Asian-Pacific Economic Literature最新文献

Recently, optimising the supply chain operation in forest and agricultural products plays significant roles in sustaining natural resources for economic development. To align with the global agricultural product standards, farmers, suppliers, and managers must make every effort in improving the processing with an attempt to ensure that every product is transparent in terms of origins. However, the conventional supply chain systems are facing restraints in the distributions and management of forest products. This paper presents a novel model that embeds algorithms into the operations of the forest ecology products market in supply chain systems. The proposed system has provided a platform for gathering various sources such as distributors, agencies, and customers as inputs of data for better management; cutting costs of manufacturers, agencies, and suppliers; improving product quality that will be helpful to stakeholders participating in the ecosystem. Experimental results in case studies in real-world problems have demonstrated the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed system for supply chains control improvements in forest products.

This study investigates the causal relationship between China's technological innovation (CTI) and China–US relation (CUR) using full-sample and subsample Granger causality tests. This study revealed that CTI has both positive and negative effects on CUR. CTI has enhanced China's economic strength by promoting industrial upgrading and enhancing China's international status, which has had a complex impact on CUR. In contrast, CUR has a positive effect on CTI. The deterioration of CUR affects China's technological R&D, industrial chain supply and patent application, reducing the speed of China's innovation. In addition, the analysis determines the interaction results of two variables in multiple subperiods and verifies the channels of influence, which deepens the understanding of the relationship between them. China's improved technology will lead to higher prices for imports into the United States, which could hurt American consumers. In recent years, the United States has adopted a policy of ‘decoupling’ from China's economy, which has made CUR tense. US economic progress has been somewhat impacted by trade cooperation between China and the United States, which has been directly impacted by the conflict between the two nations. Facing complex international circumstances, the development of CTI and CUR should be coordinated. China and the United States should use a peaceful dialogue to resolve long-term technological disputes. China's government should fully use multiple resources to support technological innovation.

This study investigates the impact of Thai women's education on their marriage behaviour and fertility. It first uses the data set from the Labor Force Survey to estimate the effect of education on the marriage market. The result from applying the recent doubly robust inverse probability weighted regression adjustment (IPWRA) indicates that obtaining a university degree decreases women's probability of marriage by 14.8%, emphasising the rise of the ‘Gold Miss’ phenomenon in Thailand. The study further examines the effect of education on fertility. By applying both the instrumental variable using the compulsory education reform as an instrument and pseudo-panel approaches to take into account the endogeneity of schooling, the result shows that education causally reduces fertility, which provides a convincing sequential explanation for the dramatic decline in fertility in Thailand.

While China's steel industry has experienced significant entry and exit, our understanding of the factors determining firm survival within this sector remains limited. This paper aims to identify factors influencing firm survival from an ICT perspective. Utilising a meticulously verified dataset on firm exit, we observe that the average exit rate of Chinese steel firms stands at 11.4% from 2000 to 2013. The results of a complementary log–log model show that ICT adoption significantly reduces the hazard rate. A two-step IV probit model and a cross-sectional model verify the ICT impact. We further adopt a mediational model to detect the mechanism of the ICT impact. Total Factor Productivity (TFP) functions as a vital transmission mechanism. Heterogeneity tests demonstrate that the ICT impact is less significant for State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) during the study period. Our findings support the digitalisation of steel firms.