The Causal Effects of Exporting on Japanese Workers: A firm-level analysis

         
Author Name TANAKA Ayumu (Fellow, RIETI)
Creation Date/NO. March 2012 12-E-017
Research Project Study of the Creation of the Japanese Economy and Trade and Direct Investment
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Abstract

Japan experienced rapid growth in non-regular workers under globalization in the 2000s. This study seeks to identify the causal effects of exporting on the growth in labor and the share of non-regular workers in the Japanese manufacturing and wholesale sectors using extensive firm-level data. I employed a propensity score matching technique and investigated whether firms that start exporting experience higher growth in labor and the share of non-regular workers than do non-exporters. I found positive effects of exporting on labor growth in manufacturing, but, in general, there was little evidence for the effects on the share of non-regular workers in both sectors, although exporting to single regions had positive effects on the share of dispatched workers.

Published: Ayumu Tanaka, 2013. "The causal effects of exporting on domestic workers: A firm-level analysis using Japanese data," Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 28, pp. 13-23.
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