RIEB, Kobe University

RIEB Seminar (Jointly supported by:Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B))

Date&Time	Sunday, April 24, 2016, 1:00pm-
Place	RIEB Meeting Room (Annex, 2nd Floor)
Intended Audience	Faculties, Graduate Students and People with Equivalent Knowledge
Language	Japanese
Note	Copies of the paper will be available at Office of Promoting Research Collaboration.

1:00pm-2:00pm

Speaker	Manabu FURUTA
Affiliation	Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University
Topic	"Trade Liberalization and Wage Inequality in the Indian Manufacturing Sector"
Abstract	This paper analyzes the effect of tariff reduction in intermediate inputs and final goods on the within-plant wage inequality in India – one of the most unskilled labor abundant countries. We find that tariff reduction in final goods increases the wage inequality, while reduction of intermediate inputs tariff does not effect on that, statistically. Those results suggest that Stolper-Samuelson effects work in India manufacturing in which unskilled labor-intensive industries are most protected prior to trade liberalization. Moreover, we consider about the demand for skilled workers in modern service sector – driving force of economic growth in India. The demand increases the wage inequality in manufacturing implying that skill-biased technological change may arise in modern service sector.
Discussant	Azusa FUJIMORI
Affiliation	Department of Business Management and Accounting, Osaka Seikei University

2:00pm-3:00pm

Speaker	Kohei MISHIMA
Affiliation	Faculty of Economics, Keio University
Topic	"Motorcycle Industry in India"
Discussant	Jun OTAHARA
Affiliation	Faculty of Commerce, Doshisha University

3:10pm-4:10pm

Speaker	Tetsuo ABO
Affiliation	Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo / RIEB Research Fellow
Topic	"Japanese Hybrid Factories in India: An International Comparative Study of Management and Production System Transferred"
Discussant	Hideki YOSHIHARA
Affiliation	Emeritus Professor, Kobe University

4:10pm-4:30pm

General Discussion