Research

Working Papers

• • ``Universal Early Childhood Education and Adolescent Risky Behavior," with Michihito Ando and Hiroaki Mori, December 2023 (in revision for Journal of Public Economics).

Publications

• • ``Working From Home Leads to More Family-Oriented Men," with Chihiro Inoue and Yusuke Ishihata, Review of Economics of Household, June 2024.

  • ``Month-of-Birth Effects on Skills and Skill Formation," with Hirotake Ito and Makiko Nakamuro,  Labour Economics, vol. 84, October 2023.

  • ``COVID-19 and the Employment Gender Gap in Japan ," with Taiyo Fukai, Masato Ikeda, Daiji Kawaguchi, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, vol. 68, June 2023.

  • ``Online learning during school closure due to COVID-19," with Masato Ikeda, Japanese Economics Review, 2021.

  • ``Effects of Class-Size Reduction on Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills," with Hirotake Ito and Makiko Nakamuro, Japan and World Economy, vol. 53, March 2020.

  • ``Effects of Parental Leave Policies on Female Career and Fertility Choices,'' Quantitative Economics, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp. 1195-1232, July 2019

  • ``How Does Early Childcare Enrollment Affect Children, Parents, and Their Interactions?," with Yukiko Asai and Ryo Kambayashi, Labour Economics, vol. 55, pp. 56-71, December 2018.

  • ``Effects of Subsidized Childcare on Mothers' Labor Supply Under a Rationing Mechanism," with Yukiko Asai and Ryo Kambayashi, Labour Economics, vol. 55, pp. 1-17 (lead article), December 2018

  • ``Changes in Returns to Task-Specific Skills and Gender Wage Gap,'' Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 32-70, January 2018

  • ``Family Policies and Female Employment in Japan," Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 68, Issue 3, pp. 305-322, September 2017

  • ``Childcare Availability, Household Structure, and Maternal Employment," with Yukiko Asai and Ryo Kambayashi, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 38, pp. 172-192, December 2015.

  • ``Compensating Wage Differentials in Stable Job Matching Equilibrium,'' with Seungjin Han, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 114, pp. 36-45, June 2015. 

  • ``Labor Supply and Household Dynamics," with Maurizio Mazzocco and Claudia Ruiz, American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, Vol. 104, No. 5, pp. 354-359, May 2014

  • ``Tasks and Heterogeneous Human Capital,'' Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 1-53 (lead article), January 2012.

  • ``Cumulative Effects of Job Characteristics on Health,'' with Jason Fletcher and Jody Sindelar, Health Economics, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 553-570, May 2011.

  • ``Career Progression and Comparative Advantage,'' Labour Economics, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 679-689, August 2010.

  • ``Job Search, Bargaining, and Wage Dynamics,'' Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 595-631, July 2010.

  • ``The Effect of Match Quality and Specific Experience on Career Decisions and Wage Growth,'' Labour Economics, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 407-23, April 2010.

  • ``Wage Flexibility in Turbulent Times,'' Eastern European Economics, Vol. 46, No. 3, pp. 88-114, March-April 2008.

Non Technical Article

• • ``Subsidized child care slightly raises women's employment in Japan," Nikkei Asian Review, March 20, 2017