Does Globalization of firms raise temporary worker employment?

• Project/Area Number: 24530273
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: ICHIDA Toshihiro 早稲田大学, 商学学術院, 准教授 (80398932)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,940,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,140,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,210,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥510,000)
• Keywords: 非正規雇用 / 人的資本投資 / 国際貿易 / 国際経済学 / 経済理論 / 貿易 / 多国籍企業 / 解雇コスト

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research tries to understand the mechanism behind the rise in temporary worker employment among Japanese firms that faces globalization. The analysis is conducted in theory and data. Theoretical prediction emphasizes importance of trade-off between costs of firing (by the firms) and human capital investment (by the employees) among permanent workers and revenue volatility caused by globalization of firm activities. However, the data analysis does not support the logic of our theoretical model. The data suggests that there is a negative correlation between export activities of firms and the ratio of temporary worker employment.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] リスク下における多次元人的資本投資のインセンティブ分析と自家保険としての個人比較優位の逆転 (2012)
  • Author(s): 市田敏啓
  • Journal Title: 早稲田商学 Volume: 431 Pages: 1023-1092
• [Presentation] Job Switching, Cumulative Income Tax, and Pareto Gains from Trade (2014)
  • Author(s): 市田敏啓
  • Organizer: East Asian Economic Association Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: タイ、チュラロンコン大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-11-01 – 2014-11-02
• [Presentation] Job Switching, Cumulative Income Tax, and Pareto Gains from Trade (2014)
  • Author(s): 市田敏啓
  • Organizer: 名古屋国際経済研究会
  • Place of Presentation: 徳島大学
  • Year and Date: 2014-07-19 – 2014-07-20
• [Presentation] Imitation versus Innovation Costs: Patent Policies under Common Patent Length (2013)
  • Author(s): Toshihiro Ichida
  • Organizer: SIBR-Thammasat 2013 Conference on Interdisciplinary Business & Economics Research
  • Place of Presentation: Bangkok, Thailand
• [Presentation] Imitation versus Innovation Costs: Patent Policies under Common Patent Length (2013)
  • Author(s): Toshihiro Ichida
  • Organizer: 9th Annual Meeting of the APTS
  • Place of Presentation: Nanjing, China
• [Presentation] Imitation versus Innovation Costs: Patent Policies under Common Patent Length (2013)
  • Author(s): Toshihiro Ichida
  • Organizer: ETSG 2013 Birmingham. Fifteenth Annual Conference
  • Place of Presentation: University of Birmingham
• [Presentation] Imitation versus Innovation Costs: Patent Policies under Common Patent Length (2013)
  • Author(s): Toshihiro Ichida
  • Organizer: 4th International Conference on "Economics of Global Interactions: New Perspectives on Trade, Factor Mobility and Development
  • Place of Presentation: University of Bari, Italy
• [Presentation] Imitation versus Innovation Costs: Patent Policies under Common Patent Length
  • Author(s): 市田敏啓
  • Organizer: グローバル経済における技術に関する経済分析ワークショップ
  • Place of Presentation: 経済産業研究所
• [Presentation] Heterogeneous cost of imitation, and optimal patent and trade secret policy
  • Author(s): 市田敏啓
  • Organizer: 早稲田大学商学学術院金曜セミナー
  • Place of Presentation: 早稲田大学
• [Presentation] Strategic Patent and Trade Secret Policy to Prevent Unintended Technological Outflow in Global Economy
  • Author(s): 市田敏啓
  • Organizer: Fall 2012 Midwest Economics Theory and International Trade Meetings
  • Place of Presentation: Washington University in St. Louis, MO U.S.A.
• [Presentation] Strategic Patent and Trade Secret Policy to Prevent Unintended Technological Outflow in Global Economy
  • Author(s): 市田敏啓
  • Organizer: ETSG 2012 Leuven
  • Place of Presentation: KU Leuven, Belgium
• [Presentation] Trade-offs in Compensating Transfers for a Model of Occupational Choice
  • Author(s): 市田敏啓
  • Organizer: THIRD INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP“ECONOMICS OF GLOBAL INTERACTIONS: NEW PERSPECTIVES ON TRADE, FACTOR MOBILITY AND EVELOPMENT”
  • Place of Presentation: University of Bari, Italy
• [Presentation] Nature versus Nurture: Reversal of Individual Comparative Advantages and Human Capital Investment under Risk
  • Author(s): 市田敏啓
  • Organizer: Asia Pacific Trade Seminars 2012
  • Place of Presentation: Singapore Management University