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 …

This paper argues that the single most important factor that explains East Asia's development success was its fast … the “engine of growth.” It is in the context of industrialization that openness played an important role in East Asia … exchange) and industrialization. Part 2 of the paper reviews the role of Asia's developmental states in consciously …

This paper argues that the single most important factor that explains East Asia's development success was its fast … as the “engine of growth.” It is in the context of industrialization that openness played an important role in East Asia … exchange) and industrialization. Part 1 of the paper documents the extent of structural transformation in developing Asia …

expansion of employment. The paper contributes to the literature in two ways. First, it attempts to provide a comprehensive …

This study examines gender inequality in labor markets in Asia and the Pacific, with a focus on the structural drivers … of women's labor force participation. Demographic survey data indicate that in Asia's lower-income countries, economic … necessity is an important push factor behind women's employment. Also, being married and having young children both reduce the …

, largely through wage employment, while younger women in rural areas have reduced their labor force participation, largely by … opting out of informal, unpaid employment. We find evidence that wage jobs are more desirable than other types of work and …