Huang, JikunAnderson, KymIanchovichina, Elena2014-05-092014-05-092003-05https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18214Many fear China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) will impoverish its rural people by way of greater import competition in its agricultural markets. Anderson, Huang, and Ianchovichina explore that possibility bearing in mind that, even if producer prices of some (land-intensive) farm products fall, prices of other (labor-intensive) farm products could rise. Also, the removal of restrictions on exports of textiles and clothing could boost town and village enterprises, so demand for unskilled labor for nonfarm work in rural areas may grow even if demand for farm labor in aggregate falls. New estimates, from the global economywide numerical simulation model known as GTAP, of the likely changes in agricultural and other product prices as a result of WTO accession are drawn on to examine empirically the factor reward implications of China's WTO accession. The results suggest farm-nonfarm and Western-Eastern income inequality may well rise in China but rural-urban income inequality need not. The authors conclude with some policy suggestions for alleviating any pockets of farm household poverty that may emerge as a result of WTO accession.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESSION PROCESSACCESSION PROTOCOLADEQUATE SAFETY NETSADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCEAGRICULTURAL COMMODITIESAGRICULTURAL GOODSAGRICULTURAL INCOMESAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL PROTECTIONAGRICULTURAL RETURNSAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL TRADEAGRICULTUREANIMALANIMAL FEEDSBARLEYBILATERAL TRADEBIOTECHNOLOGYCAPACITY BUILDINGCAPITA INCOMESCAPITAL GAINCLOTHING TRADECOARSE GRAINSCOLLECTIVE FARMSCOMMODITYCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPLEMENTARY POLICIESCONSTANT RETURNS TO SCALECONSUMER PRICE INDEXCONSUMER PRICESCONSUMERSCONSUMPTION PATTERNSCOTTONCROPDISPUTE SETTLEMENTDOMESTIC CONSUMPTIONDOMESTIC DEMANDDOMESTIC SUPPORTDOWNWARD PRESSUREDUTY EXEMPTIONSECONOMIC ANALYSISECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCESECONOMIC EFFECTSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC POLICY REFORMECONOMIC WELFAREEDIBLE OILSELASTICITYEMPIRICAL ANALYSISEMPLOYMENTEQUILIBRIUMEXCHANGE RATEEXPLOITATIONEXPORT SUBSIDIESEXPORTSFACTOR MARKETSFARMFARM ACTIVITIESFARM EARNINGSFARM EMPLOYMENTFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM INCOMESFARM LANDFARM LEVELFARM PRODUCTIVITYFARM PRODUCTSFARM SECTORFARM WORKFARM WORKERSFARMERFARMER INCOMESFARMERSFARMINGFARMSFEEDFINANCIAL MARKETSFINANCIAL SYSTEMFISHFISH PRODUCTSFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD PRODUCTSFOOD SECURITYFOODGRAINSFOREIGN INVESTMENTFRUITSFULL EMPLOYMENTGDPGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM MODELGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL TRADEGLOBAL TRADE ANALYSISGRAINHORTICULTUREHUMAN CAPITALIMPORTSINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME GROWTHINCOME INEQUALITYINDIVIDUAL COUNTRIESINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTSINDUSTRIALIZATIONINTENSIVE PRODUCTSINTERMEDIATE GOODSINTERMEDIATE INPUTSLABOR MARKETLABOR MARKET DISTORTIONSLABOR MARKETSLABOR-INTENSIVELIVESTOCKLIVESTOCK PRODUCTSMAIZEMARKET ACCESSMARKET DISTORTIONSMARKET PRICESMEATMETALSMILKMONOPOLIESNEGATIVE PROTECTIONNET IMPORTSNON-AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENTNON-TARIFF MEASURESOILOILSEEDSPER CAPITA INCOMESPERFECT COMPETITIONPOLICY CHANGEPOLICY CHANGESPOLICY MAKERSPOOREST HOUSEHOLDSPOPULATION GROWTHPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONPOVERTY REDUCTIONPRICE CHANGESPRODUCEPRODUCERSPRODUCT MARKETSPRODUCT PRICESPRODUCTIVITYPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROTECTIONISMQUOTASRAPID INDUSTRIALIZATIONREAL WAGESRICEROUND AGREEMENTRURAL AREASRURAL HOUSEHOLDSRURAL SECTORRURAL-URBAN INCOME INEQUALITYSERVICE ACTIVITIESSERVICE SECTORSSOYBEANSTATE TRADINGSTRUCTURAL CHANGESUGARSUGAR CROPSTARIFF CUTSTARIFF RATE QUOTATARIFF RATE QUOTASTARIFF RATESTARIFF REDUCTIONSTAX REVENUETAXATIONTOBACCOTRADE BALANCETRADE FLOWSTRADE LIBERALIZATIONTRADE POLICIESTRADE POLICYTRADE REFORMTRADING PARTNERSUNEMPLOYMENTURBAN AREASURBAN HOUSEHOLDSURUGUAY ROUNDVEGETABLESVILLAGE ENTERPRISESWAGESWHEATWOOLWORLD TRADEWTOWTO ACCESSIONWTO COMMITMENTSWTO MEMBERSWTO MEMBERSHIP RURAL POVERTYFARMSINCOMEECONOMIC POLICYHOUSEHOLDSAGRICULTURERURAL AREASAGRICULTURAL IMPORTSECONOMIC GROWTHLIVESTOCKFISHGRAINSEXPORTSIMPORTSTAXATIONFINANCIAL SYSTEMSVEGETABLESFRUITSUGARRICECOTTONMILKMAIZETARIFFSCROPSWTO MEMBERSHIPRURAL POVERTY10.1596/1813-9450-3052