Does global value chains participation really promote skill-biased technological change? Theory and evidence from China

2020 ◽  
Vol 86 ◽  
pp. 10-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chunmiao Shen ◽  
Jianghuai Zheng
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Change Theory ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Biased Technological Change

Productivity and Substitution Patterns in Global Value Chains

2018 ◽  
pp. 698-724
Author(s):  
Marcel Timmer ◽  
Xianjia Ye
Keyword(s):  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Unit Of Analysis ◽  
Productivity Factor ◽  
Biased Technological Change ◽  
Final Output ◽  
Factor Substitution ◽  
Fragmentation Of Production ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Factor Inputs

Fragmentation of production is posing new challenges to the analysis and measurement of productivity. Traditional approaches focus on firms, industries, or countries as the unit of analysis. This chapter argues that studies of global value chains (GVCs) are needed in situations where production is fragmented across firms and geographical borders. The chapter outlines how existing tools for measuring productivity, factor substitution, and (biased) technological change can be modified to analyze GVC production. A key concept is a production function where final output is generated based on factor inputs only, including both domestic as well as foreign factors. The chapter outlines what type of data would be needed and provides illustrative analyses of GVCs of manufacturing products based on the WIOD (world input-output database).

Embedded Liberalism in the Digital Era

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward D. Mansfield ◽  
Nita Rudra
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Industrial Countries ◽  
Digital Revolution ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Embedded Liberalism ◽  
Regulatory Challenges

Abstract In recent years, the volume and intensity of attacks on globalization have been steadily rising. It is frequently argued that the antiglobalization backlash stems from strains that have been placed on the compromise of embedded liberalism. We argue that existing research underemphasizes how technological change and the digital revolution have contributed to these strains. Global value chains facilitated by the digital revolution have linked technology in advanced industrial countries to low-cost labor in developing countries, precipitating distributional losses for low-skilled labor in the industrial world. Further, the digital revolution has led to regulatory challenges involving both capital and labor. We argue that, as a result, governments face both mounting opposition to globalization and heightened difficulty in supporting the programs and policies necessary to buffer the adverse domestic effects of globalization and maintain support for embedded liberalism.

International trade: Research of the reasons for the fall

2019 ◽  
pp. 79-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. S. Nazarov ◽  
S. S. Lazaryan ◽  
I. V. Nikonov ◽  
A. I. Votinov
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
International Trade ◽  
Exchange Rate ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Negative Contribution ◽  
Basic Commodity ◽  
The Impact

The article assesses the impact of various factors on the growth rate of international trade. Many experts interpreted the cross-border flows of goods decline against the backdrop of a growing global economy as an alarming sign that indicates a slowdown in the processes of globalization. To determine the reasons for the dynamics of international trade, the decompositions of its growth rate were carried out and allowed to single out the effect of the dollar exchange rate, the commodities prices and global value chains on the change in the volume of trade. As a result, it was discovered that the most part of the dynamics of international trade is due to fluctuations in the exchange rate of the dollar and prices for basic commodity groups. The negative contribution of trade within global value chains in 2014 was also revealed. During the investigated period (2000—2014), such a picture was observed only in the crisis periods, which may indicate the beginning of structural changes in the world trade.

Central and Eastern European states in global production linkages: country-level and sector-level analysis

2017 ◽  
pp. 38-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Cieślik
Keyword(s):  
Global Value Chains ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Value Chains ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Country Level ◽  
Western European ◽  
Eastern European Countries ◽  
Level Analysis

The paper evaluates Central and Eastern European countries’ (CEEs) location in global vertical specialization (global value chains, GVCs). To locate each country in global value chains (upstream or downstream segment/market) and to compare them with the selected countries, a very selective methodology was adopted. We concluded that (a) CEE countries differ in the levels of their participation in production linkages. Countries that have stronger links with Western European countries, especially with Germany, are more integrated; (b) a large share of the CEE countries’ gross exports passes through Western European GVCs; (c) most exporters in Central and Eastern Europe are positioned in the downstream segments of production rather than in the upstream markets. JEL classification: F14, F15.

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