Are global value chains merely global? The case of Chinese Provinces in global value chains

Xie, Rui; Niu, Meng; Su, Bin; Ge, Jiuhao

doi:10.1080/00036846.2021.1886236

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“…Regarding research on regional GVC participation in China, some studies start by combining provincial multiregional IO tables and international IO tables to construct a GVC decomposition framework [47]. However, a problem lies in the fact that regional IO tables in China are compiled only once every five years, leading to significant time gaps; thus, this method cannot accurately capture the dynamic characteristics of GVC upgrading.…”

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Can Global Value Chain Upgrading Promote Regional Economic Growth? Empirical Evidence and Mechanism Analysis Based on City-Level Panel Data in China

2023

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Since launching its reforms and opening up, China has actively integrated itself into global value chains (GVCs) and experienced continuous growth. However, there exists a significant imbalance between GVC upgrading and economic growth across regions in China. Can GVC upgrading promote economic growth at the regional level? Despite the theoretical foundations and empirical evidence provided at the national level, research on GVC upgrading at the subnational level remains limited. This study constructs a temporal indicator to measure GVC upgrading at the finest subnational level, including cities at the prefecture level and above, and employs panel fixed effects (FE) and mediation models to examine the impact and mechanism of GVC upgrading on regional economic growth, aiming for a meaningful exploration in this area. The results show that GVC upgrading has a significant positive effect on regional economic growth with robust performance. Specifically, a 1-standard-deviation improvement in GVC upgrading leads to a 0.054-standard-deviation increase in the logarithm of per capita gross domestic product (GDP). Heterogeneity analysis shows that the promotion effect is more pronounced in coastal areas and administrative centers. Mechanism analysis indicates that GVC upgrading promotes regional economic growth by facilitating capital accumulation, promoting technological progress, and enhancing human resources, among which, facilitating capital accumulation plays the most significant role, accounting for over 70% of the economic growth effects associated with GVC upgrading. Thus, China should create an enabling environment for promoting GVC upgrading, enhance capital accumulation, foster regional innovation systems, improve the quality of human capital, and promote domestic market integration.

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Section: Measurement Of Gvcsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Can Global Value Chain Upgrading Promote Regional Economic Growth? Empirical Evidence and Mechanism Analysis Based on City-Level Panel Data in China

2023

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Input-output analysis of embodied emissions: Impacts of imports data treatment on emission drivers

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Multi-region input-output analysis of embodied emissions and intensities: Spatial aggregation by linking regional and global datasets

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Are global value chains merely global? The case of Chinese Provinces in global value chains

Cited by 6 publications

References 31 publications

Can Global Value Chain Upgrading Promote Regional Economic Growth? Empirical Evidence and Mechanism Analysis Based on City-Level Panel Data in China

Can Global Value Chain Upgrading Promote Regional Economic Growth? Empirical Evidence and Mechanism Analysis Based on City-Level Panel Data in China

Input-output analysis of embodied emissions: Impacts of imports data treatment on emission drivers

Multi-region input-output analysis of embodied emissions and intensities: Spatial aggregation by linking regional and global datasets

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