Trade liberalization and income inequality in india: a poisson distributed-lag analysis

• AGARWAL, Vertica ^[1] ; PAELINCK, Jean H.P. ^[1] ; REINERT, Kenneth A. ^[1] ; STOUGH, Roger R ^[1]
  1. [1] George Mason University

     George Mason University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Applied econometrics and international development, ISSN 1578-4487, Vol. 8, Nº. 2, 2008, págs. 187-192
• Idioma: inglés
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  • This paper addresses the relationship between trade liberalization and income inequality among Indian states using a Poisson distributed-lag analysis. Two measures of income inequality are considered: the Gini coefficient and the coefficient of variation. Trade liberalization is proxied using export growth. Results indicate that there is a different pattern of responses in inequality to export growth between rural and urban households. Rural inequality tends to be more responsive in the hoped-for direction than urban inequality.