Gaaitzen J. de Vries

Bio: Gaaitzen J. de Vries is an academic researcher from University of Groningen. The author has contributed to research in topics: Productivity & Emerging markets. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 64 publications receiving 5872 citations. Previous affiliations of Gaaitzen J. de Vries include Beijing Institute of Foreign Trade.

An Illustrated User Guide to the World Input-Output Database : the Case of Global Automotive Production

Abstract: This article provides guidance to prudent use of the World Input–Output Database (WIOD) in analyses of international trade. The WIOD contains annual time-series of world input–output tables and factor requirements covering the period from 1995 to 2011. Underlying concepts, construction methods and data sources are introduced, pointing out particular strengths and weaknesses. We illustrate its usefulness by analyzing the geographical and factorial distribution of value added in global automotive production and show increasing fragmentation, both within and across regions. Possible improvements and extensions to the data are discussed.

The construction of world input-output tables in the wiod project

Abstract: This article describes the construction of the World Input–Output Tables (WIOTs) that constitute the core of the World Input–Output Database. WIOTs are available for the period 1995–2009 and give the values of transactions among 35 industries in 40 countries plus the ‘Rest of the World’ and from these industries to households, governments and users of capital goods in the same set of countries. The article describes how information from the National Accounts, Supply and Use Tables and International Trade Statistics have been harmonized, reconciled and used for estimation procedures to arrive at a consistent time series of WIOTs.

The World Input-Output Database (WIOD): Contents, Sources and Methods

Abstract: The World Input-Output Database has been developed to analyse the effects of globalization on trade patterns, environmental pressures and socio-economic development across a wide set of countries. The database covers 27 EU countries and 13 other major countries in the world for the period from 1995 to 2009. It is downloadable at http://www.wiod.org/database/index.htm. Length: 74 pages

Slicing Up Global Value Chains

Abstract: In an already classic study of the iPod, Dedrick, Kramer, and Linden (2010) n an already classic study of the iPod, Dedrick, Kramer, and Linden (2010) discuss how the iPod is assembled in China from several hundred components discuss how the iPod is assembled in China from several hundred components and parts that are sourced from around the world. This production network is and parts that are sourced from around the world. This production network is led by Apple, a US-based company, which is estimated to capture between one-third led by Apple, a US-based company, which is estimated to capture between one-third and one-half of an iPod’s retail price. Asian fi rms like Toshiba from Japan and and one-half of an iPod’s retail price. Asian fi rms like Toshiba from Japan and Samsung from South Korea capture another major part as profi ts from manufacSamsung from South Korea capture another major part as profi ts from manufacturing high-value components, such as the hard-disk drive, display, and memory. In turing high-value components, such as the hard-disk drive, display, and memory. In contrast, assembling and testing activities by Chinese workers is estimated to capture contrast, assembling and testing activities by Chinese workers is estimated to capture no more than 2 percent. Other studies of tablets, mobile telephones, and laptops no more than 2 percent. Other studies of tablets, mobile telephones, and laptops suggest a similar pattern of specialization; advanced nations deliver capital and suggest a similar pattern of specialization; advanced nations deliver capital and high-skilled labor, capturing most of the value, while emerging countries contribute high-skilled labor, capturing most of the value, while emerging countries contribute low-skilled activities that add little value: in another vivid example, Ali-Yrkko, low-skilled activities that add little value: in another vivid example, Ali-Yrkko, Rouvinen, Seppala, and Yla-Anttila (2011) discuss the Nokia N95 smartphone. Rouvinen, Seppala, and Yla-Anttila (2011) discuss the Nokia N95 smartphone. Such case studies are mainly conducted for high-end electronics and for one point Such case studies are mainly conducted for high-end electronics and for one point in time, which raises obvious questions about the extent to which they represent broader in time, which raises obvious questions about the extent to which they represent broader patterns. How pervasive is the process of international production fragmentation for a patterns. How pervasive is the process of international production fragmentation for a

How global are global value chains? a new approach to measure international fragmentation

Abstract: Denser networks of intermediate input flows between countries suggest ongoing international fragmentation of production chains. But is this process mainly taking place between countries within a region, or is it truly global? We provide new macroeconomic evidence by extending the Feenstra and Hanson (1999) measure of fragmentation to a multicountry setting. We derive the distribution of value added by all countries involved in the production chain of a particular final good. This is based on a new input–output model of the world economy, covering 40 countries and 14 manufacturing product groups. We find that in almost all product chains, the share of value added outside the country-of-completion has increased since 1995. This is mainly added outside the region to which the country-of-completion belongs, suggesting a transition from regional production systems to “Factory World.” This tendency was only briefly interrupted by the financial crisis in 2008.

Online Appendix to: The Next Generation of the Penn World Table*

Abstract: We describe the theory and practice of real GDP comparisons across countries and over time. Effective with version 8, the Penn World Table (PWT) will be taken over by the University of California, Davis and the University of Groningen, with continued input from Alan Heston at the University of Pennsylvania. Version 8 will expand on previous versions of PWT in three respects. First, it will distinguish real GDP on the expenditure side from real GDP on the output side, which differ by the terms of trade faced by countries. Second, it will distinguish growth rates of GDP based on national accounts data from growth rates that are benchmarked in multiple years to cross-country price data. Third, data on capital stocks will be reintroduced. Some illustrative results from PWT version 8 are discussed, including new results that show how the Penn effect is not emergent but a stable relationship over time.

An Illustrated User Guide to the World Input-Output Database : the Case of Global Automotive Production

Abstract: This article provides guidance to prudent use of the World Input–Output Database (WIOD) in analyses of international trade. The WIOD contains annual time-series of world input–output tables and factor requirements covering the period from 1995 to 2011. Underlying concepts, construction methods and data sources are introduced, pointing out particular strengths and weaknesses. We illustrate its usefulness by analyzing the geographical and factorial distribution of value added in global automotive production and show increasing fragmentation, both within and across regions. Possible improvements and extensions to the data are discussed.

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