Higher education expansion and domestic value added in exports: Theory and evidence from China
Author
Abstract
Suggested Citation
DOI: 10.1016/j.asieco.2023.101621
Download full text from publisher
As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.
References listed on IDEAS
- Romer, Paul M, 1986.
"Increasing Returns and Long-run Growth,"
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 94(5), pages 1002-1037, October.
- Paul M Romer, 1999. "Increasing Returns and Long-Run Growth," Levine's Working Paper Archive 2232, David K. Levine.
- David Atkin, 2016.
"Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 106(8), pages 2046-2085, August.
- David Atkin, 2010. "Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico," Working Papers id:2506, eSocialSciences.
- David Atkin, 2012. "Endogenous Skill Acquisition and Export Manufacturing in Mexico," NBER Working Papers 18266, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Ludema, Rodney D. & Mayda, Anna Maria & Yu, Zhi & Yu, Miaojie, 2021.
"The political economy of protection in GVCs: Evidence from Chinese micro data,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 131(C).
- Anna Maria Mayda & Rodney D. Ludema & Miaojie Yu & Zhi Yu, 2018. "The political economy of protection in GVCs: Evidence from Chinese micro data," Working Papers gueconwpa~18-18-07, Georgetown University, Department of Economics.
- Mayda, Anna Maria & Ludema, Rodney D & Yu, Zhi & Yu, Miaojie, 2019. "The political economy of protection in GVCs: Evidence from Chinese micro data," CEPR Discussion Papers 14156, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Li, Bingjing, 2018. "Export expansion, skill acquisition and industry specialization: evidence from china," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 114(C), pages 346-361.
- Li, Hongbin & Ma, Yueyuan & Meng, Lingsheng & Qiao, Xue & Shi, Xinzheng, 2017. "Skill complementarities and returns to higher education: Evidence from college enrollment expansion in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 10-26.
- Huang, Bin & Tani, Massimiliano & Wei, Yi & Zhu, Yu, 2022.
"Returns to education in China: Evidence from the great higher education expansion,"
China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 74(C).
- Huang, Bin & Tani, Massimiliano & Wei, Yi & Zhu, Yu, 2022. "Returns to Education in China: Evidence from the Great Higher Education Expansion," GLO Discussion Paper Series 1092, Global Labor Organization (GLO).
- Liu, Qing & Qiu, Larry D., 2016. "Intermediate input imports and innovations: Evidence from Chinese firms' patent filings," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 166-183.
- Judith M. Dean & K. C. Fung & Zhi Wang, 2011. "Measuring Vertical Specialization: The Case of China," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 19(4), pages 609-625, September.
- Lamei Wu & Guifu Chen & Shuijun Peng, 2021. "Human Capital Expansion and Global Value Chain Upgrading: Firm‐level Evidence from China," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 29(5), pages 28-56, September.
- Maria Bas & Vanessa Strauss-Kahn, 2013.
"Input-Trade Liberalization, Export Prices and Quality Upgrading,"
Working Papers
hal-03460775, HAL.
- Maria Bas & Strauss-Kahn Vanessa, 2015. "Input-Trade Liberalization, Export Prices and Quality Upgrading," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-01297151, HAL.
- Maria Bas & Strauss-Kahn Vanessa, 2015. "Input-Trade Liberalization, Export Prices and Quality Upgrading," Post-Print hal-01297151, HAL.
- Fu, Hongqiao & Ge, Run & Huang, Jialin & Shi, Xinzheng, 2022. "The effect of education on health and health behaviors: Evidence from the college enrollment expansion in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
- Antonio Ciccone & Elias Papaioannou, 2009.
"Human Capital, the Structure of Production, and Growth,"
The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 91(1), pages 66-82, February.
- Ciccone, Antonio & Papaioannou, Elias, 2005. "Human Capital, the Structure of Production, and Growth," CEPR Discussion Papers 5354, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Papaioannou, Elias & Ciccone, Antonio, 2006. "Human capital, the structure of production, and growth," Working Paper Series 623, European Central Bank.
- Antonio Ciccone & Elias Papaioannou, 2005. "Human Capital, the Structure of Production, and Growth," Working Papers 245, Barcelona School of Economics.
- Antonio Ciccone & Elias Papaioannou, 2005. "Human capital, the structure of production and growth," Economics Working Papers 902, Department of Economics and Business, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
- Aichele, Rahel & Heiland, Inga, 2018.
"Where is the value added? Trade liberalization and production networks,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 130-144.
