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North–South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion and the East Asia–Latin America Productivity Gap

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  • Schiff, Maurice
  • Wang, Yanling

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This paper examines the impact of trade-related technology diffusion from G7 countries to Latin America and East Asia on total factor productivity controlling for education, governance, and distance. We build on the trade and distance-focused strands of the technology diffusion literature and find that (i) total factor productivity (TFP) increases with education, trade, and governance (ETG) and declines with distance to the G7 countries; (ii) increasing Latin America's ETG to East Asia's level would double TFP, accounting for about 75% of the TFP gap between the two country groups; and (iii) South America's greater remoteness relative to Mexico's from the US and Canada significantly reduces its TFP and similarly for Singapore's greater remoteness from Japan relative to Hong Kong.

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  • Schiff, Maurice & Wang, Yanling, 2023. "North–South Trade-Related Technology Diffusion and the East Asia–Latin America Productivity Gap," World Trade Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 22(3-4), pages 348-358, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:wotrrv:v:22:y:2023:i:3-4:p:348-358_6
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