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Trade Liberalization and Internal Migration in a Developing Country

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K01478
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07040:Economic policy-related
Research InstitutionHokkaido University

Principal Investigator

Saito Hisamitsu  北海道大学, 公共政策学連携研究部, 教授 (30540984)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords経済のグローバル化 / 労働移動 / 関税
Outline of Research at the Start

グローバリゼーションに対する社会の懸念の一つに,より自由な貿易や投資が貧しい労働者にさらなる貧困化をもたらし,労働者間の経済格差を拡大しているのではないかという点がある.ただし,グローバル経済から恩恵を受ける地域が,その近隣で貧困に苦しむ労働者を引き付け,働く場を提供しているのであれば,グローバリゼーションは必ずしも格差を拡大するものではない.本研究では経済活動のグローバル化が発展途上国の貧困にどのような影響を及ぼすのか,インドネシアの関税削減と国内の労働移動の関係を事例に分析を行い,グローバリゼーション下での工業化や地域政策の在り方について政策提言を行うものである.

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study examines how trade liberalization affects domestic labor migration in Indonesia, focusing on the skills of workers. Using individual household data from Indonesia, a discrete choice model was estimated to analyze workers' selection of migration destinations based on regional characteristics. The results indicate that workers are more likely to choose regions where industries that intensively use intermediate goods, whose tariffs have been significantly reduced, are concentrated. The increase in imports of intermediate goods raises the demand for skilled labor needed to handle these goods, making such regions more attractive to highly skilled workers. However, the high costs of interregional migration suggest that the impact of trade liberalization on intermediate goods primarily promotes migration between neighboring regions.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

近年,国際的な工程間分業が進展し,中間財貿易の重要性が高まっているものの,中間財への関税削減により発展途上国内の労働移動がどのような影響を受けるのかについて分析した研究は少ない.本研究は,中間財への関税削減が熟練労働力の地域間移動を促すことを明らかにしたもので,その学術的新規性は高い.さらに,現時点では地域間の移動費用が高く十分な労働移動が起きていないことから,その費用を削減し地域間移動を促進することが,貿易自由化による経済的便益を特定の地域に集中させることなく,国内各地域に再配分する上で有効であるという政策提言は社会的に重要なものである.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (10 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (1 results) Journal Article (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 4 results,  Open Access: 2 results) Presentation (4 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] Yeungnam University(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Trade Liberalization and Internal Migration in Indonesia2024

    • Author(s)
      Hisamitsu Saito
    • Journal Title

      Discussion Paper, Series A, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hokkaido University

      Volume: 373

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] Does offshoring raise female employment in a developing country? Evidence from Indonesian manufacturing plants2024

    • Author(s)
      Hyejoon Im, Hisamitsu Saito
    • Journal Title

      The World Economy

      Volume: - Issue: 6 Pages: 2608-2630

    • DOI

      10.1111/twec.13559

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Foreign direct investment and labor demand by skill in Indonesian manufacturing firms2022

    • Author(s)
      Matsuura Toshiyuki, Saito Hisamitsu
    • Journal Title

      Review of World Economics

      Volume: - Issue: 4 Pages: 921-941

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10290-022-00485-y

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The COVID-19 Pandemic and Domestic Travel Subsidies2022

    • Author(s)
      Toshiyuki Matsuura and Hisamitsu Saito
    • Journal Title

      Annals of Tourism Research

      Volume: 92 Pages: 103326-103326

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.annals.2021.103326

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Assessing the Consumer Acceptability of Vaccine Rice2022

    • Author(s)
      Saito Yoko, Aizaki Hideo, Saito Hisamitsu
    • Journal Title

      Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics

      Volume: 24 Pages: 1-13

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] 貿易自由化と発展途上国における労働移動―労働者の技能に注目して―2024

    • Author(s)
      齋藤久光
    • Organizer
      第141回北海道農業経済学会例会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Foreign Direct Investment and Quality Upgrading Spillovers in Indonesia2023

    • Author(s)
      Hisamitsu Saito, Toshiyuki Matsuura
    • Organizer
      The 62nd Congress of the European Regional Science Association
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Foreign Direct Investment and Quality Upgrading in Indonesian Manufacturing2021

    • Author(s)
      Saito Hisamitsu, Matsuura Toshiyuki
    • Organizer
      日本国際経済学会第10回春季大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Foreign Direct Investment and Quality Upgrading in Indonesian Manufacturing2021

    • Author(s)
      Saito Hisamitsu, Matsuura Toshiyuki
    • Organizer
      応用地域学会第35回研究発表大会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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