Trade liberalization, credit constraints, and export quality upgrading

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teng Zhang ◽  
Qiuyao Fu ◽  
Chunhui Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Credit Constraints ◽  
Quality Upgrading ◽  
Export Quality

scholarly journals SKILL-BIASED EXPORT GROWTH: ACCOUNTING FOR THE CHANGES IN LABOR CONTENTS ACROSS ETHNIC GROUPS IN MALAYSIA (1991–2000)

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (02) ◽  
pp. 1350010
Author(s):  
M. YUSOF SAARI ◽  
JIANSUO PEI
Keyword(s):  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Ethnic Groups ◽  
Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Growth Accounting ◽  
Skilled Labor ◽  
Structural Decomposition Analysis ◽  
Quality Upgrading ◽  
Productivity Differentials ◽  
Trade Growth

This paper quantifies the extent to which trade liberalization in Malaysia between 1991 and 2000 has contributed to the expansion in the most skilled labor, which in turn can validate the trade-enhanced quality upgrading hypothesis. By using an input–output structural decomposition analysis (SDA), results confirm the theoretical predication that skills help to upgrade the quality of exporting commodities, by documenting that trade growth is associated with increases in the use of the higher skilled labor. We observe that Chinese and Indian ethnic groups contribute the most to the quality upgrading of exporting commodities, more so than the Malays, which imply productivity differentials among the ethnic groups.

scholarly journals Trade, Quality Upgrading, and Input Linkages: Theory and Evidence from Colombia

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Cecília Fieler ◽  
Marcela Eslava ◽  
Daniel Yi Xu
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Economies Of Scale ◽  
Quantitative Model ◽  
Manufacturing Firms ◽  
Skill Intensity ◽  
Export Expansion ◽  
Quality Technology ◽  
Quality Upgrading

A quantitative model brings together theories linking international trade to quality, technology, and demand for skills. Standard effects of trade on importers and exporters are magnified through domestic input linkages. We estimate the model with data from Colombian manufacturing firms before the 1991 trade liberalization. A counterfactual trade liberalization is broadly consistent with post-liberalization data. It increases skill intensity from 12 to 16 percent, while decreasing sales. Imported inputs, estimated to be of higher quality, and domestic input linkages are quantitatively important. Economies of scale, export expansion, and reallocation of production are small and cannot explain post-liberalization data. (JEL F14, F16, J24, L60, O14, O19, O33)

scholarly journals Does Trade Liberalization Boost Quality Upgrading? Evidence From Indonesian Plant-Product-Level Data

2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-188 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazunobu Hayakawa ◽  
Toshiyuki Matsuura ◽  
Sadayuki Takii
Keyword(s):  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Product Level ◽  
Plant Product ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Quality Upgrading
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