MORIKAWA Masayuki
Vice President
Expertise
Economic Policy, Industrial Structure
Education
2007 Ph.D., Economics, Kyoto University
1982 B.A., Interdisciplinary Social Science, the University of Tokyo
1982 B.A., Interdisciplinary Social Science, the University of Tokyo
Experience
2009 Vice President, RIETI
2008 Consulting Fellow, RIETI
2008 Deputy Director-General (Industrial Finance), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2007 Senior Researcher, JPC-SED, and Senior Fellow, RIETI
2005 Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI
2003 Director, Macroeconomic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI
2002 Director, Policy Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
1999 Counsellor (Economic), Embassy of Japan in Australia
1998 Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, MITI
1997 Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo
1995 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Saitama University, and Special Research Fellow, Research Institute of MITI
1994 Senior Research Fellow, Research Institute of MITI
1982 Joined MITI (Policy Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat)
2008 Consulting Fellow, RIETI
2008 Deputy Director-General (Industrial Finance), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
2007 Senior Researcher, JPC-SED, and Senior Fellow, RIETI
2005 Director, Industrial Structure Policy Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI
2003 Director, Macroeconomic Affairs Division, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI
2002 Director, Policy Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)
1999 Counsellor (Economic), Embassy of Japan in Australia
1998 Director, Research Office, Small and Medium Enterprise Agency, MITI
1997 Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, and Associate Professor, the University of Tokyo
1995 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Policy Studies, Saitama University, and Special Research Fellow, Research Institute of MITI
1994 Senior Research Fellow, Research Institute of MITI
1982 Joined MITI (Policy Planning Office, Minister's Secretariat)
Selected Publications and Papers
"Labor Unions and Productivity: An Empirical Analysis Using Japanese Firm-Level Data," Labour Economics (forthcoming)
"Economies of Density and Productivity in Service Industries: An Analysis of Personal Service Industries Based on Establishment-Level Data," Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming)
"Information Technology and the Performance of Japanese SMEs," Small Business Economics, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 171-177, 2004
"Employment Adjustment, Wage Cut and Shutdown: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Micro- data of Manufacturing Industry," MITI/RI Discussion Paper, #99-DF-34, 2000 (with Toshiaki Tachibanaki)
Small Business in Japan 1999 (ed.), Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 1999
"Business Diversification/De-diversification of Japanese Companies: An Empirical Analysis Using Firm-level Micro-data," MITI/RI Discussion Paper, #99-DOF-33, 1999
"Entry, Exit, Job Creation, and Job Destruction: An Analysis Based on the Micro-data of Japanese Manufacturing Industry," MITI/RI Discussion Paper, #99-DOF-32, 1999 (with Toshiaki Tachibanaki)
"Wage Differentials between Industries in Asian Countries," in Tachibanaki, Toshiaki ed. Wage Differentials: An International Comparison, Macmillan, Ch. 10, 1998. (with Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Taro Nishimura)
"Economic Development in Asian Countries, and the Effect of Trade in Asia on Employment and Wages in Japan," Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 123-151, 1998 (with Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Taro Nishimura)
"Policies for Industrial Development and Structural Reform: Lessons from Japanese Industrialization and Rapid Economic Growth," MITI/RI Discussion Paper Series, #97-DOF-25, 1997
"Economies of Density and Productivity in Service Industries: An Analysis of Personal Service Industries Based on Establishment-Level Data," Review of Economics and Statistics (forthcoming)
"Information Technology and the Performance of Japanese SMEs," Small Business Economics, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 171-177, 2004
"Employment Adjustment, Wage Cut and Shutdown: An Empirical Analysis Based on the Micro- data of Manufacturing Industry," MITI/RI Discussion Paper, #99-DF-34, 2000 (with Toshiaki Tachibanaki)
Small Business in Japan 1999 (ed.), Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 1999
"Business Diversification/De-diversification of Japanese Companies: An Empirical Analysis Using Firm-level Micro-data," MITI/RI Discussion Paper, #99-DOF-33, 1999
"Entry, Exit, Job Creation, and Job Destruction: An Analysis Based on the Micro-data of Japanese Manufacturing Industry," MITI/RI Discussion Paper, #99-DOF-32, 1999 (with Toshiaki Tachibanaki)
"Wage Differentials between Industries in Asian Countries," in Tachibanaki, Toshiaki ed. Wage Differentials: An International Comparison, Macmillan, Ch. 10, 1998. (with Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Taro Nishimura)
"Economic Development in Asian Countries, and the Effect of Trade in Asia on Employment and Wages in Japan," Asian Economic Journal, Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 123-151, 1998 (with Toshiaki Tachibanaki and Taro Nishimura)
"Policies for Industrial Development and Structural Reform: Lessons from Japanese Industrialization and Rapid Economic Growth," MITI/RI Discussion Paper Series, #97-DOF-25, 1997
Others
Japanese Economic Association
