WAKABAYASHI Midori

WAKABAYASHI Midori

WAKABAYASHI Midori

Research Associate

Professor Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University

Activities at RIETI

Education

2000.4 - 2003.3 Graduate School of Economics (Doctoral Program), Osaka University, Ph.D. in Economics Doctor Thesis: Essays on Retirement
1998.4 - 2000.3 Graduate School of Economics (Master Programs), Osaka University, Master of Economics
Master Thesis: An Economic Analysis on Retirement Life: Substitute Relationship among Retirement Savings, Public Pension and Retirement Allowance
1994.4 - 1998.3 Department of Commerce, Otaru University of Commerce, Bachelor of Commerce

Experience

2022.4 - Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University
2014.9 - 2015.8 Junior Visitor, Goethe University (Research Center SAFE, House of Finance)
2013.4 - 2022.3 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics and Management, Tohoku University
2007.4 - 2013.3 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Osaka Prefecture University
2006.4 - 2007.3 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Osaka Prefecture University
2003.4 - 2006.3 Lecturer, Department of Economics, Osaka Prefecture University

Selected Publications and Papers

  • Kureishi, W., McKenzie C., Sakata K., and Wakabayashi M., Does a Mother's Early Return to Work after Childbirth Improve Her Future Employment Status?, 2021, Asian Economic Journal 35 (3), 215-245
  • Kureishi, W., Paule-Paludkiewicz H., Tsujiyama H., and Wakabayashi M., Time preferences over the life cycle and household saving puzzles, 2021 Journal of Monetary Economics Volume 124, 123-139
  • Differences in the Effects of Informal Family Caregiving on Health and Life Satisfaction between Wives and Husbands as Caregivers, Review of Development Economics, 2019 (Co-author: Kureishi, W.)
  • What Motivates Single Women to Save? The Case of Japan, 2013, Review of Economics of the Household, 11 (4), 4681-704, (Co-author: Kureishi, W.)
  • Son Preference in Japan, 2011, Journal of Population Economics, 24(3), 873-893, (Co-author: Kureishi, W.)
  • Why Do the First-born Children Live with Their Parents, 2010, Japan and World Economy 22(3), 159-172, (Co-author: Kureishi, W.)
  • Is the Eldest Son Different? The Residential Choice of Siblings in Japan, 2009, Japan and World Economy, 21(4), 337-348, (Co-author: Horioka, C. Y.)
  • Taxing the Stork, 2008, National Tax Journal, 61, 167-87, (Co-author: Kureishi, W.)
  • The Retirement Consumption Puzzle in Japan, 2008, Journal of Population Economics, 21, 983-1005
  • Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 15, 131-159, 51(3), 419-442
  • Retirement Saving in Japan: With Emphasis on the Impact of Social Security and Retirement Payments, 2001, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 15, 131-159