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ID116509
Title ProperDomestic value added and employment generated by Chinese exports
Other Title Informationa quantitative estimation
LanguageENG
AuthorChen, Xikang ;  Cheng, Leonard K ;  Fung, K C ;  Lau, Lawrence J
Publication2012.
Summary / Abstract (Note)We develop an input-output methodology to estimate how Chinese exports affected the country's total domestic value added (DVA) and employment in the years 2002 and 2007. For every US$1000 dollar of Chinese exports in 2007 (2002), DVA and employment are estimated to be US$591 (US$466) and 0.096 (0.242) person-year, respectively. To implement these estimations, we use hitherto unpublished Chinese government data to construct several completely new datasets, including an input-output table with separate input-output and employment-output coefficients for processing exports, non-processing exports, and output for domestic use. We hypothesize that, in comparison with the export sector, China's domestic sector would be relatively autarkic due to China's history of central planning. We expect that exports would generate less DVA and employment than output for domestic use. Processing exports, which are highly dependent on imported inputs, would similarly generate less DVA and employment than non-processing exports. Our findings support these expectations. For both 2002 and 2007, the DVA and employment effects of domestic final demand were higher than those of non-processing exports, which were in turn higher than those of processing exports. However, with the progress of economic reforms, we found that the total DVAs of exports and domestic final demand have converged from 2002 to 2007.
`In' analytical NoteChina Economic Review Vol. 23, No.4; Dec 2012: p.850-864
Journal SourceChina Economic Review Vol. 23, No.4; Dec 2012: p.850-864
Key WordsChinese Exports ;  Domestic Value Added ;  Employment ;  Input - Output Analysis ;  Input – Output Analysis