Tasks, occupations and slowbalisation: on the limits of fragmentation.

Autor/inn/en	Brakman, Steven; Marrewijk, Charles van
Titel	Tasks, occupations and slowbalisation: on the limits of fragmentation. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Aufgaben, Berufe und Slowbalisation: über die Grenzen der Fragmentierung.
Quelle	In: Cambridge journal of regions, economy and society, 15 (2022) 2, S. 407-436 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1752-1386
DOI	10.1093/cjres/rsac014
Schlagwörter	Unsicherheit; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Arbeitsteilung; Produktion; Produktionsverlagerung; Transaktionskosten; Transport; Welt; Welthandel; Wertschöpfung; Qualifikation; Gütermarkt; Unsicherheit; Internationalität; Globalisierung; Transport; Arbeitsteilung; Beschäftigungseffekt; Globalisierung; Gütermarkt; Kostenentwicklung; Nachfrageentwicklung; Produktionsverlagerung; Transaktionskosten; Welthandel; Wertschöpfung; Zulieferbetrieb; Arbeitskräftebedarf; Qualifikation; Qualifikationsbedarf; Internationalität; Durchschnitt; Produktion; Welt
Abstract	"Following the trade collapse in 2009, Globalisation has recovered but the growth rate slowed down compared to the preceding period of Hyper Globalisation. The persistence of this slowdown is remarkable. We argue that increased awareness of firms for the costs of involvement in global supply chains can explain the recent developments in trade flows. We formalise the existence, length and consequences of changes in fragmentation cost along global supply chains. From a theoretical point of view, we allow tasks to be a combination of different occupations while the model endogenises production fragmentation, allowing for multiple production stages in multiple countries, while remaining tractable. From an empirical point of view, the model explains both the period of Hyper Globalisation and the subsequent Slowbalisation in terms of changing fragmentation costs along global supply chains. The model is also consistent with developments regarding labour market polarisation associated with modern globalisation: the labour market position of medium-skilled workers in advanced countries has deteriorated relative to high- and low-skilled workers, which can be understood by changing global supply chains. Our model implies, however, that even with zero fragmentation costs the demand for certain occupations does not fall to zero for any country." The study refers to the period 1970-2020. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku)..
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2023/1