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

Author(s) -

Kozo Kiyota,

Sawako Maruyama

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

asian economic papers

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.522

H-Index - 15

eISSN - 1536-0083

pISSN - 1535-3516

DOI - 10.1162/asep_a_00604

Subject(s) - offshoring , information and communications technology , labour economics , stock (firearms) , labor demand , business , demographic economics , outsourcing , economics , wage , marketing , engineering , mechanical engineering , political science , law

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.

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