"Representativeness of Medical Directories in Prewar Japan and Geographical Mobility of Physicians as Seen in Directories", The Economic Review, Vol. 75, No. 2, 2024 (in Japanese) (with Yoko Okuyama, Megumi Murakami, and Chiaki Moriguchi)
In this study, we conduct a preparatory analysis aimed at facilitating empirical research that utilizes prewar Japan’s medical directories. First, we assess the comprehensiveness and representativeness of the physician listings in the Nihon Kyōrin Yōran published in 1909 (Meiji 42) and the Nihon Isekiroku published in 1942 (Shōwa 17), respectively. We then utilize the biographical information in these directories to visualize the geographical mobility of physicians before WWII. We find that the Nihon Kyōrin Yōran is highly comprehensive, whereas the Nihon Isekiroku exhibits a certain degree of comprehensiveness regarding private practitioners yet displays biases across regions and medical qualifications. Our analysis further reveals that physicians in the Meiji period had a high rate of practicing in their home prefectures, whereas those in the Shōwa period showed a greater mobility.
"Working From Home Leads to More Family-Oriented Men", Review of Economics of the Household, 2024. (with Yusuke Ishihata and Shintaro Yamaguchi)
We examine how working from home (WFH) affects men’s participation in childcare and housework and their attitudes toward family. Because WFH is an endogenous decision, we apply a first-difference instrumental variable estimator, taking the degree to which one can work from home, measured at the individual level, as the instrument. We find that WFH increases the time that men spend on household chores and with family, and the fraction of men who consider life more important than work. Although WFH decreases their commuting time, we find no evidence that it reduces working hours or self-perceived productivity.
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Girls Help Girls but Not Boys: Revisiting Gender Peer Effects in Elementary Schools
Education Choice in Anticipation of Future Spouse
A Cram-School Tutor Like Me: Gender Interactions in the One-to-one Booth (with Yutaro Nakai, Suguru Otani, and Xiangyun Yin)
『戦前日本の医師名簿の代表性と医師名簿にみる医師の地理的移動』経済研究, 2024 年 75 巻 2 号 p. 1-23
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『日本の学校における性別ピア効果とそのメカニズム』三菱経済研究所, 2022年3月
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