KONISHI Yoko
Fellow
Expertise
Econometrics
Research Projects
Programs (2011-2015)
Decomposition of Economic Fluctuations for Supply and Demand Shocks
RIETI Data Management Project
Policy Research Domains (2006-2010)
Micro Econometric Analysis of Performance in the Service Industry
RIETI Data Management Project
Decomposition of Economic Fluctuations for Supply and Demand Shocks
RIETI Data Management Project
Policy Research Domains (2006-2010)
Micro Econometric Analysis of Performance in the Service Industry
RIETI Data Management Project
Education
2003 Ph.D., Economics, Nagoya University
(Dissertation: "Statistical Inference in Specifications of the Production Function")
1999 M.A., Economics, Nagasaki University
1997 B.A., Economics, Nagasaki University
(Dissertation: "Statistical Inference in Specifications of the Production Function")
1999 M.A., Economics, Nagasaki University
1997 B.A., Economics, Nagasaki University
Experience
2008 - Present Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
2009 - 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad, JSPS
2006 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
2005 - 2006 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Stanford University
2003 - 2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, JSPS, Kyoto University
2009 - 2011 Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad, JSPS
2006 - 2008 Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
2005 - 2006 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, Stanford University
2003 - 2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, JSPS, Kyoto University
Selected Publications and Papers
"An Econometric Analysis of Firm Specific Productivities: Evidence from Japanese plant level data," RIETI Discussion Paper, 11-E-002, 2011, (with H. Ichimura and Y. Nishiyama).
"On the persistence of low birthrates in Japan," in Takayama, N. and Welding, M (eds.), Fertility and Public Policy， MIT Press, pp. 111-136，MIT Press, 2010, (with R. Aoki).
"Productivity of Service Providers: Microeconometric measurement in the case of hair salons," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-051, 2010, (with Y. Nishiyama)
"The Effects of Congestion and Skills at a Hair Salon on the Consumer's Revisiting Behavior," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-046, 2010.
"Hypothesis testing in rank-size rule regression," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 79, pp. 2869-2878, 2009, (with Y. Nishiyama).
"Measuring of Firm Specific Productivities: Evidence from Japanese Plant Level Panel Data," Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 2007, (with H. Ichimura and Y. Nishiyama).
"A Duration Analysis of Hair Salon Consumers' Behavior and Prediction of Revisits Rates," Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (2006), 54(2), pp. 445-459 (in Japanese).
"What is a Correct Functional Specification?," in F. Ohtake (eds.), An Invitation to Applied Economics, Nippon-Hyoron-Sha (2005), pp. 187-218. (with K. Hitomi and Y. Nishiyama) (in Japanese).
"Productivity and Efficiency Analysis of Regional Public Capital Stocks in Japan," Economic Science (2004), 52(3), pp. 75-86 (in Japanese).
"Nonparametric Statistical Inference in the Production Function," Japanese Journal of Applied Statistics (2004), 33(2), pp. 157-179, (with Y. Nishiyama, T. Ando, and Y. Kawasaki) (in Japanese).
"Proxy Variables for Human Capital in Estimation of Production Function," Economic Science (2003), 50(4), pp. 83-95 (in Japanese).
"Nonparametric Test for Translog Specification of Production Function in Japanese Manufacturing Industry," in A.E. Rizzoli and A.J. Jakeman (eds.), Integrated Assessment and Decision Support, Proceedings of the 1st Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, (2002), 2(4), pp. 597-602 (with Y. Nishiyama).
"On the persistence of low birthrates in Japan," in Takayama, N. and Welding, M (eds.), Fertility and Public Policy， MIT Press, pp. 111-136，MIT Press, 2010, (with R. Aoki).
"Productivity of Service Providers: Microeconometric measurement in the case of hair salons," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-051, 2010, (with Y. Nishiyama)
"The Effects of Congestion and Skills at a Hair Salon on the Consumer's Revisiting Behavior," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-046, 2010.
"Hypothesis testing in rank-size rule regression," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 79, pp. 2869-2878, 2009, (with Y. Nishiyama).
"Measuring of Firm Specific Productivities: Evidence from Japanese Plant Level Panel Data," Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 2007, (with H. Ichimura and Y. Nishiyama).
"A Duration Analysis of Hair Salon Consumers' Behavior and Prediction of Revisits Rates," Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (2006), 54(2), pp. 445-459 (in Japanese).
"What is a Correct Functional Specification?," in F. Ohtake (eds.), An Invitation to Applied Economics, Nippon-Hyoron-Sha (2005), pp. 187-218. (with K. Hitomi and Y. Nishiyama) (in Japanese).
"Productivity and Efficiency Analysis of Regional Public Capital Stocks in Japan," Economic Science (2004), 52(3), pp. 75-86 (in Japanese).
"Nonparametric Statistical Inference in the Production Function," Japanese Journal of Applied Statistics (2004), 33(2), pp. 157-179, (with Y. Nishiyama, T. Ando, and Y. Kawasaki) (in Japanese).
"Proxy Variables for Human Capital in Estimation of Production Function," Economic Science (2003), 50(4), pp. 83-95 (in Japanese).
"Nonparametric Test for Translog Specification of Production Function in Japanese Manufacturing Industry," in A.E. Rizzoli and A.J. Jakeman (eds.), Integrated Assessment and Decision Support, Proceedings of the 1st Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, (2002), 2(4), pp. 597-602 (with Y. Nishiyama).
