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The China effect on the productivity in Nordic countries
Lind, Daniel - In: Journal of the Finnish Economic Association : JFEA 3 (2022) 1, pp. 71-90
growing use of Chinese intermediates on the labour productivity growth in Nordic manufacturing production processes. The main …
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Regional differences in intersectoral linkages and diverse patterns of structural transformation
Paul, Saumik; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2022
Intersectoral linkages can act as shock propagation channels and shape the pattern of structural transformation. To our knowledge, no research has examined how subnational differences in intersectoral linkages impact such spillover effects. We hypothesize that regional differences in local...
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Industrial Networks between China and the Countries of the Asia-Pacific Region
Kuwamori, Hiroshi; Okamoto, Nobuhiro - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2007
This paper investigates the changes in the structures of industrial networks that have occurred in the Asia-Pacific region in line with the rapid growth of the Chinese economy. Analyses using international input-output tables revealed that during the 1990s, there was a significant increase in...
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Sectoral engines of growth in South Africa : an analysis of services and manufacturing
Tregenna, Fiona (contributor) - 2008
Manufacturing has traditionally been regarded in the development literature as having special "growth-pulling" or "growth-enhancing" properties. The share of manufacturing in GDP has been declining slightly over time in South Africa, while that of services has been growing. This study focuses on...
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Industry Dynamics and Competition from Low-Wage Countries : Evidence on Italy
Federico, Stefano - 2012
This paper analyses the effect of competition from low-wage countries on domestic activity, using data on 230 Italian manufacturing sectors between 1995 and 2007. We find that low-wage import penetration is negatively related to employment and other measures of activity. The effect is...
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Pollution Offshoring and Emission Reductions in EU and US Manufacturing
Brunel, Claire - 2014
manufacturing, which was largely due to improvements in production technique. But there is no evidence of whether US patterns hold … in other developed economies. I provide the first analysis of the pollution intensity of EU production and imports to … production and imports were actually exactly opposite to what pollution offshoring would predict. Starting in the early 2000s, EU …
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Robotisation, employment and industrial growth intertwined across global value chains
Ghodsi, Mahdi; Reiter, Oliver; Stehrer, Robert; … - 2020
The global economy is currently experiencing a new wave of technological change involving new technologies, especially in the realm of artificial intelligence and robotics, but not limited to it. One key concern in this context is the consequences of these new technologies on the labour market....
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Services and global value chains : some evidence on servicification of manufacturing and services networks
Lanz, Rainer; Maurer, Andreas - 2015 - Manuscript date: February 2015
This paper analyses the role of services in international trade through the lens of global value chains (GVCs). Services account for more than 70% of world GDP but only for around 20% of world trade in balance of payments terms. In value added terms, accounting for services embodied in exported...
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Technology, International Trade, and Pollution from U.S. Manufacturing
Levinson, Arik - 2014
increased. This improvement must result from one of two trends: (1) changes in production or abatement processes ("technology …
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Deindustrialization from the center perspective : US trade and manufacturing in the last two decades
Rodousakis, Nikolaos; Yajima, Giuliano Toshiro; Soklis, … - 2024
We argue that the US trade and industry sector has experienced several unsustainable sectoral processes, including (i) a fall in the trade balance in machinery and equipment and high-tech (HT) industries, (ii) a rise in import multipliers in machinery and equipment and HT industries, (iii) a...
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