Gaaitzen de Vries, Hagen Kruse, Emmanuel Mensah, Yabo Vidogbena and Kei-Mu Yi (2025). "Structural Change in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Open Economy Perspective." FRB Dallas Working Paper 2418 (December 2024), https://doi.org/10.24149/wp2418. Revise and Resubmit Journal of International Economics
Gaaitzen de Vries and Marcel Timmer (2025). "Trade in Tasks. A New Approach to Trade, Structural Change and Economic Development." Revise and Resubmit Cambridge University Press Elements in Development Economics.
Hamilton, C. and Gaaitzen J. de Vries (2025). The Structural Transformation of Transition Economies. World Development, vol. 191 (july). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.106977
Gentile, E., and G. J. de Vries (2025). “Income and Jobs from Global Value Chain Participation by
Developing Asian Economies.” Asian Development Review, vol.42(1), p. 117–142. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0116110525500040
The Occupation Content of Exports (2024) World Bank Economic Review [with Hagen Kruse, Marcel Timmer, and Xianjia Ye] https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhae051
Erumban, A. and G. J. de Vries (2024). “Structural change and poverty reduction in developing economies” World Development, vol. 181, 106674 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2024.106674
Kruse, H., E. Mensah, K. Sen, and G. J. de Vries (2022). “A manufacturing renaissance? Industrialization
trends in the developing world” IMF Economic Review, vol. 71(2), pp. 439-473. DOI: http://doi.org/10.1057/s41308-022-00183-7
Buckley, P., R. Strange, M. P. Timmer, and G. J. de Vries (2022). “Rent appropriation in global
value chains: The past, present and future of intangible assets.” Global Strategy Journal, vol.
12(4), pp 679-696. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/gsj.1438.
Chen, Q., Y. Gao, J.S. Pei, G.J. de Vries, F. Wang (2022). “China’s Domestic Production Networks.”
China Economic Review, 10.1016/j.chieco.2022.101767
Bertulfo, D., E. Gentile, and G. J. de Vries (2022). “The employment effects of technology, trade,
and consumption in global value chains: Evidence for Developing Asia.” Asian Development
Review, vol. 39(2), pp 1-44. https://doi.org/10.1142/S011611052250010X
Pei, J., G. J. de Vries, and M. Zhang (2022). “International Trade and Covid-19: City-level Evidence
from China’s Lockdown Policy.” Journal of Regional Science, vol. 62 (3), pp. 670-695.
Timmer, M. P., B. Los, R. Stehrer, and G. J. de Vries (2021). “Supply Chain Fragmentation and the Global
Trade Elasticity: A New Accounting Framework.” IMF Economic Review, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41308-021-00134-8
de Vries, G.J., Aobo Jiang, Oscar Lemmers, Shang-Jin Wei (2021). “Firm Productivity and
Functional Specialization.” The World Economy, vol. 44, issue 5, p. 1232-1260. https://doi.org/10.1111/twec.13055
de Vries, G. J., E. Gentile, S. Miroudot, and K. Wacker (2020). “The Rise of Robots and the Fall of Routine Jobs.” Labour Economics, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101885
Buckley, P., R. Strange, M. P. Timmer, and G. J. de Vries (2020). “Catching-up in the Global Factory: Analysis and Policy Implications” Journal of International Business Policy, vol. 3(2), pp. 79–106.
Timmer, M. P., S. Miroudot, G. J. de Vries (2019). “Functional Specialization in Trade.” Journal of Economic Geography, vol. 19(1), pp. 1-30.
de Vries, G. J., Q. Chen, R. Hasan, and Z. Li (2019). “Do Asian Countries Upgrade in Global Value Chains? A New Approach and Empirical Evidence.” Asian Economic Journal , vol 33(1), 13-37.
Reijnders, L. S. M., and G. J. de Vries (2018). “Technology, Offshoring, and the Rise of non-Routine Jobs”, Journal of Development Economics, vol 135, pp. 412-432. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.08.009
Castillo, J. C. and G. J. de Vries (2018). “The Domestic Content of Mexico’s Maquiladoras Exports” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, vol. 27(2), pp. 200-219. (Also: Corrigendum, published in vol. 27(8), pp. 1010-1012).
de Vries, G. J., B. Ferrarini (2017). “What Accounts for the Growth of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Advanced and Emerging Economies? The Role of Consumption, Technology and Global Supply Chain Trade.” Ecological Economics. Vol. 132(2), pp. 213-223.
Los, B., M. P. Timmer, G. J. de Vries (2016). “Tracing Value-Added and Double Counting in Gross Exports: Comment”. American Economic Review, vol. 106(7), pp. 1958-1966.
Timmer, M. P., E. Dietzenbacher, B. Los, R. Stehrer, G. J. de Vries (2015). “An Illustrated User Guide to the World Input-Output Database: the Case of Global Automotive Production”. Review of International Economics, vol. 23(3), pp. 575-605.
B. Los, M. P. Timmer, G. J. de Vries (2015) "How Global are Global Value Chains? A New Approach to Measure International Fragmentation" Journal of Regional Science, vol. 55(1), pp. 66-92.
Los, B., M. P. Timmer, G. J. de Vries (2015) “China and the World Economy: A Global Value Chain perspective” Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 43, pp. 19-32.
de Vries, G. J., M. P. Timmer, K. de Vries (2015) “Structural Transformation in Africa: Static gains, Dynamic losses” Journal of Development Studies, vol. 51(6), pp. 674-688.
