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Fragmentation and immiserising specialisation : the case of the textile and clothing sector

Céline Gimet 1, Bernard Guilhon 2, Nathalie Roux 2

(2010)

With production activity tending rapidly towards international fragmentation, this study examines the consequences for labour countries of the forms of specialisation brought about by fragmentation processes. It further addresses the risk that fragmented sectors may become excluded from greater developments within the manufacturing industry as a whole. An empirical analysis using panel data reveals that, contrary to expectation, the textile and clothing sector in labour countries does not always reap the positive benefits of this form of international trade integration. Rather, we observe a phenomenon of immiserising specialisation, due to a drop in relative wages within this sector.

1 :	Groupe d'analyse et de théorie économique (GATE Lyon Saint-Etienne)
	CNRS : UMR5824 – Université Lumière - Lyon II – École Normale Supérieure - Lyon
2 :	Centre de recherche en développement Economique et Finance Internationale (DEFI)
	CNRS : EA4265

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Humanities and Social Sciences/Economy and finances

Mots-Clés : offshoring – outsourcing – fragmentation – immiserising specialisation – relative wages – textile and clothing sector

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