has contributed to the evolution of employment in the country. This investigation has been undertaken in two ways. First …, the total employment variation was decomposed in order to identify the contribution of the final demand components … the labour content of trade, we estimated the volume of direct employment associated with exports, according to the skill …

This paper examines the effects of exports on employment in China, Indonesia, Japan and Korea. It draws on input …-output data for the period from 1995 to 2009 to estimate the effects on each industry's employment (i.e. direct effects) and on … other industries' employment through intra-industry linkages (i.e. indirect effects). There are four major findings. First …

workers are affected the most, how employment and wages adjust to increased services trade, and the impact of policy settings … associated positively with firm employment in advanced and emerging market economies, although the relationship is more uncertain … services exports and imports. Women are found to benefit from services export growth, while increased imports are estimated to …

creation of domestic value added and employment in exports highlighting how, with GVCs, export competitiveness is inextricably … enhance their domestic export performance. It shows that foreign sourcing is a complement to, rather than substitute for, the …

This paper provides a review of the available literature on global value chains (GVCs) and employment markets in …