Is Tunisian trade policy pro-poor ?
Joint Authors
Baghdadi, Layla
Martinez Zarzoso, Inma
Kruse, Hendrik Wiard
Source
Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 979-1073 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.0-30, 31 p.
Publisher
Economic Research Forum for the Arab Countries Iran and Turkey
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
31
Main Subjects
Economics & Business Administration (Multidisciplinary)
Abstract EN
The main aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of Tunisian trade policy on household welfare.
We use the recently released household survey data in combination with estimated tariff pass-through elasticities and wage elasticities obtained from Mincerian equations.
Changes in tariffs affect both local prices and wages and those changes are transmitted into changes in household expenditure.
Using the methodology proposed by Porto (2006), the main results show that the changes in household welfare are positive and have a greater effect for the lower quantiles of the expenditure distribution.
This result is largely explained by the fact that the decrease in consumer goods prices benefits poor more than rich households, while labor income effects are close to zero.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Martinez Zarzoso, Inma& Baghdadi, Layla& Kruse, Hendrik Wiard. 2016. Is Tunisian trade policy pro-poor ?. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series،Vol. 2016, no. 979-1073, pp.0-30.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Baghdadi, Layla…[et al.]. Is Tunisian trade policy pro-poor ?. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series No. 979-1073 (Dec. 2016), pp.0-30.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Martinez Zarzoso, Inma& Baghdadi, Layla& Kruse, Hendrik Wiard. Is Tunisian trade policy pro-poor ?. Economic Research Forum : Working Paper Series. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 979-1073, pp.0-30.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-729450
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes appendices : p. 10-30
Record ID
BIM-729450