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Factor Proportions and East Asian Industrialization: A Note[Note 1. We acknowledge with thanks the comments of a referee ...]
Author(s) -
Hill Hal,
Phillips Prue
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
asian economic journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.345
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1467-8381
pISSN - 1351-3958
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8381.00024
Subject(s) - industrialisation , economics , robustness (evolution) , east asia , geography , china , market economy , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , gene
This note assesses the robustness of factor proportions classifications in international comparisons. The issue is examined with reference to five East Asian economies experiencing rapid industrialization and upgrading, and for a range of labour‐intensive and near labour‐intensive industries. We conclude that most of the rankings are consistent with a priori expectations. Moreover, there has been no major and systemic alteration in these rankings in the period under study.