- Rahel Aichele & Inga Heiland, 2016. "Where is the Value Added? Trade Liberalization and Production Networks," CESifo Working Paper Series 6026, CESifo.
- Aichele, Rahel & Heiland, Inga, 2018. "Where is the value added? Trade liberalization and production networks," Munich Reprints in Economics 62859, University of Munich, Department of Economics.
- Chenggang Xu, 2011.
"The Fundamental Institutions of China's Reforms and Development,"
Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 49(4), pages 1076-1151, December.
- Chenggang Xu, 2024. "The Fundamental Institutions of China's Reforms and Development," CEMA Working Papers 621, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics.
- Peter K. Schott, 2004. "Across-Product Versus Within-Product Specialization in International Trade," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 119(2), pages 647-678.
- Hiau Looi Kee & Heiwai Tang, 2016.
"Domestic Value Added in Exports: Theory and Firm Evidence from China,"
American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 106(6), pages 1402-1436, June.
- Hiau Looi Kee & Heiwai Tang, 2015. "Domestic Value Added in Exports: Theory and Firm Evidence from China," CESifo Working Paper Series 5614, CESifo.
- Kee,Hiau Looi & Tang,Heiwai & Kee,Hiau Looi & Tang,Heiwai, 2015. "Domestic value added in exports: theory and firm evidence from China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7491, The World Bank.
- Jingting Fan, 2019. "Internal Geography, Labor Mobility, and the Distributional Impacts of Trade," American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, American Economic Association, vol. 11(3), pages 252-288, July.
- Romer, Paul M, 1990.
"Endogenous Technological Change,"
Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press, vol. 98(5), pages 71-102, October.
- Paul Romer, 1989. "Endogenous Technological Change," NBER Working Papers 3210, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Paul M Romer, 1999. "Endogenous Technological Change," Levine's Working Paper Archive 2135, David K. Levine.
- Brandt, Loren & Van Biesebroeck, Johannes & Zhang, Yifan, 2012.
"Creative accounting or creative destruction? Firm-level productivity growth in Chinese manufacturing,"
Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 97(2), pages 339-351.
- Loren Brandt & Johannes Van Biesebroeck & Yifan Zhang, 2009. "Creative Accounting or Creative Destruction? Firm-level Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing," NBER Working Papers 15152, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Alexander Vogel & Joachim Wagner, 2016.
"Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-selection, Learning from Importing or Both?,"
World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Microeconometrics of International Trade, chapter 4, pages 139-174,
World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
- Alexander Vogel & Joachim Wagner, 2010. "Higher productivity in importing German manufacturing firms: self-selection, learning from importing, or both?," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 145(4), pages 641-665, January.
- Vogel, Alexander & Wagner, Joachim, 2008. "Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-Selection, Learning from Importing, or Both?," IZA Discussion Papers 3854, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
- Alexander Vogel & Joachim Wagner, 2008. "Higher Productivity in Importing German Manufacturing Firms: Self-selection, Learning from Importing, or Both?," Working Paper Series in Economics 106, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics.
- Marianne Bertrand & Esther Duflo & Sendhil Mullainathan, 2004.
"How Much Should We Trust Differences-In-Differences Estimates?,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 119(1), pages 249-275.
- Marianne Bertrand & Esther Duflo & Sendhil Mullainathan, 2002. "How Much Should We Trust Differences-in-Differences Estimates?," NBER Working Papers 8841, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Daron Acemoglu, 1998.
"Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality,"
The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 113(4), pages 1055-1089.
- Acemoglu, D., 1997. "Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality," Working papers 97-14, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
- Acemoglu, Daron, 1997. "Why Do New Technologies Complement Skills? Directed Technical Change and Wage Inequality," CEPR Discussion Papers 1707, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Ahn, JaeBin & Khandelwal, Amit K. & Wei, Shang-Jin, 2011.
"The role of intermediaries in facilitating trade,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 84(1), pages 73-85, May.
- Shang-Jin Wei & Jaebin Ahn & Amit K. Khandelwal, 2010. "The Role of Intermediaries in Facilitating Trade," Working Papers id:2557, eSocialSciences.
- JaeBin Ahn & Amit K. Khandelwal & Shang-Jin Wei, 2010. "The Role of Intermediaries in Facilitating Trade," NBER Working Papers 15706, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Lu, Ming & Zhang, Xi, 2019. "Towards an intelligent country: China’s higher education expansion and rural children’s senior high school participation," Economic Systems, Elsevier, vol. 43(2), pages 1-1.
- Hummels, David & Ishii, Jun & Yi, Kei-Mu, 2001.
