Gender and the Dynamic Gains from Trade John Cockburn Bernard Decaluwé Ismaël Fofana Véronique Robichaud Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network and CIRPÉE (Université Laval) Our thanks to Maurizio Bussolo, André Martens and Rafael de Hoyos for comments and suggestions. We also thank Erwin Corong for excellent research assistance. Funding for this study was provided by the World Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program (BNPP) and the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) research network, which is financed by the Australian Aid Agency, the Canadian International Development Agency and the International Development Research Centre. Manila, 9 December 2008
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Gender and the Dynamic Gains from Trade John Cockburn
Bernard DecaluwéIsmaël Fofana
Véronique Robichaud
Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) Research Network and CIRPÉE (Université Laval)
Our thanks to Maurizio Bussolo, André Martens and Rafael de Hoyos for comments and suggestions. We also thank Erwin Corong for excellent research assistance. Funding for this study was provided by the World Bank-Netherlands Partnership Program (BNPP) and the Poverty and Economic Policy (PEP) research network, which is financed by the Australian Aid Agency, the Canadian International Development Agency and the International Development Research Centre.
Manila, 9 December 2008
Motivation Continuing trade liberalization in developing countries (unilateral,
regional and global trade reform); Dynamic gains from trade thought to be much larger than the
comparative static resource re-allocation effects generally examined in CGE models;
Static effects are known to differ, often substantially, by gender.
What are the gender (as well as the sectoral and distributive) impacts of trade liberalization in the presence of dynamic gains?
Today’s presentation Overview Literature Model:
Salient characteristics Labour disaggregation Growth channels
Simulation Results
Overview Ghana, Senegal, Uganda and Honduras Sequential dynamic CGE model Gender-disaggregated labour market Unilateral trade liberalization (revenue-neutral) Growth mechanisms:
Increased openness raises TFP; Increased openness and returns to capital raise foreign
investment; Increased returns to capital raises household savings.
Literature: Trade and Gender Women benefit more in (semi-)industrial economies (female intensity of
export-oriented sectors) Elson and Pearson (1981); Standing (1989); Wood (1991); Cagatay and Ozler
(1995); Joekes (1995 and 1999); Ozler (2000 and 2001)
Men may benefit more in agricultural sectors and economies (female intensity of subsistence agriculture) Gladwin 1991; Fontana et al 1998
Female labour market participation may come at the expense of their leisure time;
Labour market participation increase female income share and, possibly, intra-household bargaining power; This may favour children, but may also deprive them of home care.
Literature: Trade and Growth Cross-country analysis: some debate
Positive: Dollar (1992), Ben-David (1993), Sachs-Warner (1995), Edwards (1998), Baldwin (2003), Warner (2003), Cline (2004), Aksoy-Salinas (2006)
No relationship: Rodrik and Rodriguez (1999)
Openness increases TFP Competition, technology diffusion, import availability, rationalization, etc. Melitz (2003), Bernard et al. (2003), Helpman et al. (2004), Baldwin and Robert-
Nicoud (2006), and Gustafsson and Segerstrom (2007)
Openness and FDI Trade and factor flows are, in theory, substitutes (factor-price equalization) Less clear in the absence of identical production functions and in the presence
of economies of scale, market imperfections, factor distortions, impediments to trade and factor intensity reversals (Markusen and Svensson, 1985; de Melo and Grether, 1997, etc.).
Model: Salient Characteristics CGE model: TL (and growth) is a big and complex shock with GE
effects
Sequential dynamic: to capture growth effects.
Capital accumulation:
Investment by sector:
User’s price of capital:
Equilibrium:
Household capital accumulation:
i,t+1 i,t i,tKD =KD 1-δ +INDKiσ
i,t i,ti
i,t t
IND r=φ
KD U
t t tU =PK × ir +δ
i t i,tI
IT =PK × IND ,
, 1 , 1h t
h t h tt
SHKH KH
PK
Model: Salient Characteristics (cont.) Labour market
Overall, trade liberalisation increases gender gap in African countries: Greater increase among unskilled workers; No clear rural/urban pattern; Male workers are employed more intensively in the expanding export-
oriented sectors: export crops, mining Whereas female workers are employed more intensively in import-
competing sectors: subsistence agriculture and livestock.
Opposite in Honduras
Gender impacts Variation in Gender Wage Gap:
The openness-TFP effect contributes to the rise in the gender gap (except in Ghana) : In its absence, the gender gap evolves more favourably Women are relatively more intensively employed in the sectors that
experience the greatest increase in openness (import-competing sectors)
Gender impacts (cont.)
Ghana Honduras Senegal UgandaYear 1 Year 15 Year 1 Year 15 Year 1 Year 15 Year 1 Year 15
The openness-TFP effect lessens the rise in the gender gap in Ghana: In its absence, the gender gap increases even more Women are relatively more intensively employed in the sectors that
experience the smallest increase in openness (services)
Gender impacts (cont.) Variation in Gender Wage Gap:
Ghana Honduras Senegal UgandaYear 1 Year 15 Year 1 Year 15 Year 1 Year 15 Year 1 Year 15