Global value chains, job creation, and job destruction among firms: Evidence from South Africa 

This webinar was presented by Gideon Ndubuisi (PhD/ Assistant Professor of Economics, Delft University of Technology) who explored a paper that provides the first empirical evidence using firm-level data of formal firms in South Africa. It documents that firms’ integration into GVC is associated with significantly positive job reallocation that creates a net job gain. However, this is largely driven by firm entry into GVC as continuous GVC firms have overall net job loss. Additional analysis provides suggestive evidence of the role of firm characteristics including firm age and size in affecting these outcomes.