| 来源类型 | Discussion paper
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| 规范类型 | 论文
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| 来源ID | DP8231
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| DP8231 Low-Wage Countries' Competition, Reallocation Across Firms and the Quality Content of Exports |
| Isabelle Mejean; Julien Martin
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| 发表日期 | 2011-02-08
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| 出版年 | 2011
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| 语种 | 英语
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| 摘要 | What is the impact of low-wage countries' competition on the quality of high-wage countries' exports? To answer this question, we develop a new method that uses firm-level data to measure quality changes in sectoral exports. Over 1995-2005, we measure a 11% increase in the mean quality of France's aggregate exports, driven by a reallocation of demand in favor of higher quality producers. The phenomenon is significantly more pronounced in markets where the penetration of developing countries has increased while it is negative where firms face increased competitive pressures from high-wage countries. These results are consistent with within-product specialization along the vertical dimension. They suggest that, over the period, France has specialized in the production of higher quality goods. In our data, around one fifth of the measured quality improvement in France's aggregate exports is attributable to low-wage countries' competition. In turn, its increasing specialization in higher quality goods has limited France's market share loss over the period. |
| 主题 | International Trade and Regional Economics
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| 关键词 | Firm-level data
Low-wage countries' competition
Quality heterogeneity
Within-product specialization
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| URL | https://cepr.org/publications/dp8231
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| 来源智库 | Centre for Economic Policy Research (United Kingdom)
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| 资源类型 | 智库出版物
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.153/handle/2XGU8XDN/537069
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Isabelle Mejean,Julien Martin. DP8231 Low-Wage Countries' Competition, Reallocation Across Firms and the Quality Content of Exports. 2011.
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