc.subjectTRADE REGIME ADVERSE IMPACTS
dc.subjectAGGREGATE INEQUALITY
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectCOMMODITIES
dc.subjectCOMPARATIVE ECONOMICS
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE MARKET
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GROWTH
dc.subjectCOUNTRY PERFORMANCE
dc.subjectCOUNTRY REGRESSIONS
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONS
dc.subjectCROSS-COUNTRY DATA
dc.subjectDATA SET
dc.subjectDATA SETS
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHICS
dc.subjectDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ISSUES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT RESEARCH
dc.subjectDISPOSABLE INCOME
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL CHANGES
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS
dc.subjectDISTRIBUTIONAL IMPACT
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectECONOMIC ASSUMPTIONS
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY
dc.subjectECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectECONOMIC REFORMS
dc.subjectECONOMIC REVIEW
dc.subjectENVELOPE PROPERTY
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectEQUILIBRIUM ANALYSES
dc.subjectEXPENDITURES
dc.subjectEXPLANATORY VARIABLES
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SECTOR
dc.subjectFOOD ITEMS
dc.subjectFOREIGN TRADE
dc.subjectFUTURE RESEARCH
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODEL
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHIC AREA
dc.subjectHEADCOUNT INDEX
dc.subjectHEALTH CARE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectIMPORTS
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectINCOME DISTRIBUTIONS
dc.subjectINCOME INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINCOME RISES
dc.subjectINCOME SOURCE
dc.subjectINCOME SOURCES
dc.subjectINCOMES
dc.subjectINCREASING INEQUALITY
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINVOLUNTARY UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectLABOR SUPPLY
dc.subjectLAND USE
dc.subjectLIVING INDEX
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectMARGINAL UTILITY
dc.subjectMEAN INCOME
dc.subjectMEASURED INEQUALITY
dc.subjectMEASURING WELFARE
dc.subjectMEDIAN INCOME
dc.subjectMETALS
dc.subjectPER CAPITA INCOME
dc.subjectPOLICY ANALYSIS
dc.subjectPOLICY CHANGE
dc.subjectPOLICY CHANGES
dc.subjectPOLICY REFORM
dc.subjectPOLICY REFORMS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR AREAS
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOPULATION SHARE
dc.subjectPOVERTY DYNAMICS
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINES
dc.subjectPOVERTY RATE
dc.subjectPRICE CHANGES
dc.subjectPRICE VECTOR
dc.subjectPRODUCTION FUNCTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTION INPUTS
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVITY
dc.subjectPROFIT FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectPROPORTIONATE CHANGES
dc.subjectREAL INCOME
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICE
dc.subjectRELATIVE PRICES
dc.subjectRELATIVE WAGES
dc.subjectRICH COUNTRIES
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectRURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectSAVINGS
dc.subjectSECTOR EMPLOYMENT
dc.subjectSIZABLE REDISTRIBUTION
dc.subjectSKILLED LABOR
dc.subjectTAX RATES
dc.subjectTIME SERIES
dc.subjectTRADE LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectTRADE REFORMS
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectURBAN HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTION
dc.subjectWAGE RATES
dc.subjectWAGES
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectWELFARE EFFECTS
dc.subjectWELFARE GAINS
dc.subjectWELFARE INDICATOR
dc.subjectWHOLESALE PRICES
dc.subjectWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
dc.subjectWTO
dc.subjectTRADE REGIME
dc.subjectADVERSE IMPACTS
dc.titleHousehold Welfare Impacts of China's Accession to the World Trade Organization

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