Services Input Intensity and US Manufacturing Employment Responses to the China Shock

Bamieh, Omar; Fiorini, Matteo; Hoekman, Bernard M.; Jakubik, Adam

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“…The structure and predictions of the model are in line with the services‐specific mechanisms in the papers discussed in the text. Related to that, Bamieh, Fiorini, Hoekman, and Jakubik () discussed similar mechanisms and found that higher services input intensity in US manufacturing sectors attenuate the local employment negative response to increased export pressures from China.…”

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Services policy reform and manufacturing employment: Evidence from transition economies

Fiorini

Hoekman²,

Malgouyres

2018

World Economy

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Policy reforms targeting the services sectors are a neglected dimension of the process of structural transformation and economic development. The effects of such reforms on employment across industries as a function of their use of services as intermediate inputs are theoretically ambiguous and remain largely understudied. This paper uses sector‐level data for 24 transition economies for the 1990–2012 period to assess the impacts of services policy reforms on downstream manufacturing employment. We find a negative effect of services reforms on manufacturing sector employment. This is mostly associated with the process of transition to a market‐based economy. Controlling for transition‐specific dynamics, the data suggest a neutral effect of progress towards adopting “best practice” policies for upstream services on employment in downstream manufacturing. Furthermore, in line with the extant literature, we confirm that services policy reforms enhance productivity of downstream manufacturing industries. Finally, we find that the negative effects on downstream employment are mitigated in countries with better economic governance and human capital.

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Services policy reform and manufacturing employment: Evidence from transition economies

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Hoekman²,

Malgouyres

2018

World Economy

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“…14. Indirect support to this argument is offered by Bamieh et al (2020). These authors find that, in the case of US local labor markets, higher services inputs use can be an effective tool to respond to the negative employment effects of increasing import competition from China.…”

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Services trade and labor market outcomes: Evidence from Italian firms

Bamieh

Bripi

Fiorini

2021

Rev International Economics

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Over the last few decades, the process of globalization has been characterized by the increasing role of services in international trade. The total value of cross-border services transactions amounted to 3.7 trillion US Dollars in 2017 (WTO, 2019). Counting other modes of services trade provision, including through a commercial presence in the importing country, the figure rises to 13.3 trillion US Dollars. In general, world trade in services has been growing faster than trade in goods (WTO, 2019). Internationally traded services are also increasingly used in production processes and embedded in production outputs, responding to technological progress and to

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“…Using Swedish firm level data, Lodefalk (2014) shows that in-house and outsourced services help to increase export intensity measured by the share of merchandise exports in total sales. Finally, a recent paper by Bamieh et al (2017) show that more intensive use of producer services appears to be positively associated with resilience to greater import competition.…”

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Services Development and Comparative Advantage in Manufacturing

Liu

Mattoo

Wang

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The Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.

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Services Input Intensity and US Manufacturing Employment Responses to the China Shock

Cited by 8 publications

References 37 publications

Services policy reform and manufacturing employment: Evidence from transition economies

Services policy reform and manufacturing employment: Evidence from transition economies

Services trade and labor market outcomes: Evidence from Italian firms

Services Development and Comparative Advantage in Manufacturing

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