Comments by Shigeyuki Abe, On the Demand for Female Workers in Japan: The Role of ICT and Offshoring

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June 01 2018 Comments by Shigeyuki Abe, On the Demand for Female Workers in Japan: The Role of ICT and Offshoring 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 (2): 47–48. https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00605 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 Shigeyuki Abe, On the Demand for Female Workers in Japan: The Role of ICT and Offshoring. Asian Economic Papers 2018; 17 (2): 47–48. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00605 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 Shigeyuki Abe: This paper starts with a concise and yet comprehensive survey of literature on female labor participation and the authors make their position of the analysis clear. Their contribution is to shed light on the role of ICT and offshoring as determinants of female labor demand by estimating a system of labor demands, controlling for the effects of skill-biased technological change and offshoring simultaneously. To the extent that the authors use the data set of ICT capital deepening and labor education level as quality of labor, their modeling endeavor is successful. Their most interesting finding is that the ICT capital stock has significantly negative effects on the demand for middle-low-skilled female workers, whereas it has significantly positive effects on the demand for low-, middle-high-, and high-skilled female workers. The use of ICT such as computers and other high-tech equipment can increase the demand for female workers in general. This... You do not currently have access to this content.