Services in Global Value Chains: Trade patterns and gains from specialisation

Sébastien Miroudoti ; Charles Cadestini iOECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

关键词: revealed comparative advantage;    Services;    trade in services;    trade in value-added;    global value chains;    servicification;    productivity;   

DOI  :  https://doi.org/10.1787/06420077-en

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: OECD iLibrary

【 摘 要 】

Within global value chains (GVCs), services and manufacturing activities are intertwined. This report further investigates the role played by services in GVCs by looking at patterns of specialisation in 23 services industries over the period 2000-2014. Relying on the concept of revealed comparative advantage, it highlights that all countries have a comparative advantage in specific services industries, either in services within manufacturing value chains or in services exported as final products to consumers. A value-added approach is important to analyse the specialisation in services. In addition, there are tangible productivity gains out of this specialisation, as well as gains in terms of employment. Finally, empirical results suggest that services trade restrictiveness negatively affects bilateral flows of service value-added within GVCs. Both domestic reforms and the reduction of barriers in partner countries can benefit services sectors and the activities that rely on services inputs.