Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?

Rita Almeida ()

Asia-Pacific Development Journal, 2010, vol. 17, issue 1, 63-95

Abstract: This paper examines whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. We explore a unique firm level data set across eight countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. Our results strongly support the idea that greater openness and technological innovation have increased the demand for skills, especially in middle-income countries. In particular, while the presence in international markets has been skill enhancing for most middle-income countries, this is not the case for manufacturing firms operating in China and in low-income countries. We interpret this to be supporting the premise that, if international integration in the region continues to intensify and technology continues to be skilled biased, policies aimed at mitigating the skills shortages should produce continual and persistent increase in skills.

Keywords: Demand for skills; foreign direct investment; exports; firm level data (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J23 J24 J31 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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Working Paper: Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills? (2016)
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