Research

Publications

1. "Updated beliefs and shaken confidence: Evidence from COVID-arm-triggered vaccine hesitancy" (with Keisuke Kawata and Masaki Nakabayashi) BMC Infectious Diseases, No. 612, September 2023.

2. "Association Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Early Childhood Development" (with Koryu Sato, Keiko Fujisawa and Makiko Nakamuro) JAMA Pediatrics

   • 東洋経済Onlineでの研究サマリー

   • listed on the top 3 articles by Altmetric score (JAMA Pediatrics- The Year in Review, 2023)

3. "COVID-19 and the Employment Gender Gap in Japan" (with Masato Ikeda, Daiji Kawaguchi and Shintaro Yamaguchi)  Journal of the Japanese and International Economies

4. "Quality of early childhood education and care in Japanese accredited nursery centers: A study using Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale, Third Edition (ECERS-3)" (with Keiko Fujisawa and Makiko Nakamuro) PLOS ONE, 18(2): e0281635

5. "Cognitive Functioning among Older Adults in Japan and Other Selected Asian Countries: In Search of a Better Way to Re-measure Population Aging" (with Naohiro Ogawa, Norma Mansor, and Nurul Diyana Kamarulzam) Asian Development Review, Volume 39, No.1, March 2022,  Pages 91-130

6. "Describing labor market impact of COVID-19 in Japan until June 2020" (with Hidehiko Ichimura and Keisuke Kawata)  Japanese Economic Review, Volume 72, August 2021, Pages 439-470

7. "Households' Responses to Childcare Fees: Childcare Usage and Parental Labor Supply" (with Ayako Kondo)  Economic Analysis (経済分析), Volume 202, June 2021, Pages 172-200.

8. "The effect of childcare availability on fertility: Evidence from municipalities in Japan" Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Volume 43, March 2017, Pages 1-18.

Publications in Japanese

1. 「就学前における家庭の経済的困難及び児童の健康・発達面のリスクと学力との関連：行政記録情報による検証」（藤澤啓子氏・中室牧子氏・広井賀子氏との共同研究）『発達心理学研究』第33巻，第4号，2022年

Working Papers

1. Analyzing Childcare Quality: Impacts on child development and parental mental health, and effectiveness of professional development" (with Keiko Fujisawa, Le Quan Chien and Makiko Nakamuro) RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 2024, 5. under review

2. "Access to Formal Childcare for Toddlers and Parental Employment and Earnings" (with Ayako Kondo) ESRI Discussion Paper Series No.387. March, 2024. under review

   • IZA DP No. 16880

3. "How Do Firms Attain Internal and External Flexibility of Employment?" (with Daiji Kawaguchi, Ayako Kondo and Izumi Yokoyama) RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 2023. 12. R&R

4. "End-of-life medical and long-term care spending in Japan" (with Hidehiko Ichimura, Konan Hara, Atsushi Miyawaki, Kazuhiro Abe, Kyogo Kanazawa, Taeko Watanabe, Xueying Jin, Haruko Noguchi, Nanako Tamiya and Yasuki Kobayashi) R&R

5. "Effect of introducing a parental leave policy on long-run maternal employment" (with Takahiro Toriyabe)  working paper

6. "Medical Expenditures over the Life-cycle: Persistent Risks and Insurance" (with Hidehiko Ichimura, Sagiri Kitao and Minamo Mikoshiba)  working paper

7. "The labor market impact of social welfare deregulation: Evidence from childcare service in Japan " available upon request

8. "How elastic is capacity choice in welfare facilities? Evidence from notches in Japan's childcare subsidy scheme" working paper

9. "Quantifying health shocks over the life cycle" (with Hidehiko Ichimura, Kyogo Kanazawa) working paper

10. "Commuting Zones in Japan" (with Daisuke Adachi, Daiji Kawaguchi, Yukiko Saito)  working paper

Working Papers in Japanese

1. 「市町村税務データを用いた既婚女性の就労調整の分析」（近藤絢子氏との共同研究）RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 2023.11

2. 「福祉サービス第三者評価と保育の質との関連：現状と課題」（藤澤啓子氏・杉田壮一朗氏・中室牧子氏との共同研究）RIETI Discussion Paper Series, 2022.12

3. 「認可保育所における幼児教育・保育の質に関する評価の実施と課題」（藤澤啓子氏・中室牧子氏・広井賀子氏との共同研究）ESRI Discussion Paper Series No.369 2022年5月

4. 「認可保育所保育料に関する保護者の認知調査」（近藤絢子氏との共同研究）ESRIリサーチノート No.67 2022年5月

Work in Progress

• "What Do We Learn from Panel Data Created Using Japanese Census? " (with Hidehiko Ichimura and Konan Hara)

• "Parent preferences for childcare choice" (with Keisuke Kawata, Yumi Yodogawa, Sachiko Nozawa, and Kiyomi Akita)

• "Some Proposal for Improving Practices in the Construction of the National Transfer Accounts" (with Setsuya Fukuda, Hidehiko Ichimura, Daigo Nakata, Itaru Sato, and Kazuyuki Terada)

• "LATE with Covariates" (with Hidehiko Ichimura and Juan Pantano)

In Japanese

• 書評 「前田正子・安藤道人　著『母の壁子育てを追いつめる重荷の正体』（岩波書店，2023年）」『社会保障研究』，第8巻, 第4号, 2024年

• 「学界展望 労働経済学研究の現在−２０２１〜２３年の業績を通じて」『日本労働研究雑誌』2024年2・3月号

• 「自治体税務データを用いた住民税予測」『経済セミナー』12・1, No. 729, 2022年 

  • 経済セミナー編集部note

• 「2020年のCOVID-19下の就業─労働力調査を用いた労働者への影響の異質性の検証」『日本労働研究雑誌』2022年1月号

• 「エビデンスに基づいたモニタリング体制の構築を 保育の質の向上に評価の「みえる化」が有効」『週刊東洋経済』2021年11月

• 「保育所整備は女性の就業率や出生率を上げたのかー保育所整備の政策評価」『日本労働研究雑誌』2019年6月号