Import Competition and Manufacturing Employment in Japan

Hitoshi Sasaki
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No 07-E-25, Bank of Japan Working Paper Series from Bank of Japan

Abstract: This paper investigates the effects of increased import competition on Japanese manufacturing employment at the four-digit industry level from the mid 1990s to the early 2000s. The estimation results of a labor demand equation indicate that decreases in import prices are closely related to the decline in employment in labor-intensive industries exposed to severe import competition. This suggests that import competition is a key factor in explaining the harsh employment situation observed in the Japanese manufacturing sector since the mid 1990s.

Keywords: import competition; import prices; labor demand equation; import-competing industries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E24 F16 J23 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007-11
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