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No. 241 | 23 Oct 2020 |
Services imports and labour in Viet Nam
This paper draws on detailed firm-level and worker-level information to explore the link between services imports and employment dynamics in the case of Viet Nam. The econometric analysis consists of two parts. First, data covering formal firms are... |
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No. 240 | 30 Sept 2020 |
Returns to intangible capital in global value chains
Intangible capital, a broad category of knowledge-based assets that lack physical embodiment, increasingly shapes the distribution of income in global value chains (GVCs). While some intangible assets are reported in national accounts (e.g. R&D or... |
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No. 239 | 09 Sept 2020 |
Services trade and labour market outcomes
This report draws on individual-level and firm-level data to better understand the relationships between services trade and labour market outcomes. It seeks to shed light on how firms benefit from the rise in services trade, which groups of workers... |
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No. 238 | 08 Jul 2020 |
The costs of regulatory barriers to trade in services
This paper presents new estimates of policy-induced trade costs in five services sectors for 46 countries. Results demonstrate the significant untapped economic potential of multilateral, plurilateral, and unilateral services trade liberalisation.... |
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No. 237 | 06 Jul 2020 |
The Impact of COVID-19 international travel restrictions on services-trade costs
This report casts light on the impact of regulatory restrictions on the movement of people across international borders on services trade costs. Such restrictions were implemented on health and safety grounds following the COVID-19 outbreak in March... |
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No. 236 | 14 Jan 2020 |
Services exported together with goods
How prevalent are services sold together with goods? Using aggregate and micro-data, this report assesses this prevalence so as to gain a better understanding of how firms combine goods and services in their exports. Leaving aside the specific case... |
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No. 235 | 14 Jan 2020 |
The mining global value chain
The mining sector accounts for a substantial share of exports and GDP in some countries, but rarely creates many direct jobs. This paper examines the mining sector using a value chain perspective, looking at both direct and indirect inputs and... |
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No. 234 | 12 Dec 2019 |
Measuring distortions in international markets: The semiconductor value chain
This report builds on the OECD’s longstanding work measuring government support in agriculture, fossil fuels, fisheries, and more recently in the aluminium value chain in order to estimate producer support and related market distortions in the... |
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No. 233 | 13 Nov 2019 |
Electronic transmissions and international trade - shedding new light on the moratorium debate
The debate about whether or not to extend the WTO Moratorium on imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions has, to date, narrowly focused on its potential customs revenue implications. This paper sets out to broaden and deepen this debate.... |
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No. 232 | 03 Oct 2019 |
Barriers to trade in digitally enabled services in the G20
Digital transformation has enabled easier tradability of traditional services across borders and the emergence of new services that create value from data. But the benefits derived from digitalisation risk being derailed by existing and emerging... |
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No. 231 | 11 Sept 2019 |
Participation and benefits of SMEs in GVCs in Southeast Asia
Although global value chain (GVCs) participation in Southeast Asia has been growing, little is known about whether the benefits from participation are accruing to larger firms or if small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up the... |
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No. 230 | 11 Sept 2019 |
Fostering participation in digital trade for ASEAN MSMEs
This paper provides a broad overview of some of the issues that digital trade raises for ASEAN countries and its MSMEs, including new opportunities that digitalisation presents for ASEAN firms to increase trade. However, it shows that adoption of... |
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No. 229 | 11 Sept 2019 |
Helping SMEs internationalise through trade facilitation
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in generating economic activity and employment in developing and developed countries. However, partly due to remaining at-the-border trade costs, SMEs continue to be less represented in... |
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No. 228 | 15 May 2019 |
Exploring the role of trade facilitation in supporting integrity in trade
