This paper characterizes the trade-off between the income gains and the inequality costs of trade using survey data for … traded goods, wage income, farm and non-farm family enterprise income, and government transfers. For each country, the income … gains and the inequality costs of trade liberalization are quantified and the trade-offs between them are assessed using an …

leading to an expansion of the informal sector and a widening of wage income disparities. In this context, the paper analyzes … inequality. To reduce the incidence of low-quality jobs, tax policy interventions should go hand in hand with more effective …