Has improved daycare accessibility increased Japan’s maternal employment rate? Municipal evidence from 2000-2010

Over the past decades, female labor force participation in Japan has continued to...

Global production sharing and the FDI–Trade Nexus: New evidence from the Japanese automabile industry

The growing importance of global production sharing makes the nexus between outward foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade in parts and components ever...

Network effects on trade in intermediate goods: evidence from the automobile industry

Growing production fragmentation makes analysis of network effects on trade in parts and components more important than ever. This study examines network...