Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/121142 
Year of Publication: 
2015
Series/Report no.: 
FIW Working Paper No. 141
Publisher: 
FIW - Research Centre International Economics, Vienna
Abstract: 
Globalisation, has intensified the demand preference for quality labour, that embodies more knowledge and competency/skill to maximise the production in one hand, and it has also changed the life style and consumption behavior of the society on the other. As a consequence, this has led to significant changes in the composition and structure of the economy, and also, the reallocation of labour. The study examines the reallocation effect (or structural change) and the direct effect of globalization on labour productivity growth in BRICS countries. The study also examines the relative role of consumption factors and other factors for the structural development during globalization. The study uses shift-share analysis, dynamic panel data method and input-output tables for the empirical analysis during 1990-91 to 2011-12. The findings show that the contribution of structural change is relatively significant in China and India. The globalization measures including international trade and FDI are found to have significant impact on the upsurge of labour productivity growth in BRICS, where the consumption demand predominates among the factors of structural development.
Subjects: 
Globalisation
FDI
Trade
Labour productivity
Structural Change
BRICS
JEL: 
F1
J01
J08
J34
R1
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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