The Global Value Chain and the Competitiveness of Asian Countries

Kozo Kiyota, Keita Oikawa and Katsuhiro Yoshioka ()
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Katsuhiro Yoshioka: Shoko Chukin Bank, Ltd., Tokyo

Asian Economic Papers, 2017, vol. 16, issue 3, 257-281

Abstract: 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.

JEL-codes: F33 F36 F50 F65 G00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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