Gainers and losers from trade reform in Morocco, Vol. 1 of 1

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Gainers and losers from trade reform in Morocco

Author:	Ravallion, Martin; Lokshin, Michael;	Collection Title:	Policy, Research working paper ; no. WPS 3368
Country:	Morocco;	Date Stored:	2004/08/25
Document Date:	2004/08/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	Middle East and North Africa
Report Number:	WPS3368	SubTopics:	Poverty Monitoring & Analysis; Environmental Economics & Policies; Economic Theory & Research; Poverty Assessment; Poverty Lines; Inequality; Labor Policies; Consumption
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: The authors 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 food staple. 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.


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