Corruption at the border distorts resource allocation, undermines the level playing field for businesses, hampers the attractiveness of affected markets, and may result in significant revenue losses for developing countries. Trade facilitation... |
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No. 227 | 25 Apr 2019 |
Micro-Evidence on Corporate Relationships in Global Value Chains
Global value chains (GVCs) have sharpened the interdependencies between trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). Using a novel micro-level dataset covering about 27 000 corporate relationships of 147 multinational enterprises (MNEs) in 13 sectors,... |
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No. 226 | 20 Mar 2019 |
Offshoring of services functions and labour market adjustments
About 40% of employment in manufacturing is in services functions. This paper develops a measure of narrow outsourcing, matching services functions performed by workers inside manufacturing firms to the same services functions provided by outside... |
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No. 225 | 18 Mar 2019 |
Job characteristics, job transitions and services trade
This report presents new cross-country evidence on labour market transitions in sectors exposed to growing volumes of international trade, and the job characteristics of workers employed in these sectors. It shows that export growth is significantly... |
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No. 224 | 08 Mar 2019 |
Trade and Economic Effects of IRC
Cutting trade costs, especially those stemming from non-tariff measures, is a growing priority for policy makers. One way to achieve this is for countries to improve their co-operation on regulatory matters. An avenue open to governments is to... |
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No. 223 | 28 Jan 2019 |
Intra-EEA STRI Database: Methodology and Results
This paper presents new data on regulatory barriers affecting services trade within the European Economic Area (EEA), covering 25 EEA countries, 22 sectors and five years (2014-2018). Following the methodology of the OECD Services Trade... |
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No. 222 | 24 Jan 2019 |
International Technology Transfer Policies
Concerns are growing about policies and measures that restrict market access with the effect of “forcing” technology transfer. Efforts to target forced technology transfer are complicated by the sometimes blurred line between voluntary and mutually... |
OECD Trade Policy Papers
NB. No. 1 to No. 139 were released under the previous series title OECD Trade Policy Working Papers.
English
- ISSN: 18166873 (online)
- https://doi.org/10.1787/18166873
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Services imports and labour in Viet Nam
Alexander Jaax, Louise Johannesson and Thi Xuan Thu Nguyen
23 Oct 2020
This paper draws on detailed firm-level and worker-level information to explore the link between services imports and employment dynamics in the case of Viet Nam. The econometric analysis consists of two parts. First, data covering formal firms are...
Returns to intangible capital in global value chains
Ali Alsamawi, Charles Cadestin, Alexander Jaax, Joaquim Guilhoto, Sébastien Miroudot and Carmen Zürcher
30 Sept 2020
Intangible capital, a broad category of knowledge-based assets that lack physical embodiment, increasingly shapes the distribution of income in global value chains (GVCs). While some intangible assets are reported in national accounts (e.g. R&D or...
Services trade and labour market outcomes
Andrea Lassmann
09 Sept 2020
This report draws on individual-level and firm-level data to better understand the relationships between services trade and labour market outcomes. It seeks to shed light on how firms benefit from the rise in services trade, which groups of workers...
The costs of regulatory barriers to trade in services
Sebastian Benz and Alexander Jaax
08 Jul 2020
This paper presents new estimates of policy-induced trade costs in five services sectors for 46 countries. Results demonstrate the significant untapped economic potential of multilateral, plurilateral, and unilateral services trade liberalisation....
The Impact of COVID-19 international travel restrictions on services-trade costs
Sebastian Benz, Frédéric Gonzales and Annabelle Mourougane
06 Jul 2020
This report casts light on the impact of regulatory restrictions on the movement of people across international borders on services trade costs. Such restrictions were implemented on health and safety grounds following the COVID-19 outbreak in March...
Services exported together with goods
Charles Cadestin and Sébastien Miroudot
14 Jan 2020
How prevalent are services sold together with goods? Using aggregate and micro-data, this report assesses this prevalence so as to gain a better understanding of how firms combine goods and services in their exports. Leaving aside the specific case...
The mining global value chain
Jane Korinek
14 Jan 2020
The mining sector accounts for a substantial share of exports and GDP in some countries, but rarely creates many direct jobs. This paper examines the mining sector using a value chain perspective, looking at both direct and indirect inputs and...
