The human capital dimension of collaboration among government, NGOs, and farm families: Comparative advantage, complications, and observations from an Indian case

1996 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 3-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Alsop ◽  
R. Khandelwal ◽  
E. H. Gilbert ◽  
J. Farrington
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Farm Families

Reassessing the Export Competitiveness of Vietnam

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 539-549
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Industry Trade ◽  
Export Competitiveness

In this paper, primarily the export specialisation pattern of Vietnam has been examined from the perspective of domestic value added exports. In addition, an effort has been made to identify presence of exaggeration in gross exports measures of industries level competitiveness. Empirical findings suggest that the export specialisation of Vietnam has reversed, and there is presence of exaggeration in the estimates of comparative advantage of ‘human capital and technology intensive’ industries that has also caused in ballooning up their shares in gross exports. Such pattern has arisen because intra-industry trade has become increasingly significant in Vietnam. Received 11th March 2019; Revised 17th October 2019, Accepted 20th October 2019

scholarly journals Can South Africa sustain and diversify its exports?

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marianne Matthee ◽  
Ernst Idsardi ◽  
Waldo Krugell
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Export Growth ◽  
Intensive Margin ◽  
Manufactured Products ◽  
Low Levels

The aim of this paper is to examine the diversification of South Africa’s exports over the period 1994 to 2012. A decomposition of export growth shows that exports of non-fuel primary commodities as well as medium-skill and technology-intensive manufactured products increased. The largest decrease was in the export of resource-intensive manufactures. These changes reflect South Africa’s endowment of relatively low levels of physical and human capital. The analysis shows that export products that are further from the country’s comparative advantage, make smaller contributions to growth in the intensive margin. It clearly shows the challenge of sustainably diversifying the export basket.

scholarly journals Atkinson-Stiglitz Theorem with Endogenous Human Capital Accumulation

2007 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hisahiro Naito
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Labor Market ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Capital Accumulation ◽  
Human Capital Accumulation ◽  
High Ability ◽  
Commodity Taxation ◽  
Optimal Commodity Taxation ◽  
Optimal Commodity

Abstract Recently, researchers have started to re-examine the so-called Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem on optimal commodity taxation. The essence of such research is to examine whether or not it is optimal to distort markets other than the labor market for achieving the second-best resource allocation. I examine this theorem by introducing the comparative advantage of human capital accumulation. More specifically, I assume that people with high ability obtain a higher return from skilled human capital accumulation than people with low ability. I explore the implication of this comparative advantage of human capital accumulation for the Atkinson-Stiglitz theorem on optimal commodity taxation.

scholarly journals PETA PERSAINGAN PRODUK EKSPOR INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, SINGAPURA DAN THAILAND

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhmad Jayadi ◽  
Harry Azhar Aziz
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Trade Balance ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Product Competition ◽  
Product Technology ◽  
Capital Intensive ◽  
Export Specialization ◽  
Export Product ◽  
Product Mapping

This paper examines the export product competition of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand which classified into five major groups: primer product, natural research intensive product, unskilled labor intensive product, technology intensive product, and human capital intensive product. The method used is product mapping, which is combination between Revealed Symmetric Comparative Advantage (RSCA) and Trade Balance Index (TBI). The data used is the 3-digit SITC revision 2, obtained by UNCOMTRADE, year 1980-2015. The result shows that Indonesia has comparative advantage in export specialization of primary product, natural research intensive product, and unskilled labor intensive product. Singapore and Malaysia have comparative advantage in technology intensive product, while Thailand has human capital intensive product. This research proves flying geese pattern of the five group of product, that if a country becomes a leader of one product, it will become follower in another product. 

Patterns and Dynamics of Vietnam’s Revealed Comparative Advantage and Export Specialization

2011 ◽  
pp. 19-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Doanh Nguyen Khanh
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Comparative Advantage ◽  
Unskilled Labor ◽  
Human Capital Formation ◽  
Revealed Comparative Advantage ◽  
Technological Transfer ◽  
Low Degree ◽  
Comparative Advantages ◽  
Analytical Tools ◽  
Export Specialization

This paper takes investigation into the patterns and dynamics of Vietnam’s revealed com- parative advantage and export specialization. Using various analytical tools, the empiri- cal findings are established as follows. First, Vietnam’s exports are dominated by unskilled labor and agricultural resource intensive products. Second, between 2001 and 2009, there has been an overall improvement in Vietnam’s RCA indices. Third, the pattern of Vietnam’s revealed comparative advantage has converged. Fourth, there is a relatively low degree of mobility among industries, which initially have no comparative advantages and those industries, which initially enjoy high comparative advantages, while there is a moderate mobility in the pattern of trade for those industries, which initially have weak comparative advantage and those industries, which initially have medium comparative advantages. Finally, there is a low degree of concentration in Vietnam’s exports, and these export pat- terns are more or less moving toward diversification. Measures to further liberalize trade policy, increase human capital formation and facilitate technological transfer are remedies for Vietnam to diversify the country’s export structures and move into human capital and technology intensive exports

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