"The nature and growth of vertical specialization in world trade,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 54(1), pages 75-96, June.
- David L. Hummels & Jun Ishii & Kei-Mu Yi, 1999. "The nature and growth of vertical specialization in world trade," Staff Reports 72, Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
- Nataša Vrh, 2019. "The DNA of the domestic value added (DVA) in exports: Firm‐level analysis of DVA in exports," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 42(9), pages 2566-2601, September.
- David Hummels & Peter J. Klenow, 2005. "The Variety and Quality of a Nation's Exports," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(3), pages 704-723, June.
- Upward, Richard & Wang, Zheng & Zheng, Jinghai, 2013. "Weighing China’s export basket: The domestic content and technology intensity of Chinese exports," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 41(2), pages 527-543.
- Zhi Wang & Shang-Jin Wei & Kunfu Zhu, 2013. "Quantifying International Production Sharing at the Bilateral and Sector Levels," NBER Working Papers 19677, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Bas, Maria & Strauss-Kahn, Vanessa, 2015.
"Input-trade liberalization, export prices and quality upgrading,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 95(2), pages 250-262.
- Maria Bas & Strauss-Kahn Vanessa, 2015. "Input-Trade Liberalization, Export Prices and Quality Upgrading," Université Paris1 Panthéon-Sorbonne (Post-Print and Working Papers) hal-01297151, HAL.
- Xiong, Weiyan & Yang, Jiale & Shen, Wenqin, 2022. "Higher education reform in China: A comprehensive review of policymaking, implementation, and outcomes since 1978," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 72(C).
- Koopman, Robert & Wang, Zhi & Wei, Shang-Jin, 2012. "Estimating domestic content in exports when processing trade is pervasive," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 99(1), pages 178-189.
- Johnson, Robert C. & Noguera, Guillermo, 2012. "Accounting for intermediates: Production sharing and trade in value added," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 86(2), pages 224-236.
- Daron Acemoglu, 1996. "A Microfoundation for Social Increasing Returns in Human Capital Accumulation," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 111(3), pages 779-804.
- Ethan Lewis, 2011. "Immigration, Skill Mix, and Capital Skill Complementarity," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 126(2), pages 1029-1069.
- Lucas, Robert Jr., 1988. "On the mechanics of economic development," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 22(1), pages 3-42, July.
Citations
Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
Cited by:
- Zhang, Chonghui & Yuan, Lingjing & Yu, Xiao & Chen, Xiaohua, 2024. "The linkage misalignment of productive services and firms' domestic value-added ratio——Evidence from Chinese micro-firm data," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 199(C).
- Zhang, Hongyuan & Ding, Yibing, 2024. "The impact of global value chain restructuring on the product structure of China-EU exports," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
- Jing Zhao & Wei Wang & Shuhui Zhao, 2024. "Smart Cities and Global Value Chain Upgrading: Evidence from China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(6), pages 1-23, March.
Most related items
These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.- Campbell, Jason, 2024. "The link between import sources and export success: Evidence from China," International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 178(C).
- Lamei Wu & Guifu Chen & Shuijun Peng, 2021. "Human Capital Expansion and Global Value Chain Upgrading: Firm‐level Evidence from China," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 29(5), pages 28-56, September.
- Bao, Xiaohua & Gao, Lei & Jin, Yu & Sun, Jin, 2023. "Industrial agglomeration and firm exports: Micro-evidence based on input-output linkages," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 119(C).
- Yajun Zhu & Churen Sun, 2022. "Carbon Reduction, Pollution Intensity, and Firms’ Ratios of Value Added in Exports: Evidence from China’s Low-Carbon Pilot Policy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(19), pages 1-26, October.
- Yuping Deng & Yanrui Wu & Helian Xu, 2022. "Emission Reduction and Value-added Export Nexus at Firm Level," Economics Discussion / Working Papers 22-19, The University of Western Australia, Department of Economics.
- Xinheng Liu & Ziyuan Pan & Dongli Fang, 2023. "Agglomeration, resource reallocation and domestic value‐added ratio in exports," Growth and Change, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 54(1), pages 182-213, March.
- Chor, Davin & Manova, Kalina & Yu, Zhihong, 2021.
