Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?

This paper examines whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. We explore a unique firm level data set across eight countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. Our results strongly support the idea tha...

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Main Author: Almeida, Rita K.
Format: Journal Article
Language:EN
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5569
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spelling okr-10986-55692021-04-23T14:02:22Z Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills? Almeida, Rita K. Labor Demand J230 Human Capital Skills Occupational Choice Labor Productivity J240 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives O310 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences Diffusion Processes O330 This paper examines whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. We explore a unique firm level data set across eight countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. Our results strongly support the idea that greater openness and technological innovation have increased the demand for skills, especially in middle-income countries. In particular, while the presence in international markets has been skill enhancing for most middle-income countries, this is not the case for manufacturing firms operating in China and in low-income countries. We interpret this to be supporting the premise that, if international integration in the region continues to intensify and technology continues to be skilled biased, policies aimed at mitigating the skills shortages should produce continual and persistent increase in skills. 2012-03-30T07:33:28Z 2012-03-30T07:33:28Z 2010 Journal Article Asia-Pacific Development Journal 10201246 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5569 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article East Asia and Pacific
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topic Labor Demand J230
Human Capital
Skills
Occupational Choice
Labor Productivity J240
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives O310
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences
Diffusion Processes O330
spellingShingle Labor Demand J230
Human Capital
Skills
Occupational Choice
Labor Productivity J240
Economic Development: Human Resources
Human Development
Income Distribution
Migration O150
Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives O310
Technological Change: Choices and Consequences
Diffusion Processes O330
Almeida, Rita K.
Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?
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description This paper examines whether the increased openness and technological innovation in East Asia have contributed to an increased demand for skills in the region. We explore a unique firm level data set across eight countries in the East Asia and Pacific region. Our results strongly support the idea that greater openness and technological innovation have increased the demand for skills, especially in middle-income countries. In particular, while the presence in international markets has been skill enhancing for most middle-income countries, this is not the case for manufacturing firms operating in China and in low-income countries. We interpret this to be supporting the premise that, if international integration in the region continues to intensify and technology continues to be skilled biased, policies aimed at mitigating the skills shortages should produce continual and persistent increase in skills.
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author Almeida, Rita K.
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title Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?
title_short Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?
title_full Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?
title_fullStr Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?
title_full_unstemmed Openness and Technological Innovation in East Asia: Have They Increased the Demand for Skills?
title_sort openness and technological innovation in east asia: have they increased the demand for skills?
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