Summary of the General Discussion on “The Effect of Import Competition on Wages in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector”

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February 01 2018 Summary of the General Discussion 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): 71–72. https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00587 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 Summary of the General Discussion on “The Effect of Import Competition on Wages in the Japanese Manufacturing Sector”. Asian Economic Papers 2018; 17 (1): 71–72. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/asep_a_00587 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 Deborah Swenson pointed out that import competition has a measureable but small effect on skill premiums in this paper. She is concerned, however, about the potentially larger effect on the trend in employment and how import penetration affects the possibility of getting a job or losing a job. Bhanupong Nidhiprabha questioned whether the study actually says anything about the degree of competition from imports, as the regressions only have imports. He suggested using imports to domestic consumption to indicate the degree of competition. He also suggested using the distinction between high and low competition, to examine industries that have higher degrees of competition, and thinks that using his suggested measure will perhaps eliminate the endogeneity problem. He also pointed out that the paper is premised on a Hecksher-Olin pattern of trade, but, with fragmented trade, different industries will have different imports that will then have different impacts. He cited the... You do not currently have access to this content.