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Income distribution and labour movement in China after WTO membership: A CGE analysis

Using a CGE model, PRCGEM, with an updated 2002 I/O table, this paper explores how earnings will be affected in each of 40 separate industries across 31 regions (or 8 regional blocks) of China for the period 2002–07. Labour movement between regions within China is considered. It is found that the direct contribution of WTO membership is small to the whole economy in terms of growth and development. Real GDP will rise only 6.48 per cent (5.6 per cent) in the pure WTO short-run (long-run) shock. Full economic structure change besides WTO shock makes regional output better-off, especially the coastal regions where the economies are well established. Regional labour movement increases by 69.2 per cent in the long-run closure of full economic structural change during the transition period. When regional labour movement is considered, it is found that the Gini coefficient is slightly decreased.

ISBN
9291907197
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Series: WIDER Research Paper ; No. 2005/38

Classification
Wirtschaft
Computable General Equilibrium Models
Economic Development: Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity
Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics: Regional Migration; Regional Labor Markets; Population; Neighborhood Characteristics
Subject
applied CGE modelling
China
WTO
labour movement
inequality
Arbeitsmobilität
Industrielohn
Regionale Einkommensverteilung
China
WTO-Beitritt

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Wang, Jiao
Mayes, David
Wan, Guanghua
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)
(where)
Helsinki
(when)
2005

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  • Arbeitspapier

Associated

  • Wang, Jiao
  • Mayes, David
  • Wan, Guanghua
  • The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)

Time of origin

  • 2005

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