Resumen:
his paper aims at analysing the linkages between trade liberalisation
and poverty in Argentina. Under a specific-factors setting, a two-step
procedure is presented. In the first stage the change in prices of goods
and factors in both tradable and non-tradable sectors, after a trade
liberalisation episode, is considered. In a second step, these
variations are applied to assess the changes in poverty and household
welfare. A micro simulation approach, using household survey data, is
applied in this last stage. Poverty is reduced as a result of the policy
and the households that benefit from this reduction are those linked to
the non-tradable sectors.