期刊名称：Discussion Papers / School of Business, University of New South Wales
出版年度：2007
卷号：2007
出版社：Sydney
摘要：Since its reform process in the late 1980s, Vietnam has emerged as a rapidly growing economy with
growth rates surpassing its more developed ASEAN neighbours. These high growths in both GDP
and exports have also affected the micro level by decreasing poverty rates significantly. However,
although average wages have increased during this time, wage inequality has also increased as well.
In addition, Vietnam has expanded its external relations by signing a BTA with US, joining
ASEAN and more recently being admitted into the WTO. This paper aims to consider the economy
wide impacts of trade liberalisation on Vietnam. We approach this by way of multi-region, multigood,
dynamic growth computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. We find that trade
liberalisation has caused a large fall in wage inequality thus increasing the welfare of unskilled
workers in Vietnam. There is also evidence of a shift away from agriculture towards low-tech and
intermediate manufacturing sectors. Additionally, there are significant gains in terms of large
physical and human capital accumulation.
关键词：Trade, General Equilibrium, Wage Inequality, Rice, Vietnam
