Services Development and Comparative Advantage in Manufacturing

Read this working paper in the Policy Research Working Papers series put out by the World Bank. The authors argue that services have to compete for resources alongside manufacturing, with implications for export industries.

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Appendix 4

Appendix 4: Manufacturing sector classification based on service input intensity

WIOD sector	Sector Description	Average ratio of embodied domestic financial & business services to total manufacturing value added for the U.S. over 1995-2007	High SII Sectors
5	Leather, Leather, and Footwear	.315	0
3	Food, Beverages, and Tobacco	.291	0
15	Transport Equipment	.236	0
13	Machinery, Nec	.196	0
16	Manufacturing, Nec; Recycling	.189	0
4	Textiles and Textile Products	.171	0
14	Electrical and Optical Equipment	.168	0
9	Chemicals and Chemical Products	.128	1
7	Pulp, Paper, Paper, Printing, and Publishing	.122	1
8	Coke, Refined Petroleum, and Nuclear Fuel	.091	1
6	Wood and Products of Wood and Cork	.045	1
10	Rubber and Plastics	.043	1
11	Other Non-Metallic Mineral	.020	1
12	Basic Metals and Fabricated Metal	.019	1