Research
Recent Research Papers
Trade and Employment in the Formal and Informal Sectors: A Natural Experiment from Cambodia, (with Kiyoyasu Tanaka), 2024, Journal of Asian Economics 90: article number 101676.
Political Conflict and Angry Consumers: Evaluating the Regional Impacts of a Consumer Boycott on Travel Services Trade, (with JaeBin Ahn and Kozo Kiyota), 2022, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 65: article number 101216.
Global Influences on Gender Inequality: Evidence from Female Employment in Korea, (with Jaerim Choi), 2022, International Economic Review 63(1): 291-328.
Foreign Ownership, Exporting and Gender Wage Gaps: Evidence from Japanese Linked Employer-Employee Data, (with Ayumu Tanaka), 2021, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 61: article number 101151; Appendix Figure A1; full versions of tables (including appendix tables).
The Gravity Model and Trade in Intermediate Inputs, (with Kozo Kiyota), 2020, The World Economy 43(8): 2034-2049; Appendix tables.
Japan's Outward FDI Potential, (with Kozo Kiyota), 2020, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 57: article number 101073.
Trade, Growth and Economic Inequality in the Asia-Pacific Region, sponsored research project, (with Baybars Karacaovali), published in the Journal of Asian Economics, Feb. 2017 special issue.
Economic Growth and Economic Inequality in the Asia-Pacific Region: A Comparative Study of China, Japan, South Korea, and the United States, (with Yiwen Yang), 2017, Journal of Asian Economics 48: 6-22. Selected for inclusion in the journal's "Editor's Choice: 30 Articles from 30 Years" list in 2020.
Pollution Control and Foreign Firms’ Exit Behavior in China, (with Yao Li and Dongmei Tu), 2017, Journal of Asian Economics 48: 148-159.
Multinational Enterprises and Regional Inequality in China, (with Yao Li), 2017, Journal of Asian Economics 48: 120-133; Appendices.
Examining Determinants of Foreign Wage Premiums in China, (with Yao Li), 2017, The World Economy 40: 2056-2077; Appendices.
Recent Policy Papers
Foreign Direct Investment and Regional Inequality, (with Baybars Karacaovali), 2018 (April 23), Perspectives from Around the World 102, Research Institute of Economy Trade and Industry, Tokyo, Japan.
Trade, Growth and Economic Inequality in the Asia-Pacific Region: Lessons for Policymakers, (with Baybars Karacaovali), 2017, Journal of Economics and Political Economy 4: 135-143.