As the manufacturing sectors of developed economies increasingly outsource to developing economies, a serious measurement problem, or "offshoring bias" (Houseman et al. 2011), may arise. If a manufacturing industry or firm procures many parts and components from developing economies at...

This paper describes the construction of the Regional-Level Japan Industrial Productivity Database (R-JIP), which covers the period from 1970 through 2008 and comprises annual industrial output and factor input data of Japan's 47 prefectures classified by 23 industry. Output is measured in terms...

The Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011 had a serious negative impact on the Japanese economy. The earthquake reduced production substantially not only in the regions that were directly affected but also throughout Japan via the disruption of supply chains. The meltdowns at the...