Who Benefits from Export-Led Growth? Evidence from Madagascar's Textile and Apparel Industry

Fuelled by low labour costs and preferential trade agreements, exports of textile products originating from Sub-Saharan countries have grown dramatically in the last decades. This paper analyses some of the implications that export growth in the textile and apparel sector have for social welfare and...

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Main Author:	Nicita, Alessandro
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 Other Consumer Nondurables L670 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4811

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spelling	okr-10986-48112021-04-23T14:02:19Z Who Benefits from Export-Led Growth? Evidence from Madagascar's Textile and Apparel Industry Nicita, Alessandro Country and Industry Studies of Trade F140 Other Consumer Nondurables L670 International Linkages to Development Role of International Organizations O190 Fuelled by low labour costs and preferential trade agreements, exports of textile products originating from Sub-Saharan countries have grown dramatically in the last decades. This paper analyses some of the implications that export growth in the textile and apparel sector have for social welfare and poverty reduction in Madagascar. The paper proposes a simulation exercise utilising household level data and a methodology that combines the wage premium literature with matching methods. The results point to a large variation in the distribution of the benefits from export growth, with skilled workers and urban areas benefiting most. From a gender perspective, women are found to benefit substantially less than men. Although total welfare effects are significant, the benefits are largely reaped by non-poor households. From a poverty perspective, export-led growth in the textile and apparel sector is expected to have only a small effect on overall poverty. 2012-03-30T07:29:51Z 2012-03-30T07:29:51Z 2008 Journal Article Journal of African Economies 09638024 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4811 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article Madagascar
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description	Fuelled by low labour costs and preferential trade agreements, exports of textile products originating from Sub-Saharan countries have grown dramatically in the last decades. This paper analyses some of the implications that export growth in the textile and apparel sector have for social welfare and poverty reduction in Madagascar. The paper proposes a simulation exercise utilising household level data and a methodology that combines the wage premium literature with matching methods. The results point to a large variation in the distribution of the benefits from export growth, with skilled workers and urban areas benefiting most. From a gender perspective, women are found to benefit substantially less than men. Although total welfare effects are significant, the benefits are largely reaped by non-poor households. From a poverty perspective, export-led growth in the textile and apparel sector is expected to have only a small effect on overall poverty.
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title	Who Benefits from Export-Led Growth? Evidence from Madagascar's Textile and Apparel Industry
title_short	Who Benefits from Export-Led Growth? Evidence from Madagascar's Textile and Apparel Industry
title_full	Who Benefits from Export-Led Growth? Evidence from Madagascar's Textile and Apparel Industry
title_fullStr	Who Benefits from Export-Led Growth? Evidence from Madagascar's Textile and Apparel Industry
title_full_unstemmed	Who Benefits from Export-Led Growth? Evidence from Madagascar's Textile and Apparel Industry
title_sort	who benefits from export-led growth? evidence from madagascar's textile and apparel industry
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Who Benefits from Export-Led Growth? Evidence from Madagascar's Textile and Apparel Industry

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