Skills and activity upgrading in global value chains: Trends and drivers for Asia

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This paper examines the trends in skill and activity upgrading in global value chains (GVCs) and the drivers of upgrading in Asian economies. It uses the newly constructed ADB Multi-Region Input- Output Tables as well as occupation data on jobs by educational attainment and business activities, namely research and development; production; logistics, sales, and marketing; administration and back-office; and headquarter activities. Our results suggest an ongoing specialization process in highincome Asian countries and in developing member countries (DMCs) toward high-skilled knowledgeintensive activities. The pace of upgrading differs across Asian countries, being more rapid and encompassing in the People's Republic of China in comparison to other DMCs. We use a structural decomposition method to account for the drivers of the trends observed. In particular, technological change in GVCs that is biased toward knowledge-intensive activities is important in accounting for the trends observed.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: ADB Economics Working Paper Series ; No. 496

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; General Equilibrium and Disequilibrium: Input-Output Tables and Analysis ; Trade and Labor Market Interactions ; Economic Impacts of Globalization: Economic Development
• Thema: functional upgrading ; global multiregional input-output model ; global supply chains ; structural decomposition analysis ; World Input-Output Database

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): de Vries, Gaaitzen ; Chen, Quanrun ; Hasan, Rana ; Li, Zhigang
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Asian Development Bank (ADB)
• (wo): Manila
• (wann): 2016

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/169327
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:45 MEZ