Comments by Jan M. Podivinsky, on The Effect of Import Competition on Wages in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector

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February 01 2018 Comments by Jan M. Podivinsky, on The Effect of Import Competition on Wages in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector Author and Article Information Online Issn: 1536-0083 Print Issn: 1535-3516 © 2018 by the Asian Economic Panel and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology2018Massachusetts Institute of Technology Asian Economic Papers (2018) 17 (1): 68–69. https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00599 Cite Icon Cite Permissions Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Search Site Citation Comments by Jan M. Podivinsky, on The Effect of Import Competition on Wages in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector. Asian Economic Papers 2018; 17 (1): 68–69. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00599 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsAsian Economic Papers Search Advanced Search Jan M. Podivinsky: This paper is motivated by earlier research on the effect of increased import competition in final goods markets upon domestic employment and wages. Although much of this research points to negative effects of import competition on wages, there is some evidence of a positive effect upon firms’ productivity, potentially increasing wages for these firms’ workers. Much of this evidence is based on worker-level panel data, in a range of developed and developing countries. The notable exception is Japan, where such worker-level panel data do not exist because government surveys do not contain worker identification information. Endoh addresses this exception and provides a significant addition to this literature, by first constructing a viable matched worker-firm panel for Japan, and then using this panel to provide the first evidence for the effects of import competition in final goods markets upon wages in Japan. Endoh approaches the construction of a... You do not currently have access to this content.