{"title":"Reinventing the Chinese City by Richard Hu, New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 2023, viii + 306 pp.","authors":"Tianchen Dai","doi":"10.1111/deve.12408","DOIUrl":"10.1111/deve.12408","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 3","pages":"305-308"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141380715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Technological Innovation, Productivity, and Global Value Chains Participation of Philippine Manufacturers","authors":"Adrian R. Mendoza","doi":"10.1111/deve.12402","DOIUrl":"10.1111/deve.12402","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Using a unique dataset on Philippine manufacturers from 2007 to 2011, this study adopts the three-stage Crépon-Duguet-Mairesse model to trace which trade linkages in global value chains (GVCs) contribute to Philippine firms' technological innovation and labor productivity. The results indicate that Philippine GVC suppliers primarily implement incremental process innovations using imported technology and externally sourced knowledge, while internally developed technology is less common. Accordingly, imported rather than indigenous knowledge contributes more to the labor productivity premium of GVC suppliers. Nevertheless, pure exporting is generally unrelated to process and product innovations. These results suggest that the innovation and productivity effects of GVC participation in the Philippines are mainly driven by imports and foreign-sourced technology. Since suppliers' innovative behavior tend to complement the technological requirements of their production activities, we argue that the results are consistent with Philippine manufacturers' limited participation in technology- and innovation-intensive GVC functions. The implication on long-run upgrading is discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 3","pages":"269-304"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141196034","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Indebted Woman: Kinship, Sexuality, and Capitalism by Isabelle Guérin, Santosh Kumar, and G. Venkatasubramanian, Stanford, CA, Stanford University Press, 2023, xvi + 229 pp.","authors":"Maryann Bylander","doi":"10.1111/deve.12409","DOIUrl":"10.1111/deve.12409","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 3","pages":"308-310"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141196036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Academic Star Wars: Excellence Initiatives in Global Perspective edited by Maria Yudkevich, Philip G. Altbach, and Jamil Salmi, Cambridge, MA, The MIT Press, 2023, x + 271 pp.","authors":"Jandhyala B. G. Tilak","doi":"10.1111/deve.12403","DOIUrl":"10.1111/deve.12403","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 3","pages":"316-319"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141116326","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Who Suffers the Most During the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence From Thailand","authors":"Sasiwimon Warunsiri Paweenawat, Lusi Liao","doi":"10.1111/deve.12400","DOIUrl":"10.1111/deve.12400","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigates Thailand's recent labor market disruption induced by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic using its Labor Force Survey data from 2018 to 2021. We provide empirical evidence to validate the varied effects among different demographic categories. Workers that are the most adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic are (1) in high-risk sectors, (2) less educated, (3) young workers, and (4) parents. Our empirical results show that the unemployment rate positively relates to marital status and sectorial risk levels—that is, married and public sector employees are less likely to be unemployed. Furthermore, less occupational flexibility and parenthood decrease wages, and these effects are more prominent for women, suggesting the country's “she-cession.”</p>","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 3","pages":"238-268"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2024-05-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141120327","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ecological States: Politics of Science and Nature in Urbanizing China by Jesse Rodenbiker, Ithaca, NY, Cornell University Press, 2023, xiii + 248 pp.","authors":"Max D. Woodworth","doi":"10.1111/deve.12399","DOIUrl":"10.1111/deve.12399","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 2","pages":"189-192"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140378864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"India as Kingmaker: Status Quo or Revisionist Power by Michael O. Slobodchikoff and Aakriti A. Tandon, Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan Press, 2022, xiv + 164 pp.","authors":"Arijit Mazumdar","doi":"10.1111/deve.12398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/deve.12398","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 2","pages":"186-189"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140808078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"No Birds of Passage: A History of Gujarati Muslim Business Communities, 1800–1975 by Michael O'Sullivan, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press, 2023, xiv + 386 pp.","authors":"Amanda Lanzillo","doi":"10.1111/deve.12397","DOIUrl":"10.1111/deve.12397","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 2","pages":"183-186"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140156002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Power and Restraint in China's Rise by Chin-Hao Huang, New York, NY, Columbia University Press, 2022, xviii + 216 pp.","authors":"Alice Ba","doi":"10.1111/deve.12396","DOIUrl":"10.1111/deve.12396","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 2","pages":"180-183"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140432849","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Where FDI Goes in Decentralized Authoritarian Countries: The Politics of Taiwanese Site Selection for Investment in Mainland China by Kelan Lu, Ann Arbor, MI, University of Michigan Press, 2023, xiv + 201 pp.","authors":"Hoon Lee","doi":"10.1111/deve.12395","DOIUrl":"10.1111/deve.12395","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46525,"journal":{"name":"Developing Economies","volume":"62 2","pages":"177-180"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139859745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"经济学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}