M. P. Timmer, A. A. Erumban, B. Los, R. Stehrer, G. J. de Vries (2014) "Slicing Up Global Value Chains" Journal of Economic Perspectives, vol. 28, issue 2, p. 99-118.
de Vries, G. J. (2014) "Productivity in a Distorted Market: The Case of Brazil’s Retail Sector" Review of Income and Wealth, vol. 60 (3), pp. 499-524.
Castellaci, F., B. Los, G. J. de Vries (2014) “Sectoral Productivity Convergence: Convergence Islands in Oceans of non-Convergence” Journal of Evolutionary Economics , vol. 24, pp. 983-1007.
Timmer, M. P., B. Los, R. Stehrer, G. J. de Vries (2013) “Fragmentation, Incomes, and Jobs: An Analysis of European Competitiveness”, Economic Policy, vol. 28(76) pp 613-661.
Foster, N., R. Stehrer, G. J.de Vries (2013) “Offshoring and the Skill Structure of Labour Demand”, Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), vol. 149(4), pp. 631-662.
Dietzenbacher, E., B. Los, R. Stehrer, M. P. Timmer, G. J. de Vries (2013) “The Construction of World Input-Output Tables in the WIOD Project”, Economic Systems Research , vol 25(1) pp. 71-98.
de Vries, G. J., A. A. Erumban, M. P. Timmer, I. Voskoboynikov, H, Wu (2012) “Deconstructing the BRICs: Structural Transformation and Aggregate Productivity Growth”. Journal of Comparative Economics, vol. 40(2), pages 211-227.
Reprinted in Naudé, W, A. Szirmai and N. Haraguchi (eds), Structural Change and Industrial Development in the BRICS, Oxford University Press, (2015)
de Vries, G. J., M. Koetter (2011) “ICT Adoption and Heterogeneity in Production Technologies: Evidence for Chilean Retailers” Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, vol. 73(4), pages 539-555.
De Vries, G. J. (2010) “Small Retailers in Brazil: Are Formal Firms Really More Productive?” Journal of Development Studies, vol. 46(8), pages 1345–1366.
Timmer, M. P., G. J. de Vries (2009) "Structural Change and Growth Accelerations in Asia and Latin America: A New Sectoral Data Set" Cliometrica, vol. 3 (2), pages 165-190.
Twin Seeds (2023). “GVC competitiveness regarding business functions.” Deliverable 1.1 of EU funded Twin Seeds project.
de Vries, Gaaitzen, Linda Arfelt, Dorothea Drees, Mareike Godemann, Calumn Hamilton, Bente Jessen-Thiesen, Ahmet Ihsan Kaya, Hagen Kruse, Emmanuel Mensah and Pieter Woltjer (2021). "The Economic Transformation Database (ETD): Content, Sources, and Methods". WIDER Technical Note 2/2021.’ DOI: 10.35188/UNU-WIDER/WTN/2021-2
de Vries, G. J. (2017). “Competitiveness and Global Value Chains.” Integration and Trade Journal, vol. 21 (42), pages 113-123.
Ministry of Economic Affairs and VNO/NCW (2015), “Dutch Manufacturing Competing in Global Value Chains”, report written by Marcel Timmer and Gaaitzen de Vries
Timmer, M., Los, B., & de Vries, G. (2016). The Rise of Global Manufacturing Value Chains: A New Perspective Based on the World Input-Output Database. In D. W. Jorgenson, K. Fukao, & M. P. Timmer (Eds.), The World Economy: Growth or Stagnation?. (pp. 535-563). Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
Los, Bart, Marcel P. Timmer, Gaaitzen J. de Vries (2014) "De concurrentiepositie van Nederland in mondiale waardeketens" Economisch Statistische Berichten, nummers 4689 en 4690, pag. 432-436. Winner ESB 2014 best paper award.
Los, B., M. Timmer, and G. de Vries (2015). “Global Value Chains: ‘Factory World’ is Emerging”. The Ageof Global Value Chains: Maps and Policy Issues. Amador, J. & di Mauro, F. (eds.). London: CEPR Press, p. 36-47.
Los, B., R. Stehrer, M. Timmer, and G. de Vries (2015). “Factor Specialisation within Global Value Chains”. The Age of Global Value Chains: Maps and Policy Issues. Amador, J. & di Mauro, F. (eds.). London: CEPR Press, p. 48-57.
Timmer, M. P., B. Los, G. J. de Vries (2015) " Incomes and Jobs in Global Production of Manufactures. New measures of competitiveness based on the World Input-Output Database” Chapter 5 in Susan Houseman and Michael Mandel (eds), Measuring Globalization, Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
Timmer, M. P., G. J. de Vries, K. de Vries (2015) “Structural Change in Developing Countries”. Routledge Handbook on Industry and Development. Routledge
De Vries, Gaaitzen J. (2010), Firm heterogeneity, productivity, and policy reforms in Latin America. PhD thesis.
De Vries, Gaaitzen J., Mulder, N., Dal Borgo, M., Hofman, A. A. (2010), “ICT Investment in Latin America: Does IT Matter for Economic Growth?”, Cimoli, M., Hofman, A.A., Mulder, N. (eds.) Innovationand Economic Development: The Impact of Information and Communication Technologies in Latin America, Edward Elgar.