Does global value chains participation improve skill premium? Mediating role of skill-biased technological change

In the last decades, income inequality has been on the rise in the U.S. The growing skill premium suggests the pivotal role of skill‑ biased technological change (SBTC) in promoting the observed increase in inequality levels. In this context, labor income tax structures have been central to the policy debate. We have developed an overlapping generations model to perform a welfare evaluation of Universal basic income (UBI) tax structures and verify how these interact with SBTC. I find that an UBI system would have improved social welfare in 2010 when compared to the existing tax system and determine that this result is primarily motivated by SBTC.

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Global Value Chains and Industrial Relations in the Global South: Social Upgrading Paths in Different Industries

Journal of Labor and Society ◽

10.1163/24714607-20212008 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 24 (1) ◽

pp. 214-236

Author(s):

Christina Teipen ◽

Fabian Mehl

Keyword(s):

Value Chain ◽

Industrial Relations ◽

Global Value Chains ◽

Value Chains ◽

Value Chain Analysis ◽

Theoretical Approaches ◽

Chain Analysis ◽

Governance Modes ◽

Social Upgrading

Abstract The article compares social upgrading trends in four global value chains (apparel, automobiles, electronics and it services) and six developing and emerging economies (Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Vietnam). It applies a framework, which combines analyses of industry-specific governance modes with recent theoretical approaches from the field of industrial relations. The empirical results show that prospects for social upgrading within similar segments of a particular value chain considerably depend on the national context. The article thus highlights the importance of integrating the role of national institutions into global value chain analysis in order to better explain variegated upgrading dynamics across different countries and industries.

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Integration in Global Value Chains — the Role of Service Inputs: Evidence from India

10.1596/1813-9450-9813 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ruchita Manghnani ◽

Birgit Meyer ◽

Sebastian Saez ◽

Erik van Der Marel

Keyword(s):

Global Value Chains ◽

Value Chains

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The role of services in global value chains

Global Value Chains in a Changing World ◽

10.30875/8d564dca-en ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 61-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Keyword(s):

Global Value Chains ◽

Value Chains

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Job Gains, Productivity Growth, and the Role of Upgrading in Manufacturing Global Value Chains

10.1596/978-1-4648-1673-4_ch5 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 123-145

Author(s):

Kaleb G. Abreha ◽

Woubet Kassa ◽

Emmanuel K. K. Lartey ◽

Taye A. Mengistae ◽

Solomon Owusu ◽

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Keyword(s):

Productivity Growth ◽

Global Value Chains ◽

Value Chains

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The Dynamics of the Global Value Chains and Disruptive Technologies

Advances in Business Strategy and Competitive Advantage - Impact of Disruptive Technologies on the Sharing Economy ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-0361-4.ch012 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 203-217

Author(s):

Michael Oluwaseun Olomu

Keyword(s):

Large Population ◽

Spillover Effect ◽

Global Value Chains ◽

Value Chains ◽

Competitive Advantages ◽

African Countries ◽

Disruptive Technologies ◽

Conceptual Shift ◽

Innovation Practices

The advents of GVCs and disruptive technologies have provided alternative paths to industrialization and economic development for African countries, and with the transformation to digitalization now well under way, another conceptual shift is required to understand the evolving role of disruptive technologies in GVCs. It is evident that technological breakthroughs in the global markets have a spillover effect in the structural settings of African economies value chains, as lower tariffs and rapid technological changes have fragmented production across borders, but some African countries remain marginalized in GVCs. This study, therefore, attempts to preliminarily explain how African economies and markets capture value from disruptive technologies and create their competitive advantages within the global value chains context from the perspective of business-model innovation practices in African markets. Thus, developing African firms should not ignore those disruptive growth opportunities within the large population of mass customers and non-consumers in emerging economies.

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