Three Empirical Essays on Comparative Advantage & Productivity Growth in Asia

[eng] The thesis is a combination of three independent papers that discuss various challenges posed on developing countries of Asia and provide suggestions as to how comparative advantage and labor productivity growth is relevant towards their economic growth. We seek to explore why these countries...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Riaz, Bushra
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/173201
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/173201
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/670404
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Desenvolupament econòmic
Països en vies de desenvolupament
Productivitat
Àsia
Economic development
Developing countries
Productivity
Asia
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Sumario:[eng] The thesis is a combination of three independent papers that discuss various challenges posed on developing countries of Asia and provide suggestions as to how comparative advantage and labor productivity growth is relevant towards their economic growth. We seek to explore why these countries tend to lag behind in terms of productivity growth. Moreover, we also seek to compare China, the U.S., and the EU in terms of their trade competitiveness in various sectors to examine the convergence and divergence pattern of their comparative advantage.