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Value-added Gains and Job Opportunities in Global Value Chains: A Brain-storming Discussion
APL
(Ajiken
Power
Lunch)
is
a
lunchtime
workshop
open
to
public,
including
IDE
staffs,
visiting
research
fellows,
IDEAS
students,
outside
researchers
and
graduate
students.
This
workshop
provides
a
platform
for
presentation
of
any
work
in
progress
where
we
can
discuss
in
either
English
or
Japanese.
Those
who
would
attend
a
seminar
are
asked
to
announce
yourself
to
receptionists
on
your
arrival
at
the
IDE
and
to
obtain
APL
Organizers'
signature
on
your
admission
card
after
the
seminar.
Date&time:
June 8, 2017. (Thursday) 12:30-14:00
Venue:
Theme:
Value-added Gains and Job Opportunities in Global Value Chains: A Brain-storming Discussion
Abstract
Global value chains (GVCs) break up the production process so that different steps can be carried out in different countries. Many top-brand personal computers and smart phones, for example, are designed in the United States; have sophisticated inputs such as semi-conductors and processors produced in Japan, South Korea, or Taiwan; are assembled in China; and are marketed and receive after-sale servicing in Europe or the U.S. These complex and global production arrangements have transformed the nature of trade, but their complexity has also created difficulties in understanding how and to what extent benefit is distributed along GVCs across countries and, in turn, in formulating policies that allow firms and governments to capitalize on GVCs and to mitigate negative side effects. This paper follows Ye, Meng and Wei (2015)’s idea, and uses the so-called “smile curve” approach to identify value-added gains and job opportunities along GVCs. Further insight into the distributional implications of GVC expansion can be obtained by examining the types of labor used in value chains in different countries and the associated remuneration. Detailed labor productivity and real wage based analyses give a strong support on our findings, relevant policy implications are discussed in the paper. (I also add a brain-storming talk on the recent evolution of GVCs research using interdisciplinary approaches, just for your information.)
Speaker:
Bo Meng (Development Studies Center, IDE-JETRO)
Languages:
English
Contact:
Institute
of
Developing
Economies,
APL
Organizers
IMAI
Kohei
E-mail:kohei_imai
TSUBURA
Machiko E-mail:Machiko_Tsubura