The International side of deindustrialization and labor market dynamics inJapan, Korea, Germany, and FranceWorkshop organized by theFondation France-Japon de l’EHESS & GRIPSTokyo, 8-9 April, 2013

With the support of (alphabetical order):Air Liquide, ANA, EDF, EU Delegation in Japan, French Embassy in Japan, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung,German Embassy in Japan, Keiai Machizukuri Zaidan, Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Nihon
Keizai Shimbun, Region Ile de France, Toshiba International Foundation, Tokyo Club

Place: GRIPS, 7-22-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 106-8677
Contact and information : Sebastien Lechevalier (sebastien.lechevalier@ehess.fr ; 080 4638 5100);
Jun Suzuki (jsuzuki@grips.ac.jp), Kae Amo (kae.amo@ehess.fr)

Monday, 8 April

9:00 a.m.

Welcome Address and general introduction by Sébastien Lechevalier (EHESS) & Jun
Suzuki (GRIPS)

Part I: Trade
Chair: Hiroshi Teruyama (KIER)
09:15 - 09:35 am

Marc-Andreas Muendler (University of Calfornia San Diego)“Trade and Tasks: An Exploration with German Data over Three Decades”

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Discussant: El Mouhoub Mouhoud (University Paris Dauphine)

9:45-10:05 a.m.

Catherine Laffineur & El Mouhoub Mouhoud (University Paris Dauphine):“Which are the risky jobs in the globalization? The French case”

Discussant: Wooseok Ok (Incheon University)

10:15 a.m.

Discussion and Coffee Break

10: 45-11:05 a.m.

Daniel Baumgarten (RWI Büro Berlin): “International Trade and Worker
Turnover – Empirical Evidence for Germany”

Discussant: Toshiyuki Matsuura (Keio University)

11:15-11:35 a.m. Hitoshi Sato (RIETI): “Temporary Workers, Permanent Workers, andInternational Trade: Evidence from the Japanese Firm-level Data” (joint with Toshiyuki Matsuura,Keio University)
Discussant: Alexander Hijzen (OECD)

11:45 am-noon.

General discussion

Noon-1 pm

Lunch

1-1:20 p.m.
Wooseok Ok (Incheon University): “International Trade, Intermediary Input
Outsourcing and Deindustrialization” (joint with Sanghoon Ahn, KDI)
Discussant: Dennis Görlich (Kiel Institute)Part II: FDI & Offshoring
Chair: Ryo Kambayashi (Hitotsubashi University)

1:30-1:50 p.m. Cédric Durand (University Paris 13): “Is labor the fall Guy of a Financial-led
globalization? Off-shoring and its Relations to Wage-share. Employment and Skills in France,
Germany, Korea and Japan since 1995” (joint with Sébastien Miroudot, OECD)
Discussant: Daniel Baumgarten (RWI Büro Berlin)2

2 pm - 2:20 p.m.

Soonhyung Sim (Korea University): “Global Outsourcing and Wage Inequalityin Middle-Income Countries” (joint with Hongshik Lee, Korea University)
Discussant: Sébastien Miroudot (OECD)

2:30-2:50 p.m. Dennis Görlich (Kiel Institute): “Offshoring, Wages and Job Security of TemporaryWorkers” (joint with Holger Görg, Kiel Institute)
Discussant: Hongshik Lee (Korea University):

3.00 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:30-3:50 p.m. Hongshik Lee (Korea University): "The impacts of offshoring on temporary workers:
evidence on wages from South Korea" (joint with Joonhyung Lee, University of Memphis)
Discussant: Marc-Andreas Muendler (University of Calfornia San Diego)

4.00-4:20 p.m. Keun Lee (Seoul National University) and Moosup Jung (Donga University): “Overseas
Factories, Re-allocating Workers, and Controlling Technological Hollowing-out: A Case study ofSamsung's mobile Phone Business”
Discussant: Jun Suzuki (GRIPS)

4.30 p.m.

Discussion

5:30 pm: closing the first day

6:00 p.m.

3DinnerTuesday, 9 April

Part III: Preparing the special issue

9 – 11 am:

discussing the concept, rationale, contents, and deadlinesChair: Sébastien Lechevalier (EHESS)
Participants: Jun Suzuki (GRIPS), Hiroshi Teruyama (KIER), Marc-Andreas Muendler (University ofCalfornia San Diego), El Mouhoub Mouhoud (University Paris Dauphine), Catherine Laffineur(University Paris Dauphine), Wooseok Ok (Incheon University), Daniel Baumgarten (RWI Büro Berlin),
Toshiyuki Matsuura (Keio University), Hitoshi Sato (RIETI), Alexander Hijzen (OECD), Dennis Görlich(Kiel Institute), Ryo Kambayashi (Hitotsubashi University), Cédric Durand (University Paris 13),
Sébastien Miroudot (OECD), Soonhyung Sim (Korea University), Hongshik Lee (Korea University),Keun Lee (Seoul National University), Kozo Kiyota (Yokohama National University)

11 am Closing the workshop and early lunch4