Research
Working Papers
Daiji Kawaguchi, Tetsuji Okazaki, and Xuanli Zhu (2024) Factory Automation, Labor Demand, and Local Labor Market, IZA Discussion Paper No. 16885
Yutaro Izumi, Daiji Kawaguchi, Sachiko Kuroda, and Taiga Tsubota (2023) Exemption and Work Environment, CREPE Discussion Paper, R&R at Industrial Relations.
Kyogo Kanazawa, Daiji Kawaguchi, Hitoshi Shigeoka and Yasutora Watanabe (2022) AI, Skill, and Productivity: The Case of Taxi Drivers, NBER WP 30612, R&R at Management Science.
Hiromi Hara and Daiji Kawaguchi (2022) A Positive Outcome of COVID-19? The Effects of Work from Home on Gender Attitudes and Household Production, BoJ WP
Daisuke Adachi, Taiyo Fukai, Daiji Kawaguchi and Yukiko Saito (2020) Commuting Zones in Japan, RIETI Discussion Paper
Published Papers
Xinwei Dong, Dean R. Hyslop, Daiji Kawaguchi (2024) Skill, Productivity and Wages: Direct Evidence from a Temporary Help Agency, Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 42, No. S1, pp. 133-181. Codes for replication.
Daisuke Adachi, Daiji Kawaguchi and Yukiko Saito (2024) Robots and Employment: Evidence from Japan, 1978-2017, Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 591-634. Vox EU Codes for replication.
Daiji Kawaguchi and Takahiro Toriyabe (2024) Nonresponse Bias of Japanese Wage Statistics, Journal of Official Statistics, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 57-121. Codes for replication.
Kazuya Hirokawa, Jumpei Hirota, Daiji Kawaguchi, Yusuke Masaki, and Chiaki Onita (2023) Investigating the epidemiological and economic effects of a third-party certification policy for restaurants with COVID-19 prevention measures, Scientific Reports, Vol. 13, Article number: 7655.
Daiji Kawaguchi, Jungmin Lee, Ming-Jen Lin, and Izumi Yokoyama (2023) Is Asian Flushing Syndrome a Disadvantage in the Labor Market? Health Economics, Vol. 32, No. 7, 1478-1503.
Taiyo Fukai, Masato Ikeda, Daiji Kawaguchi, and Shintaro Yamaguchi (2023) COVID-19 and the Employment Gender Gap in Japan, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 68, 101256.
Takeo Hoshi, Daiji Kawaguchi, and Kenichi Ueda (2023) Zombies, Again? The COVID-19 Business Support Programs in Japan, Journal of Banking and Finance, Vol. 147, 106421 .
Daiji Kawaguchi, Sagiri Kitao, and Manabu Nose (2022) The Impact of COVID-19 on Japanese Firms: Mobility and Resilience via Remote Work, International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 29, 1419–1449.
Daiji Kawaguchi and Takahiro Toriyabe (2022) Measurements of Skill and Skill-use using PIAAC, Labour Economics, Vol. 78, 102197. Data sets and codes.
Daiji Kawaguchi and Hiroyuki Motegi (2021) Who Can Work from Home? The Roles of Job Tasks and HRM Practices, Journal of Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 62, pp. 101162.
Daiji Kawaguchi, Keisuke Kawata and Takahiro Toriyabe (2021) ”An Assessment of Abenomics from the Labor Market Perspective,” Asian Economic Policy Review, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 247-278.
Daiji Kawaguchi and Yuko Mori (2021) "Estimating the Effects of the Minimum Wage Using the Introduction of Indexation," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 184, pp. 388-408. Stata codes
Izumi Yokoyama, Kazuhito Higa and Daiji Kawaguchi (2021) “Adjustments of Regular and Non-regular Workers to Exogenous Shocks: Evidence from Exchange-Rate Fluctuation,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 74, No. 2, pp 470-510. Manuscript
Ayako Kondo and Daiji Kawaguchi (2020) “The effects of graduating from college during a recession on consumption and asset holding,” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 283-293.
Daiji Kawaguchi and Hiroaki Mori (2017) "The labor market in Japan, 2000–2016," IZA World of Labor. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Soohyung Lee (2017) “Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration,” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 55, pp. 633–654. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Norifumi Yukutake (2017), “Estimating the Residential Land Damage of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident,” Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 99, pp. 148-160. [manuscript] [link]
Daniel S. Hamermesh, Daiji Kawaguchi and Jungmin Lee (2017) “Does Labor Legislation Benefit Workers? Well-Being after an Hours Reduction,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 44, pp. 1–12. [manuscript] [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi, Yukitoshi Matsushita, HisahiroNaito (2017) “Moment estimation of the Probit model with an endogenous continuous regressor,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 48–62. [link] [replication codes and data]
Daiji Kawaguchi, Hisahiro Naito and Izumi Yokoyama (2017) “Assessing the Effects of Reducing Standard Hours: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Japan,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 43, pp. 59–76. [manuscript] [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi, Ayako Kondo and Keiji Saito (2016) "Researchers' career transitions over the life cycle," Scientometrics, Vol. 109, No. 3, pp. 1435-1454.
