On the Demand for Female Workers in Japan: The Role of ICT and Offshoring

Kozo Kiyota and Sawako Maruyama
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Sawako Maruyama: Faculty of Economics Kindai University 3-4-1, Kowakae, Higashiosaka City Osaka 577-8502, Japan Author email: maruyama@eco.kindai.ac.jp

Asian Economic Papers, 2018, vol. 17, issue 2, 25-46

Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of the demand for female workers, focusing on the role of information and communication technology (ICT) and offshoring. Estimating a system of variable factor demands for manufacturing industries between 1980 and 2011, we find that, whereas the ICT capital stock has significantly positive effects on the demand for low-, middle-high-, and high-skilled female workers, it has significantly negative effects on the demand for middle-low-skilled female workers. In contrast, offshoring has insignificant effects on the demand for female workers, which suggests that offshoring is at least neutral on the demand for female workers.

Date: 2018
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