The Global Value Chain and the Competitiveness of Asian Countries/Comments by Deborah Swenson, on The Global Value Chain and the Competitiveness of Asian Countries/Comments by Bhanupong Nidhiprabha, on The Global Value Chain and the Competitiveness of Asian Countries

This paper examines the competitiveness of industries in six Asian countries -- China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan -- using the World Input-Output Database tables from 1995 to 2011. Competitiveness is measured by the value-added that industries contribute to the production of fi...

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Published in:Asian economic papers 2017-10, Vol.16 (3)
Main Authors: Kiyota, Kozo, Oikawa, Keita, Yoshioka, Katsuhiro, Swenson, Deborah, Nidhiprabha, Bhanupong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Competition
Input output
Studies
Value chain
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Summary:This paper examines the competitiveness of industries in six Asian countries -- China, India, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan -- using the World Input-Output Database tables from 1995 to 2011. Competitiveness is measured by the value-added that industries contribute to the production of final goods, which we refer to as global value chain (GVC) income, rather than by gross exports. We find that, unlike EU countries, Asian countries have generally been able to combine increasing GVC job opportunities with a rise in real income. The GVC income in Asian countries presents a different picture to that in European countries.
ISSN:1535-3516
1536-0083