Weighing China's export basket: The domestic content and technology intensity of Chinese exports

被引:304
作者
Upward, Richard [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Zheng [1 ,2 ]
Zheng, Jinghai [3 ,4 ,5 ]
机构
[1] Univ Nottingham, Leverhulme Ctr Res Globalisat & Econ Policy GEP, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[2] Univ Nottingham, Sch Econ, Nottingham NG7 2RD, England
[3] Univ Gothenburg, Dept Econ, Gothenburg, Sweden
[4] Harbin Engn Univ, Sch Econ & Management, Harbin, Peoples R China
[5] Queens Univ, Sch Management, Kingston, ON, Canada
关键词
Chinese exports; Domestic content; Vertical specialisation; Technology intensity; VERTICAL SPECIALIZATION; GROWTH; TRADE;
D O I
10.1016/j.jce.2012.07.004
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
In this paper we use new, detailed, and comprehensive linked firm-transaction data to measure the domestic content and technology intensity of Chinese exports over the period 2000-2007. We evaluate the extent of value-added in China's exports, using a modification of a method proposed by Hummels et al. (2001) which takes into account the prevalence of processing firms. In addition, we provide new estimates of the skill-and technology-intensity of China's exports. Our estimates of value-added suggest that the domestic content of China's exports increased from only 53% to about 60% over the period 2003-2006. Our cross-firm analysis reveals that processing exporters have value-added shares approximately 50% lower than non-processing exporters, even after accounting for ownership, location, and industry. We also show that Chinese exports have become increasingly sophisticated, largely driven by skill and technology improvement within industries. Journal of Comparative Economics 41 (2) (2013) 527-543. Leverhulme Centre for Research on Globalisation and Economic Policy (GEP) and School of Economics, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom; Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden; School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China; Queen's University Management School, United Kingdom. (C) 2012 Association for Comparative Economic Studies Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:527 / 543
页数:17
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