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Upskilling and distributional changes in the electronics global value chain
Author(s) -
LLADÓSMASLLORENS Josep,
MESEGUERARTOLA Antoni,
VILASECAREQUENA Jordi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/ilr.12175
Subject(s) - offshoring , production (economics) , financial crisis , china , global value chain , value (mathematics) , order (exchange) , economics , electronics , economy , point (geometry) , value chain , industrial organization , business , economic geography , economic system , supply chain , market economy , globalization , finance , outsourcing , macroeconomics , engineering , computer science , geography , marketing , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , machine learning , electrical engineering
Abstract The electronics industry has one of the most complex global production chains in the international economy. Using data from the World Input–Output Database for the period 2000–14, this article traces individual contributions to the value chain in order to observe how financial turmoil has affected its evolution over time and to map international interactions. The authors point to a rise in offshoring until the outbreak of the global financial crisis of 2007–08, as China and other Eastern Asian economies became an essential node of value creation. They also detect a deep transformation of production technologies, accompanied by a process of upskilling.