This paper examines the so-called 'exporting job' hypothesis - that expansion of overseas operations of manufacturing multinational enterprises (MNEs) reduces home employment - using a newly constructed matched parent-affiliate panel dataset of Japanese MNEs over the period 1991-2002. The...

Given the importance of globalization in today’s world, this salutary and timely book explores how globalization is specifically shaping the Asia-Pacific. It investigates future prospects and challenges, identifies the key winners and losers, and concludes in many cases that the portents...

1. Introduction -- 2. International fragmentation of production : a survey of theory and the measurement issue -- 3. Production fragmentation and trade patterns in Japanese manufacturing -- 4. Determinants of fragmentation trade -- 5. Structural transformation and labour market adjustment in...

Using state-of-the-art econometric tools, this book examines the implications of international fragmentation of production for the performance of the Japanese manufacturing industry.

This paper examines the determinants of trade flows in parts and components related to global production sharing in machinery industries, using a newly compiled panel dataset for Japan and the US over the period 1988-2005. The findings show the importance of labour costs, and the quality of the...