Research

Research Interests

Labor Economics, Population Economics, Public Economics

Publications in Refereed Journals

1. "Fertility and endogenous gender bargaining power", Journal of Population Economics, 2013, 26 (3), pp 943-961, Springer.

2. "Tax reform and endogenous gender bargaining power", Review of Economics of the Household, 2013, 11(2), pp175-192, Springer.

3. "Income distribution and gender difference in longevity", Studies in Applied Economics, 2014, Vol.7, pp1-11, Keisoshobo.

4. "The prodigal son: Does the younger brother always care for his parents in old age?", (with Hikaru Ogawa) Applied Economics, 2017, 49, (22), pp2153-2165, Taylor and Francis.

5. "Self-Enforcing Family Rules, Marriage and the (Non)Neutrality of Public Intervention" (with Alessandro Cigno and Annalisa Luporini),  Journal of Population Economics, 2017, 30 (3), pp 805-834, Springer.

6. "Pay-as-you-go pension, bargaining power, and fertility",  (with Hikaru Ogawa), FinanzArchiv/Public Finance Analysis, 2018, 74(2), pp235-259, Mohr Siebeck. (Previous version: "Pension and the family" )

7. "Capital market integration and gender inequality" (with Hikaru Ogawa),  Review of Development Economics, 2019, vol. 23(3), pp1387-1413 , Wiley.

8. ”Optimal taxation of couples’ incomes with endogenous bargaining power ”  (with Hikaru Ogawa and Yoshitomo Ogawa) , Economic Modelling,  2019, Vol.83, pp384-393, Elsevier.

9. "Consequences of War: Japan's Demographic Transition and the Marriage Market" (with Kota Ogasawara) ,  Journal of Population Economics, 2022, Vol. 35(3), pp1037-1069, Springer.

10. "COVID-19, marriage, and divorce in Japan" (with Hikaru Ogawa),  Review of Economics of the Household, 2022, Vol.20, pp831–853, Springer.

Working Papers

1. "Gender division of labor: Marriage and job search model" (with Keisuke Kawata).

2. "Labor regulation and technology investment―an analysis of the effect of labor regulation on the firms' investment in physical capital and information technology (in Japanese)" (with Kenta Tanaka and Shunsuke Managi), RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 2018, 18-J-006.

3. "Only child matching penalty in the marriage market"   (with Keisuke Kawata). [Previous version as of February 9th, 2023]

Articles in Japanese

1. "Empirical analysis on intra-household bargaining power and household demand on life insurance" Studies on Life Insurance, 2016, Vol.194, pp141-170, The Center for Life Insurance and Culture

2. "Empirical analysis on earthquake insurance, conflicts of couples, and intra-household bargaining power" Studies on General Insurance, 2016, Vol.78(1), pp51-76， Research Institute for General Insurance.

3. 'Who will take care of the parents? : income inequality among siblings and residence choice"(with Hikaru Ogawa), Journal of Housing and Land Economics,2016, Vol. 102, 20-27, Japan Housing Research Center. 

4. "A study on intergenerational relations and demand for private long-term care insurance based on the economics of the family," Studies on Life Insurance, 2021, The Center for Life Insurance and Culture.

Book Chapters

1. "Labor regulation and technology investment" (with Kenta Tanaka, Shunsuke Managi) , Economics of Artificial Intelligence (in Japanese), Edited by Shunsuke Managi, 2018, Minerva Shobo. 

Conference Presentations

1. The 14th Labor Economics Conference (Hyogo Prefectural Awaji Yumebutai International Conference Center, September 4-6, 2011)

2. Japan Association for Applied Economics, 2012 Spring Meeting (Fukuoka University, June 9, 2012)

3. The 15th Labor Economics Conference (Osaka University, September 16, 2012)

4. Japanese Economic Association, 2012 Autumn Meeting (Kyushu Sangyo University, October 7, 2012)

5. Western Economic Association International, 88th Annual Conference (Grand Hyatt Seattle, July 2, 2013) 

6. The 16th Labor Economics Conference (Nihon University, September 12-13, 2013)

7. Japanese Economic Association, 2013 Autumn Meeting (Kanagawa University,  September 14, 2013)

8. 2nd IZA@DC Young Scholar Program (Georgetown University, September 23-27, 2013)

9. DSGE Conference 2013 (Kyoto University, December 28, 2013)

10. The First Winter School on Analytics and Policy Design of Migration (Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar, January 7-11, 2014)

11. Cooperation and Conflict in the Family Conference (University of New South Wales, February 3, 2014) 

12. The Conference of Macroeconomics for Young Professionals (Senri-Hankyu Hotel, March 3, 2014)

13. The 4th Joint Conference of Nagoya University and Lingnan College, Sun Yat-Sen University (Nagoya University, July 20, 2014)