Shota Araki, Daiji Kawaguchi and Yuki Onozuka (2016) "University prestige, performance evaluation, and promotion: Estimating the employer learning model using personnel datasets," Labour Economics, Vol. 41, pp. 135-148. [manuscript] [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Yuko Mori (2016) “Why wage inequality have evolved so differently between Japan and the US? The role of supply of college educated workers,” Economics of Education Review, Vol. 52, pp. 29–50. [link] [Stata codes]
Daiji Kawaguchi (2016) “Fewer school days, more inequality,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 39, pp. 35-52. [link]
Yoichi Arai, Hidehiko Ichimura, Daiji Kawaguchi (2015) “The educational upgrading of Japanese youth, 1982-2007: Are all Japanese youth ready for structural reforms?” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 37, pp. 100-126. [link]
KenYamada and Daiji Kawaguchi (2015) “The changing and unchanged nature of inequality and seniority in Japan,” Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol. 13, No.1, pp. 129-153. [link]
Shota Araki and Daiji Kawaguchi (2014) “The promotion rule under imperfect observability of the employee’s ability,” Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 662-665. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Tetsushi Murao (2014) “Labor-market Institutions and long-term effects of youth unemployment” Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 46, No. S2, pp. 95-116. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi, Tetsushi Murao, and Ryo Kambayashi (2014) “Incidence of strict quality standards: protection of consumers or windfall for professionals?” Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 195-224. [link]
Ryo Kambayashi, Daiji Kawaguchi and Ken Yamada (2013) “Minimum wage in a deflationary economy: The Japanese experience, 1994–2003,” Labour Economics, Vol. 24, pp. 264-276.[link]
Daiji Kawaguchi, Jungmin Lee and Daniel Hamermesh (2013) “The gift of time,” Labour Economics, Vol. 24, pp. 205-216. [link]
Hirokatsu Asano, Takahiro Ito and Daiji Kawaguchi (2013) “Why has the fraction of non-standard workers increased?A case study of Japan,” Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 360-389. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Yuko Ueno (2013) “Declining long-term employment in Japan,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 28, pp. 19-36. [link]
Thoshie Ikenaga and Daiji Kawaguchi (2013) "Labor-market attachment and training participation," Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp.73-97. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Tetsushi Murao (2012) "Who bears the cost of the business cycle? labor-market institutions and volatility of the youth unemployment rate," IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Vol. 1, Article 10. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi (2011) “Actual age at school entry, educational outcomes, and earnings,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 64-80. [link]
Naohito Abe and Daiji Kawaguchi (2010) "Incumbent’s price response to new entry: The case of Japanese supermarkets," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 196-212. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Yuko Mori (2009) "Is minimum wage an effective anti-poverty policy in Japan?” Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 532-554. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi, Fumio Ohtake and Keiko Tamada (2009) “The productivity of public capital: Evidence from Japan's 1994 electoral reform,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 332-343. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Junko Miyazaki (2009) “Working mothers and sons’ preferences regarding female labor supply: Direct evidence from stated preferences,” Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 115-130. [link]
Hiromi Hara and Daiji Kawaguchi (2008) “Union wage effect in Japan,” Industrial Relations, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 569-590. [paper] [erratum]
Ryo Kambayashi, Daiji Kawaguchi and Izumi Yokoyama (2008) “Wage distribution in Japan: 1989-2003,” Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 1329-1350. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi (2008) “Self-employment rents: evidence from job satisfaction scores,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 35-45. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Wenjie Ma (2008) “The causal effect of graduating from a top university on promotion: Evidence from the University of Tokyo's admission freeze in 1969,” Economics of Education Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 184-196. [link]
Gerhard Glomm, Daiji Kawaguchi and Facundo Sepulveda (2008) “Green taxes and double dividends in a dynamic economy,” Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 19-32. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Fumio Ohtake (2007) “Testing the morale theory of nominal wage rigidity,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 57-72. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi (2007) “A market test of sex discrimination: Evidence from Japanese panel data,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 441-460. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi and Ken Yamada (2007) “The impact of minimum wage on female employment in Japan,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 107-118. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi (2006) “The incidence and effect of job training among Japanese women,” Industrial Relations, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 469-477. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi (2006) “Are computers at home a form of consumption or an investment? A longitudinal analysis for Japan,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 69 -86.[link]
Daiji Kawaguchi (2005) “Negative self selection into self employment among African Americans,” Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 9, No.1, Article 9.[link]
David Neumark and Daiji Kawaguchi (2004) “Attrition bias in economic relationships estimated with matched CPS files,” Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 445 – 472.
Daiji Kawaguchi (2004) “Peer effect on substance uses among American teenagers,” Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 17, No.2, pp. 351-367. [link]
Daiji Kawaguchi (2003) “Human capital accumulation of self-employed and salaried workers,” Labour Economics, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 55-71. [link]