This paper applies structural decomposition analysis to Chinese input – output tables in order to disentangle and quantify the sources of China’s import growth and China’s growth in vertical specialization: that is, China’s incorporation into the global supply chain. China’s exports...

In economic theory and practice, technological developments and changes in relative prices lead to changes in the input mix of one or more industries. Via intersectoral and interregional relations, this affects the entire production structure. In analysing the structural changes in an economy,...

In this paper we attempt to assess the changes in the Turkish production structure, and labor income in particular, between the 1970s and the 1990s. During this period a shift has taken place from an inward-looking policy towards an outward-oriented one. For our analysis we use two partially...

It is well known that the intermediate deliveries in (regional) input – output tables are estimated more accurately if nonsurvey techniques are complemented by superior data, obtained via surveys, experts, or other reliable sources. Collecting superior data is costly and it is therefore...