This paper considers the sources of employment demand in Asian economies. Using data from the World–Input Output … Database, I examine the relative importance of domestic and foreign demand in generating employment. Despite some degree of … heterogeneity across the sample, domestic demand is found to be the major driver of employment in all cases. Further, the relative …

consumption, trade, and technological advances in 12 economies that accounted for 90% of employment in developing Asia during the …Global value chains (GVCs) have been a vehicle for job creation in developing Asia, but there is mounting concern that … use the demand-based input-output approach in Reijnders and de Vries (2018) to examine how employment responded to …

industry in Thailand with an emphasis on employment generation and equity. The analysis is based on a balanced panel data set … that industries with high value-added ratios have more potential to create export-induced employment. The policy …

-least-squares method. The results indicate that GVC position is negatively correlated both with wages and with employment, while the effect …

consumption, trade, and technological progress in 16 economies that accounted for about 95% of employment in developing Asia from …Global value chains (GVCs) have been a vehicle for job creation in developing Asia, but technology can also displace … workers through automation or reshoring of production. We use an input–output approach to examine how employment responded to …

developing countries. Some experience large-scale manufac-turing employment, while others see a shift in demand for labor from …