14. The Fourth Asian Seminar ㏌ Regional Science (Seoul National University, August 6, 2014)

15. The 17th Labor Economics Conference (Osaka University, September 13, 2014)

16. 61st Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (Hyatt Regency Hotel in Bethesda, November 13, 2014) 

17. 2015 Allied Social Science Associations meetings (Sheraton Boston, January 4, 2015)

18. 2016 Allied Social Science Associations meetings (Marriott Marquis San Francisco, January 4, 2016)

19. Western Economic Association International, 12th International Conference (Nanyang Technological University, January 10, 2016) 

20. 63nd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International (Minneapolis Marriot City Center, November 12, 2016) 

21. Household Finance Conference (Hitotsubashi University, January 21, 2017)

22. 92nd Annual Conference Western Economic Association International (Marriott Marquis & Marina, San Diego, June 29th, 2017)

23. 73rd Annual Congress of the International Institute of Public Finance (University Tokyo, August 19th, 2017)

24. 2017  Asian Seminar in Regional Science  (National Taiwan University, September 9th 2017)

25. Japanese-American-German Frontiers of Science Symposium 2017 (Steigenberger Hotel Bad Neuenahr, September 22-24, 2017)

26. KIER Workshop "Macroeconomic analyses on population: theory and policy implication"（Kyoto  University, December 16, 2017）

27. Society of Economics of the Household (Paris School of Economics, May 23, 2018）

28. 93rd Annual Conference Western Economic Association International (Vancouver Sheraton Wall Centre, Vancouver, June 30th, 2018)

29. Kyoto Summer Workshop on Applied Economics (Kyoto University, August 3, 2018)

30. 94nd Annual Conference Western Economic Association International (Hilton San Francisco Union Square, San Francisco, June 29th, 2019)

31. Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics 2019 Conference (National University of Singapore, December 12th, 2019)

32. Workshop on Low birthrate and aging society (Yokohama National University, October 14th, 2022) 

33. Kyoto Summer Workshop on Applied Economics 2023 (Doshisha University, July 8th, 2023)

Seminar Presentations

1. The 25th Freiburg-Nagoya Joint Seminar 2012 (Nagoya University, September 18, 2012) 

2. Seminar at University of Freiburg (University of Freiburg, October 26, 29,2012)

3. Seminar at University of Florence  (University of Florence, November 20,2012)

4. Seminar at Nagoya City University  (Nagoya City University, January 25,2013)

5. Seminar at Keio University (Keio University, Februrary 2, 2013)

6. Seminar at Toyama University (Toyama University, February 19, 2014)

7. The Tilburg-Nagoya Workshop on Population Economics (Tilburg University, March 14, 2014)

8. Seminar at Hiroshima University (Hiroshima University, July 14, 2014)

9. The 26th Freiburg-Nagoya Joint Seminar 2014 (University of Freiburg, October 17,2014)

10. Seminar at Okayama University (Okayama University, October 29, 2014) 

11. Seminar of The Operations Research Society of Japan (Meijo University, November 25, 2014)

12. The Urban Economics Workshop (GRIPS, January 30, 2015) 

13. Seminar at Kyushu University (Kyushu University, February 17, 2015)

14. Seminar for Studies on Life Insurance （Osaka Daiichi Seimei Building, April 11, 2015）

15. Seminar at University of Florence  (University of Florence, June 9,2015)

16. Seminar at University of Florence  (University of Florence, Feburary 23,2016)

17. Kansai Seminar for Studies on Labor (Osaka University, July 22, 2016)

18. Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop (University of Tokyo, November 7,2016) 

19. Research Institute Workshop (Daitobunka University, 10, January, 2018)

20. CUIE Seminar (Chukyo University, December 21, 2018)

21. Seminar for Studies on Life Insurance （Webinar, January 23, 2021）

22. Seminar at Waseda University (Webinar, June 8, 2021)

23. Rokko Forum (Kobe University, April 26, 2023)

Awards

1. Poster Research Presentation Award of The 14th Labor Economics Conference  (September 5, 2011)

2. Nagoya University Outstanding Graduate Student Award (June 4, 2013)

3. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Ikushi Prize (February 24, 2014)

4. Young Scientist Award of Japan Association for Applied Economics (June 22, 2014) 

5. The Japanese Society of Insurance Science Award (The Japanese Society of Insurance Science, October 29, 2016)

6. Outstanding Research Paper Award 2021 (The Japanese Society of Insurance Science, September 18, 2021)