Expertise
LImmigrant workers, EBPM, SMEs
Education
2012 Ph. D., Economics, University of Tokyo
2007 M.A., Economics, University of Tokyo
2001 B.A., Economics, University of Tokyo
Experience
2018- Present Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
2017-2018 Associate Professor, Kyushu University
2014-2017 Lecturer, Kyushu University
2013-2014 Lecturer, Hitotsubashi University
2011-2013 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD), JSPS
2010-2012 Visiting Scholar, Population Research Center, University of Maryland
2009-2011 Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC2), JSPS
2008-2009 Fox Fellow, Yale University
2001-2005 Ministry of Justice
Selected Publications and Papers
- “Small grant subsidy application effects on productivity improvement: evidence from Japanese SMEs,” Small Business Economics, 2022 (with Kohei Takahashi). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11187-022-00663-0
- “Japan Meets the Sharing Economy: Contending Frames,” Social Science Japan Journal, 24(1), 137–161, 2021 (with Thomas Altura, Sanford Jacoby, Kaoru Kanai, Kazuro Saguchi). https://doi.org/10.1093/ssjj/jyaa041
- “Gender differences in Career," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 53, 2019 (with Kaori Sato and Hideo Owan). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2019.04.001
- “Labor share and firm’s performance,” Public Policy Review, Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Finance, Japan, 13(2), 183-205, 2017. https://www.mof.go.jp/english/pri/publication/pp_review/fy2017/ppr13_02_06.pdf
- “Long-term Effects of Labor Market Conditions on Family Formation for Japanese Youth,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 26(1), 1-22, 2012 (with Ayako Kondo). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2011.09.005
