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

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.

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Impacts of trade liberalization on countries’ sectoral structure of production and trade: A structural decomposition analysis

Structural Change and Economic Dynamics ◽

10.1016/j.strueco.2018.04.003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 46 ◽

pp. 70-77 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Guilherme R. Magacho ◽

John S.L. McCombie ◽

Joaquim J.M. Guilhoto

Keyword(s):

Trade Liberalization ◽

Decomposition Analysis ◽

Structural Decomposition Analysis ◽

Structural Decomposition ◽

Sectoral Structure ◽

Structure Of Production

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SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF POSTGRADUATE TRAINING FOR OFFICER WORKING ETHNIC AFFAIRS USING STATE BUDGET IN THE PERIOD OF 2018 – 2025

Tạp chí Nghiên cứu dân tộc ◽

10.25073/0866-773x/197 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

La Duc Minh ◽

Nguyen Thi Hao ◽

Vu Thi Thuy

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Ethnic Groups ◽

Human Resource ◽

Postgraduate Training ◽

Scientific Basis ◽

National Defense ◽

High Quality ◽

State Budget ◽

International Integration

Ethnic affairs play an important role in socio of ethnic groups’ solidarity, assurance of security and national defense stability. In -economic development, maintenanceorder to improve the quality of ethnic affairs, it is practical to carry out postgraduate training of officer implementing ethnic affairs using state budget with the aim of encouraging and enhancing officer quality to satisfy high-quality human resource in international integration.

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Input-Output Structural Decomposition Analysis on the Structure of Employment Change in Korean Manufacturing Industry

Journal of Industrial Economics and Business ◽

10.22558/jieb.2019.02.32.1.375 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 375-403

Author(s):

Sang Choon Kim ◽

Bong Ho Choi

Keyword(s):

Manufacturing Industry ◽

Decomposition Analysis ◽

Input Output ◽

Structural Decomposition Analysis ◽

Employment Change ◽

Structural Decomposition

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Socioeconomic effects of pension spending: evidence from Spain

International Journal of Social Economics ◽

10.1108/ijse-01-2019-0047 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 47 (5) ◽

pp. 599-617

Author(s):

Fernando Bermejo ◽

Eladio Febrero ◽

Andre Fernandes Tomon Avelino

Keyword(s):

Peer Review ◽

Social Protection ◽

Pension System ◽

Decomposition Analysis ◽

Value Added ◽

Total Output ◽

Alternative View ◽

Input Output ◽

Structural Decomposition Analysis ◽

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PurposeThe purpose of this study is to provide broader understanding of the significant role that the pension system has in the Spanish economy by estimating the sectoral production, employment and income sustained by pensioners' consumption.Design/methodology/approachBased on input–output tables by the World Input–Output Database and consumption data from the Household Budget Survey by the Spanish Statistical Office, a demoeconomic model is applied to quantify the direct impacts, indirect impacts from interindustry links and induced impacts from income–consumption connections over a nine-year period (2006–2014). Then, the factors driving the evolution of total output, employment and value added during such period have been examined by using structural decomposition analysis.FindingsThe growing participation of consumption by pensioner households in final demand had proven crucial during the 2008 crisis to alleviate the negative trend in production and employment derived from the collapse in consumption suffered by the rest of households.Practical implicationsDetermining the underlying factors driving changes in both employment and income during the 2008 crisis can be of interest in political decision-making on the sustainability of the Spanish pension system.Social implicationsThe results of estimating both the employment and income supported by pensioners' consumption reveal the significant stabilizing effect of the public spending on pensions, particularly during the 2008 crisis.Originality/valueThe current Spanish approach of attaining the pension system sustainability by merely reducing social protection costs ignores the adverse consequences of a lower pensioners' demand. This paper addresses an alternative view in which pension spending is not considered a burden on economic growth but rather a means of improving the level of production and employment.Peer reviewThe peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/IJSE-01-2019-0047

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