Factor Immobility and Regional Impacts of Trade Liberalization Evidenceon Poverty From India / Petia Topalova.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Topalova, Petia.

Series:

IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/218

IMF Working Papers

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This paper uses the 1991 Indian trade liberalization to measure the impact of trade liberalization on poverty, and to examine the mechanisms underpinning this impact. Variation in sectoral composition across districts and liberalization intensity across production sectors allows a difference-in-difference approach. Rural districts, in which production sectors more exposed to liberalization were concentrated, experienced slower decline in poverty and lower consumption growth. The impact of liberalization was most pronounced among the least geographically mobile, at the bottom of the income distribution, and in Indian states where inflexible labor laws impeded factor reallocation across sectors.

Contents:

Contents; I. Introduction; II. Background; A. Trade Reform in India; B. Data; III. Empirical Strategy; A. Empirical Framework; B. Measurement of Regional Exposure to Trade Liberalization; IV. Results; A. Main Findings; B. Robustness; V. Mechanisms; A. Conceptual Framework; B. Reallocation Across Regions; C. Reallocation Across Production Sectors; D. Trade Liberalization and Institutional Characteristics; E. Trade Liberalization and Factor Returns; VI. Conclusion; Tables; Figures; Appendix. Data Sources; Appendix Table; References

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ISBN:

9786613877772

9781462336562

1462336566

9781455234523

1455234524

9781283565325

1283565323

9781455209767

1455209767

OCLC:

698591379