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Title: The Role of Services in the Structure of Production and Trade: Stylized Facts from a Cross-Country Analysis

Author(s): Joseph Francois and Kenneth A Reinert

Publication Date: August 1995

Keyword(s): Production and Services, Services and Development and Trade in Services

Programme Area(s): International Trade and Regional Economics

Abstract: We examine the role of services in the structure of production and trade. Working with a cross-country sample of 17 social accounting matrices, we develop stylized facts relating upstream and downstream service linkages to incomes and the input-output structure of production. Expansion of services is related to expansion of private sector intermediate services, and to increased demand in manufacturing for service inputs. This growth in demand is more closely related to changes in the structure of production rather than to outsourcing or splintering processes. The embodied service component of exports is also strongly linked to the level of development.

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Francois, J and Reinert, K. 1995. 'The Role of Services in the Structure of Production and Trade: Stylized Facts from a Cross-Country Analysis'. London, Centre for Economic Policy Research. https://cepr.org/active/publications/discussion_papers/dp.php?dpno=1228