MORIKAWA Masayuki
Vice Chairman & Vice President
Expertise
Economic Policy, Japanese Economy, 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
2011 Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI
2009 Vice President, RIETI
2008 Consulting Fellow, RIETI
2008 Deputy Director-General, 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, 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)
2009 Vice President, RIETI
2008 Consulting Fellow, RIETI
2008 Deputy Director-General, 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, 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
"Economies of Density and Productivity in Service Industries: An Analysis of Personal Service Industries Based on Establishment-Level Data," Review of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 93, No. 1, pp. 179-192, 2011.
"Labor Unions and Productivity: An Empirical Analysis Using Japanese Firm-Level Data," Labour Economics, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 1030-1037, 2010.
"Insecurity of Employment and Work-Life Balance: From the viewpoint of compensating wage differentials," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-052, 2010.
"Economies of Scale and Hospital Productivity: An empirical analysis of medical area level panel data," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-050, 2010.
"Volatility, Nonstandard Employment, and Productivity: An empirical analysis using firm-level data," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-025, 2010.
"Working Hours of Part-timers and the Measurement of Firm-level Productivity," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-015, 2010.
"Demand Fluctuations and Productivity of Service Industries," RIETI Discussion Paper, 08-E-030, 2008.
"Productivity and Survival of Family Firms in Japan: An analysis using firm-level microdata," RIETI Discussion Paper, 08-E-026, 2008.
"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, (jointly prepared).
Small Business in Japan 1999 (ed.), Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 1999
"Wage Differentials between Industries in Asian Countries," in Tachibanaki, Toshiaki ed. Wage Differentials: An International Comparison, Macmillan, Ch. 10, 1998, (jointly prepared).
"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, (jointly prepared).
"Policies for Industrial Development and Structural Reform: Lessons from Japanese Industrialization and Rapid Economic Growth," MITI/RI Discussion Paper Series, #97-DOF-25, 1997
"Labor Unions and Productivity: An Empirical Analysis Using Japanese Firm-Level Data," Labour Economics, Vol. 17, No. 6, pp. 1030-1037, 2010.
"Insecurity of Employment and Work-Life Balance: From the viewpoint of compensating wage differentials," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-052, 2010.
"Economies of Scale and Hospital Productivity: An empirical analysis of medical area level panel data," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-050, 2010.
"Volatility, Nonstandard Employment, and Productivity: An empirical analysis using firm-level data," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-025, 2010.
"Working Hours of Part-timers and the Measurement of Firm-level Productivity," RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-015, 2010.
"Demand Fluctuations and Productivity of Service Industries," RIETI Discussion Paper, 08-E-030, 2008.
"Productivity and Survival of Family Firms in Japan: An analysis using firm-level microdata," RIETI Discussion Paper, 08-E-026, 2008.
"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, (jointly prepared).
Small Business in Japan 1999 (ed.), Ministry of International Trade and Industry, 1999
"Wage Differentials between Industries in Asian Countries," in Tachibanaki, Toshiaki ed. Wage Differentials: An International Comparison, Macmillan, Ch. 10, 1998, (jointly prepared).
"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, (jointly prepared).
"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