This report builds on the OECD’s longstanding work measuring government support in agriculture, fossil fuels, fisheries, and more recently in the aluminium value chain in order to estimate producer support and related market distortions in the...
Electronic transmissions and international trade - shedding new light on the moratorium debate
Andrea Andrenelli and Javier López González
13 Nov 2019
The debate about whether or not to extend the WTO Moratorium on imposing customs duties on electronic transmissions has, to date, narrowly focused on its potential customs revenue implications. This paper sets out to broaden and deepen this debate....
Barriers to trade in digitally enabled services in the G20
Janos Ferencz and Frédéric Gonzales
03 Oct 2019
Digital transformation has enabled easier tradability of traditional services across borders and the emergence of new services that create value from data. But the benefits derived from digitalisation risk being derailed by existing and emerging...
Participation and benefits of SMEs in GVCs in Southeast Asia
Javier López González, Laura Munro, Julien Gourdon, Emanuele Mazzini and Andrea Andrenelli
11 Sept 2019
Although global value chain (GVCs) participation in Southeast Asia has been growing, little is known about whether the benefits from participation are accruing to larger firms or if small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up the...
Fostering participation in digital trade for ASEAN MSMEs
Javier López González
11 Sept 2019
This paper provides a broad overview of some of the issues that digital trade raises for ASEAN countries and its MSMEs, including new opportunities that digitalisation presents for ASEAN firms to increase trade. However, it shows that adoption of...
Helping SMEs internationalise through trade facilitation
Javier López González and Silvia Sorescu
11 Sept 2019
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play an important role in generating economic activity and employment in developing and developed countries. However, partly due to remaining at-the-border trade costs, SMEs continue to be less represented in...
Exploring the role of trade facilitation in supporting integrity in trade
Evdokia Moïsé and Silvia Sorescu
15 May 2019
Corruption at the border distorts resource allocation, undermines the level playing field for businesses, hampers the attractiveness of affected markets, and may result in significant revenue losses for developing countries. Trade facilitation...
Micro-Evidence on Corporate Relationships in Global Value Chains
Andrea Andrenelli, Iza Lejárraga, Sébastien Miroudot and Letizia Montinari
25 Apr 2019
Global value chains (GVCs) have sharpened the interdependencies between trade and foreign direct investment (FDI). Using a novel micro-level dataset covering about 27 000 corporate relationships of 147 multinational enterprises (MNEs) in 13 sectors,...
Offshoring of services functions and labour market adjustments
Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås
20 Mar 2019
About 40% of employment in manufacturing is in services functions. This paper develops a measure of narrow outsourcing, matching services functions performed by workers inside manufacturing firms to the same services functions provided by outside...
Job characteristics, job transitions and services trade
Sebastian Benz and Louise Johannesson
18 Mar 2019
This report presents new cross-country evidence on labour market transitions in sectors exposed to growing volumes of international trade, and the job characteristics of workers employed in these sectors. It shows that export growth is significantly...
Trade and Economic Effects of IRC
Anne-Célia Disdier, Susan F. Stone and Frank van Tongeren
08 Mar 2019
Cutting trade costs, especially those stemming from non-tariff measures, is a growing priority for policy makers. One way to achieve this is for countries to improve their co-operation on regulatory matters. An avenue open to governments is to...
Intra-EEA STRI Database: Methodology and Results
Sebastian Benz and Frédéric Gonzales
28 Jan 2019
This paper presents new data on regulatory barriers affecting services trade within the European Economic Area (EEA), covering 25 EEA countries, 22 sectors and five years (2014-2018). Following the methodology of the OECD Services Trade...
International Technology Transfer Policies
Andrea Andrenelli, Julien Gourdon and Evdokia Moïsé
24 Jan 2019
Concerns are growing about policies and measures that restrict market access with the effect of “forcing” technology transfer. Efforts to target forced technology transfer are complicated by the sometimes blurred line between voluntary and mutually...