"Growing like China: Firm performance and global production line position,"
Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
- Davin Chor & Kalina Manova & Zhihong Yu, 2020. "Growing like China: Firm Performance and Global Production Line Position," NBER Chapters, in: NBER International Seminar on Macroeconomics 2020, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Manova, Kalina & Chor, Davin & Yu, Zhihong, 2020. "Growing Like China: Firm Performance and Global Production Line Position," CEPR Discussion Papers 15225, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Davin Chor & Kalina Manova & Zhihong Yu, 2020. "Growing Like China: Firm Performance and Global Production Line Position," NBER Working Papers 27795, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- David Chor & Kalina Manova & Zhihong Yu, 2020. "Growing like China: Firm performance and global production line position," Discussion Papers 2020-11, University of Nottingham, GEP.
- Davin Chor & Kalina Manova & Zhihong Yu, 2020. "Growing like China: firm performance and global production line position," CEP Discussion Papers dp1715, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
- Chor, Davin & Manova, Kalina & Yu, Zhihong, 2020. "Growing like China: firm performance and global production line position," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 108215, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
- Davin Chor & Kalina B. Manova & Zhihong Yu, 2020. "Growing Like China: Firm Performance and Global Production Line Position," CESifo Working Paper Series 8536, CESifo.
- Meng, Ning & Milner, Chris & Song, Huasheng, 2020. "Antidumping and heterogeneous quality adjustment of multi-product firms: Evidence from Chinese exporters," Economic Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 92(C), pages 147-161.
- Sun, Chuanwang & Zhan, Yanhong & Gao, Xiang, 2023. "Does environmental regulation increase domestic value-added in exports? An empirical study of cleaner production standards in China," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
- Alonso de Gortari, 2018.
"Disentangling Global Value Chains,"
2018 Meeting Papers
139, Society for Economic Dynamics.
- Alonso de Gortari, 2019. "Disentangling Global Value Chains," NBER Working Papers 25868, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Yue Lu & Lijing Deng & Ka Zeng, 2022. "Foreign direct investment, innovation, and domestic value‐added in exports: Firm‐level evidence from China," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 30(4), pages 1199-1228, September.
- Dongwei Wen & Guoming Xian, 2022. "How is China's trade imbalance overstated? An analysis based on trade in value‐added," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 26(3), pages 1361-1392, August.
- Yan Du & Yi Lu, 2018. "The Great Opening up and the Roadmap for the Future: The Story of China's International Trade," China & World Economy, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, vol. 26(2), pages 68-93, March.
- Songbo Wu & Yue Lu & Xiaofeng Lv, 2021. "Does value‐added tax reform boost firms’ domestic value added in exports? Evidence from China," Review of International Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 29(5), pages 1275-1299, November.
- Li, Changqing & Lu, Jian, 2018. "R&D, financing constraints and export green-sophistication in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 47(C), pages 234-244.
- Nenci, Silvia & Fusacchia, Ilaria & Giunta, Anna & Montalbano, Pierluigi & Pietrobelli, Carlo, 2022. "Mapping global value chain participation and positioning in agriculture and food: stylised facts, empirical evidence and critical issues," Bio-based and Applied Economics Journal, Italian Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AIEAA), vol. 11(2), July.
- Bie, Xiaodong & Ciani, Andrea, 2021. "Born similar, develop apart: Evidence on Chinese hybrid exporters," DICE Discussion Papers 364, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics (DICE).
- Ha Thi Thanh Doan & Hongyong Zhang, 2024.
"Technical barriers to trade, product quality and trade margins: firm-level evidence,"
Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 160(3), pages 785-811, August.
- DOAN Thi Thanh Ha & ZHANG Hongyong, 2022. "Technical Barriers to Trade, Product Quality and Trade Margins: Firm-level evidence," Discussion papers 22056, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
- Doan Thi Thanh Ha & Hongyong Zhang, 2022. "Technical Barriers to Trade, Product Quality and Trade Margins: Firm-level Evidence," Working Papers DP-2021-54, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
- Pol Antràs & Davin Chor, 2021.
"Global Value Chains,"
NBER Working Papers
28549, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Antrà s, Pol & Chor, Davin, 2021. "Global Value Chains," CEPR Discussion Papers 15908, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- He, Yaxing & Huo, Weidong & Yu, Jie, 2023. "Tracing the regional dual value chains: Measurement on the production position and evidence from China," Journal of Asian Economics, Elsevier, vol. 85(C).
More about this item
Keywords
Human capital; Higher education expansion; Domestic value-added rate;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F14 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Empirical Studies of Trade
- F16 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade and Labor Market Interactions
- I25 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Economic Development
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
Statistics
Access and download statisticsCorrections
All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:asieco:v:87:y:2023:i:c:s1049007823000416. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.
If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.
If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .
If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.
For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Catherine Liu (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.elsevier.com/locate/asieco .
Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.