@article{1ac59009954f449dba9a141557de4542,
title = "Offshoring and working hours adjustments in a within-firm labor market",
abstract = "Although a growing body of literature identifies the within-firm redistribution effects of trade, research on the adjustment processes in within-firm labor markets remains scarce. This study analyzes the within-firm adjustment of working hours and wages by considering workers{\textquoteright} educational background and gender in response to a change in offshoring. Matched worker–firm panel data in the Japanese manufacturing sector covering 1998 to 2014 are used. The analysis leads to the following three observations. First, offshoring does not significantly alter the skill premium and gender gap in terms of scheduled monthly salaries and scheduled hourly wages. Second, offshoring decreases skill premium in annual hourly wages, whereas it increases gender gap in annual salaries. Third, this uneven impact on annual variables arises from the different changes in overtime working hours: college graduates work longer with a lower overtime premium, whereas female workers do not increase overtime work.",
keywords = "Offshoring, Overtime, Salary, Wage, Working hours",
author = "Masahiro Endoh",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities; JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP19530217, JP25380377, and JP16K03651; Keio Gijuku Academic Development Funds; and the Japan Center for Economic Research Academic Fund. For helpful comments, I thank Mitsuo Inada, Naoto Jinji, Amit Khandelwal, Fukunari Kimura, Kozo Kiyota, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Toshihiro Okubo, Katsumi Tanabe, Ayumu Tanaka, Ken Yamada, and Isamu Yamamoto as well as the seminar participants at Columbia University, EHESS, Hokkaido University, Keio University, Kyoto University, the JSIE annual meeting at Chukyo University, and the JSIE Kanto meeting at Nihon University. I also appreciate valuable comments and suggestions from anonymous referees as well as Shin-ichi Fukuda, the editor-in-chief. The use of statistics 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 the respective ministry. Funding Information: This research was supported by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Supported Program for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities; JSPS KAKENHI Grant Numbers JP19530217 , JP25380377 , and JP16K03651 ; Keio Gijuku Academic Development Funds ; and the Japan Center for Economic Research Academic Fund . For helpful comments, I thank Mitsuo Inada, Naoto Jinji, Amit Khandelwal, Fukunari Kimura, Kozo Kiyota, Toshiyuki Matsuura, Toshihiro Okubo, Katsumi Tanabe, Ayumu Tanaka, Ken Yamada, and Isamu Yamamoto as well as the seminar participants at Columbia University, EHESS, Hokkaido University, Keio University, Kyoto University, the JSIE annual meeting at Chukyo University, and the JSIE Kanto meeting at Nihon University. I also appreciate valuable comments and suggestions from anonymous referees as well as Shin-ichi Fukuda, the editor-in-chief. The use of statistics 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 the respective ministry. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021",
year = "2021",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/j.jjie.2021.101132",
language = "English",
volume = "60",
journal = "Journal of The Japanese and International Economies",
issn = "0889-1583",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}
