@article{7a591c214afb4aa08eab5e6b5a05b885,
title = "The effect of import competition on labor income inequality through firm and worker heterogeneity in the Japanese manufacturing sector",
abstract = "This study estimates the effects of import competition from Asia on the labor income inequality of Japanese manufacturing workers, considering firm and worker heterogeneity. Parameters are obtained from regression results of annual salary by using constructed worker–establishment panel data. The estimated salary change is positively and negatively larger for higher- and lower-paid workers, respectively, implying that labor income inequality among industry–size–skill–gender groups has increased due to imports from Asia. However, the actual evolution of income inequality during 1998–2014 is not successfully explained by Asian imports: other shocks overshadow import competition to determine actual income inequality.",
keywords = "Firm size, Gender, Heterogeneity, Import competition, Inequality, Labor income, Skill",
author = "Masahiro Endoh",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP16K03651 and JP19K01721. The author appreciates the helpful comments of Sawako Maruyama, Yukako Ono, anonymous referees, and seminar participants at the spring meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics at Hokkaido University. The use of datasets prepared by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was under the authorization and guidance of each ministry. Funding Information: This research was supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP16K03651 and JP19K01721 . The author appreciates the helpful comments of Sawako Maruyama, Yukako Ono, anonymous referees, and seminar participants at the spring meeting of the Japan Society of International Economics at Hokkaido University. The use of datasets prepared by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry, the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications was under the authorization and guidance of each ministry. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2021",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.japwor.2021.101076",
language = "English",
volume = "59",
journal = "Japan and the World Economy",
issn = "0922-1425",
publisher = "Elsevier",
}
