The impact of global value chain integration on wages: evidence from matched worker-industry data in Thailand

Sasiwimon Paweenawat

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 2022, vol. 27, issue 4, 757-780

Abstract: Using a two-stage estimation of matched worker-industry data from 2000 to 2011, this study investigates the impact of global value chain (GVC) integration on wages and the skill premium in the 32 industries in Thailand, a country with recent heavy involvement in GVCs. This study employs foreign value added in both final and intermediate goods exports as a proxy for the degree of industry integration in GVCs and applies a panel fixed effects estimation on constructed panel data to investigate its relationship with wages. The main finding indicates that a higher level of industry integration with GVCs leads to higher wages and a higher skill premium, confirming the positive effect of GVC involvement on wages and the complementary effect of high demand for skilled workers in GVC-oriented industries in Thailand. Workers in industries with downstream position will earn a higher wage than those working in the upstream position.

Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1080/13547860.2021.1915544

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