International market access and poverty in Argentina

This paper examines the impact of access to international agro-manufacture markets on poverty in Argentina. Measures of international market access, such as cuts in tari s and abolition of non-tari measures, can be approximated by changes in the price of key exportable goods. Estimates from the rela...

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Autor principal: Porto, Guido
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Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2010
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/3655
http://cedlas.econo.unlp.edu.ar/download.php?file=archivos_upload/doc_cedlas96_3.pdf
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topic Economía
Doha Round trade reforms; net exports in agriculture; household real income
Argentina
pobreza
mercado internacional
spellingShingle Economía
Doha Round trade reforms; net exports in agriculture; household real income
Argentina
pobreza
mercado internacional
Porto, Guido
International market access and poverty in Argentina
topic_facet Economía
Doha Round trade reforms; net exports in agriculture; household real income
Argentina
pobreza
mercado internacional
description This paper examines the impact of access to international agro-manufacture markets on poverty in Argentina. Measures of international market access, such as cuts in tari s and abolition of non-tari measures, can be approximated by changes in the price of key exportable goods. Estimates from the related literature suggest that expanded market access would cause the international price of Argentine exports of agro-manufactures to increase by between 7.5 and 15.4 percent. I explore two poverty eects caused by these prices changes: on food expenditure and on wages. Using a household budget survey, I estimate the impact of higher food prices on the Argentine poverty line. Using a labor force survey, I estimate the responses of wages to changes in export prices. My mainnding is that market access would cause poverty to decline in Argentina. From a national head count of 29.3 percent, the poverty rate would decline to between 27.9 and 28.5 percent. This means that between 280,000 and 490,000 Argentines would be moved out of poverty.
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title International market access and poverty in Argentina
title_short International market access and poverty in Argentina
title_full International market access and poverty in Argentina
title_fullStr International market access and poverty in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed International market access and poverty in Argentina
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