| Author Name | TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI) / KUMANOMIDO Hiroshi (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich) |
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| Creation Date/NO. | June 2022 22-E-053 |
| Research Project | Empirical analysis of firms amidst globalization, digitization and the COVID-19 pandemic |
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First draft: May 2022 |
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, remote work suddenly attracted attention. This paper focuses on inter-firm relations, as the costs and benefits of introducing remote work are likely to differ depending on the firms’ relationships with other firms. We combine our unique survey on the responses of Japanese manufacturers or wholesalers to the COVID-19 pandemic with transaction relation data. We find that firms sourcing from more suppliers before the pandemic are significantly more likely to adopt remote work during the pandemic even after controlling for firm size. Wholesalers selling to more customers appear to be less likely to shift to remote work.
* We revised this discussion paper with the new title in August 2023. This paper was previously circulated under the title "Impacts of Inter-firm Transaction and Ownership Relationships on the Adoption of Remote Work: Evidence from a survey in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic."
Published: Tomiura, Eiichi, and Hiroshi Kumanomido, 2023. "Impacts of inter-firm relations on the adoption of remote work: Evidence from a survey in Japan during the COVID-19 pandemic," Japan and the World Economy, Volume 68 (2023), 101221.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0922142523000476
