Does Manufacturing Matter for Economic Growth in the Era of Globalization?

Pandian, Roshan K.

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“…Sociologists argue that this greater worldwide entrenchment of globalized production networks matters for economic and socio-economic outcomes at the national level. Recent work includes the structure of the manufacturing sector (Mahutga, 2014), the relationship between industrialization and economic growth in poor countries (Pandian, 2016), income inequality in rich countries (Mahutga et al, 2017), and so on. That is, the employment and income effects of OFFS should vary by how a country connects to the global economy, and with the entrenchment of global production networks worldwide.…”

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Job tasks and the comparative structure of income and employment: Routine task intensity and offshorability for the LIS*

Mahutga

Curran

Roberts

2018

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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Comparative sociologists have long considered occupations to be a key source of inequality. However, data constraints make comparative research on two of the more important contemporary drivers of occupational stratification-globalization and technological change-relatively scarce. This article introduces a new dataset on occupational 'routine task intensity' (RTI) and 'offshorability' (OFFS) for use with the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS). To produce these data, we recoded 23 country-specific occupational schemes (74 LIS countryyears) to the two-digit ISCO-88 scheme. When combined with the handful of LIS countries already reporting their occupations in ISCO-88, we produce individual level RTI and OFFS scores for 38 LIS countries and 160 LIS country-years. To assess the validity of these recodes, we compare average labor-income ratios predicted by recoded ISCO-88 occupational categories to those predicted by reported ISCO-88 occupational categories within countries that transitioned from country-specific to ISCO-88 codes over time. To assess the utility of these RTI and OFFS scores and advance the literature on income polarization, we analyze their association with work hours and labor incomes in the global North and South. Both covariates correlate with work hours in ways that are consistent with previous research and additional theoretical considerations. Moreover, we show that both RTI and OFFS contribute to income polarization directly in the North, but not in the South. This article generates a public good data infrastructure that will be of use to a wide variety of social scientists, and brings new evidence to bear on the question of income polarization in rich democracies.

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Job tasks and the comparative structure of income and employment: Routine task intensity and offshorability for the LIS*

Mahutga

Curran

Roberts

2018

International Journal of Comparative Sociology

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“…With respect to economic development, a key argument has been that countries where firms tend to play a leading role in their value chains will experience greater gains from globalization than those with firms who play a more subordinate role (e.g., Mahutga, 2014aMahutga, , 2014cBair and Mahutga, 2016;Pandian, 2016). The key mechanism is the asymmetrical power of leading firms, who squeeze costs from their suppliers in poor countries (Heintz, 2006).…”

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Global value chains and quantitative macro-comparative sociology

Mahutga¹

2019

Handbook on Global Value Chains

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ContributorsAjmal Abdulsamad is an international development practitioner and researcher. His research focuses on the interface of institutions, industry competitiveness and economic development strategies. As a senior researcher at the Duke University Global Value Chains Center, USA, Ajmal has applied the global value chain framework to a wide range of development topics, including: public-private partnerships, innovations, workforce development, governance and power asymmetries, and quantitative value-add measurements. Ajmal has in-country research experience in Afghanistan,

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“…[4] Indeed, chemical manufacturing and manufacturing in general are indispensable to the economic growth and development of any nation. [5,6] Developed countries have built wealth and prosperity on the strength of their manufacturing sectors. [7] The most recent example of the impact of manufacturing on a nation's economy is the rapid rise of China, the world's largest manufacturer, to become the second largest economy in the world.…”

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Minimum production scale for economic feasibility of a titanium dioxide plant

Oladipupo,

Raman,

Pekny

2023

J Adv Manuf & Process

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Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is an important industrial chemical that is completely import dependent in Nigeria. Local entrepreneurs seeking to establish a production scale TiO2 plant in Nigeria face both financing challenges and challenges to right‐sizing plants to best fit the local markets. In this study, we ask: What is the minimum scale for the economic feasibility of establishing a TiO2 plant in Nigeria, considering the country's currently small market size for the chemical and the limitations imposed by the economy of scale? We determine that the required minimum production scale varies from 21 867.44 to 11 202.16 tonnes per annum (tpa) for an investment lifetime of 10–20 years – compared to a typical developed world plant size of 150 000 tpa. A sensitivity study shows that minimum production scale decreases rapidly as product price increases, enhancing the economic prospect of a small‐scale plant in Nigeria where the retail price of TiO2 is as high as 328% of the average global price. Further studies emphasize the importance of future growth in demand and government incentives in enhancing the plant's economic prospect. The modeling framework developed and used for this analysis is adaptable to other applications in determining minimum scales for economic feasibility of constructing and operating flexible chemical plants in young and uncertain markets with potential to scale in the future. This study offers unique contributions to address investment challenges around chemical manufacturing, a critical component of industrialization and economic development for developing countries.

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Does Manufacturing Matter for Economic Growth in the Era of Globalization?

Cited by 9 publications

References 47 publications

Job tasks and the comparative structure of income and employment: Routine task intensity and offshorability for the LIS*

Job tasks and the comparative structure of income and employment: Routine task intensity and offshorability for the LIS*

Global value chains and quantitative macro-comparative sociology

Minimum production scale for economic feasibility of a titanium dioxide plant

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