Seminars & Events

APL (Ajiken Power Lunch)

Industrial Agglomeration in Myanmar (joint with Finn Tarp, John Rand and Helge Zille)

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:

April 10, 2019. (Wednesday) 14:00-15:00

Venue:
Theme:

Industrial Agglomeration in Myanmar (joint with Finn Tarp, John Rand and Helge Zille)

Abstract

Focusing on labor productivity and working conditions, we investigate the benefits of industrial zones for private manufacturing enterprises in Myanmar. We find that being located in an industrial zone associates with higher labor productivity. Value added gains, however, are not transferred to employees. The results are robust to different measures of productivity and model specifications, as well as to controlling for the natural level of industrial agglomeration in a particular location. The findings in general indicate additional benefits of planned industrial activities as opposed to naturally-driven industrial clustering.

Speaker:

Dr. Neda Trifkovic (Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen)

Chair:

Tomohiro Machikita

Languages:

English

Contact:

Institute of Developing Economies, APL Organizers
E-mail: APLE-mail