Name: Hideki Nakamura
Affiliation: Department of Economics, Osaka Metropolitan University
3-3-138 Sugimoto, Sumiyoshi, Osaka 558-8585, Japan
E-mail: hideki.nakamura[at]omu.ac.jp
Position: Professor
Degree: Ph.D. in Economics
Research fields:
Macroeconomics (Automation; Economic growth; Economic development; Education; Human capital), Applied Econometrics
Work experience:
April 1995—March 2001 Fukushima University
April 2001—March 2022 Osaka City University
April 2022—Current Osaka Metropolitan University (Merger of Osaka City University and Osaka Prefecture University)
Visiting researcher:
2004 Brown University
2015 University of Hamburg (short visit)
2017 Hebrew University of Jerusalem (short visit)
Studies on automation
(xi) Shota Moriwaki and Hideki Nakamura (2025) “Increasing Use of Robots under Automation: Evidence from Japanese Manufacturing Industries”, SSRN.
(x) Hideki Nakamura, Masakatsu Nakamura and Shota Moriwaki (2024) “Measuring the Degree of Automation”, SSRN.
(ix) Hideki Nakamura and Joseph Zeira (2024) “Automation and Unemployment: Help is on the Way”, Journal of Economic Growth 29, 215-250. (Discussion Paper)
(viii) Hideki Nakamura (2024) “Can Displaced Workers Have a Fresh Start?”, Metroeconomica 75, 83-106. (Discussion Paper)
(vii) Hideki Nakamura (2023) “Difficulties in Finding Middle-Skilled Jobs under Increased Automation”, Macroeconomic Dynamics 75, 1179-1201. (Discussion Paper)
(vi) Hideki Nakamura (2021) “How Does Technical Change Affect Worker Productivity in a Multiple-Task Environment?”, SSRN.
(v) Hideki Nakamura and Masakatsu Nakamura (2019) “Production Function through Automation in a Task-based Model”, SSRN.
(iv) Hideki Nakamura (2017) “Efficient Frontier via Production Functions and Mechanization", American Journal of Operations Research 7, 56-63.
(iii) Hideki Nakamura (2010) “Factor Substitution, Mechanization and Economic Growth”, Japanese Economic Review 61, 266-281.
(ii) Hideki Nakamura (2009) “Micro-foundation for a Constant Elasticity of Substitution Production Function through Mechanization”, Journal of Macroeconomics 31, 464-472.
(i) Hideki Nakamura and Masakatsu Nakamura (2008) “Constant-Elasticity-of-Substitution Production Function”, Macroeconomic Dynamics 12, 694-701.
Publications:
21. Hideki Nakamura and Joseph Zeira (2024) “Automation and Unemployment: Help is on the Way”, Journal of Economic Growth 29, 215-250. (Discussion Paper)
20. Hideki Nakamura (2024) “Can Displaced Workers Have a Fresh Start?”, Metroeconomica 75, 83-106. (Discussion Paper)
19. Hideki Nakamura (2023) “Difficulties in Finding Middle-Skilled Jobs under Increased Automation”, Macroeconomic Dynamics 75, 1179-1201. (Discussion Paper)
18. Hideki Nakamura (2018) “Factor Substitution and Employment”, Modern Economy 9, 1127-1136.
17. Hideki Nakamura and Takeshi Ikeda (2018) “Should We Enhance or Restrict Technological Diffusion from Major to Minor Firms?", Theoretical Economics Letters 8, 2233-2250.
16. Hideki Nakamura (2017) “Efficient Frontier via Production Functions and Mechanization", American Journal of Operations Research 7, 56-63.
15. Hideki Nakamura and Yuko Mihara (2016) “Effect of Public Health Investment on Economic Development via Savings and Fertility”, Macroeconomic Dynamics 20 1341-1358.
14. Hideki Nakamura (2015) “Which Education Policies Can Prevent the Collapse of the Middle-income Group?”, Japan and the World Economy 36, 1-10.
13. Hideki Nakamura and Yoshihiko Seoka (2014) “Differential Fertility and Economic Development”, Macroeconomic Dynamics 18, 1048-1068.
12. Hideki Nakamura (2013) “Wages of Regular and Nonregular Workers, the Price of Education, and Income Inequality”, Journal of Economic Inequality 11, 517-533.
11. Hideki Nakamura (2012) “Why Does Scholastic Achievement Differ Across Prefectures in Japan?”, Journal of Asian Economics 23, 99-106.
10. Tetsuya Nakajima and Hideki Nakamura (2012) “How do Elementary and Higher Education Affect Human Capital Accumulation and Inequality? A Note”, Macroeconomic Dynamics 16, 151-158.
9. Hideki Nakamura and Masaya Yasuoka (2011) “Multiple Equilibria between Fertility Rates and Pension Levels Based on the Target Level of Government Debt”, Theoretical Economics Letters 1, 95-98.
8. Hideki Nakamura and Tetsuya Nakajima (2011) “A Credit Market in Early Stages of Economic Development”, Economics Letters 112, 42-44.
7. Hideki Nakamura (2010) “Factor Substitution, Mechanization and Economic Growth”, Japanese Economic Review 61, 266-281.
6. Tetsuya Nakajima and Hideki Nakamura (2009) “The Price of Education and Inequality”, Economics Letters 105, 183-185.
5. Hideki Nakamura (2009) “Micro-foundation for a Constant Elasticity of Substitution Production Function through Mechanization”, Journal of Macroeconomics 31, 464-472.
4. Hideki Nakamura and Masakatsu Nakamura (2008) “Constant-Elasticity-of-Substitution Production Function”, Macroeconomic Dynamics 12, 694-701.
3. Hideki Nakamura (2001) “An Empirical Reexamination of the Solow Growth Model”, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 15, 323-340.
2. Hideki Nakamura (1996) “Testing the Structural Stability of a Risk Aversion Parameter in the Foreign Exchange Markets”, Japanese Economic Review 47, 286-296.
1. Tatsuyoshi Saijo and Hideki Nakamura (1995) “The “Spite” Dilemma in Voluntary Contribution Mechanism Experiments”, Journal of Conflict Resolution 39, 535-560.
Dissertation:
Hideki Nakamura (1995) “Empirical Studies on International Macroeconomics”, Ph.D. in Economics, University of Tsukuba.
University Publications (in English)
1. Hideki Nakamura (2012) “A Note on Pooled Sample Estimators”, Keizaigaku Zasshi 113, 109-112.
2. Hideki Nakamura and Masakatsu Nakamura (2007) “Economic Growth with Technological Diffusion and Human Capital”, Keizaigaku Zasshi 108, 54-74.
3. Hideki Nakamura (2007) “A Note on Economic Growth with Mechanization of the Production Process”, Osaka City University Economic Review 42, 27-33.