Shota Moriwaki in the Asia-Pacific EcHR uses rich micro data to argue metal & machinery manufacture expanded quickly in 1930s Osaka w/o mass production by subcontracting & outsourcing to small plants, using K efficiently & paying subsistence wages. OA! 📉📈🗃📜🏛️ 🍎📗 #history#AcademicSky#Japan#histsci

Division of labour in the production structure and mass production in pre‐war Japan: Lessons from the metal and machinery sectors in Osaka City

Using 1930s panel data from Osaka City, we estimate the production function in the metal and machinery sectors in Japan to identify the factors that influence the establishment of mass-production met....