Working Papers

Uncovering Organizational Strategies Behind Employee Downsizing: Evidence from Product Turnover in Manufacturing Plants.

joint with Miho Takizawa and Kenta Yamanouchi.Updated version (June 2022)

Who to Target for Layoffs? Implications from Firm-Specific Skill Investment.

joint with Miho Takizawa and Kenta Yamanouchi.

Parental Investment after Adverse Event: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake.

joint with Tomohiko Inui.DP version (updated May2022) Online Appendix

Minimum Wage and Hiring Behavior.

joint with Atsuko Izumi and Daiji Kawaguchi.DP version (Japanese version, updated September 2022)

Refereed Publications

Working from Home: Its Effects on Productivity and Mental Health.

joint with Ritsu Kitagawa, Sachiko Kuroda, Hideo Owan,PLOS ONE ,16(12) e0261761-e0261761, 2021.published

Oxytocin-Trust Link in Oxytocin-Sensitive Participants and Those Without Autistic Traits.

joint with Hirofumi Kurokawa, Yusuke Kinari, Kiyotaka Tsuboiuchi, Yoshimichi Sai, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Haruhiro Higashida, Fumio Ohtake. Frontiers in Neuroscience, vol.15, 2021.published

Regulating the Timing of Job Search: Evidence from the Labor Market for New College Graduates.

Labour Economics, vol.67, 10194, 2020.poster, awarded with fellow's best poster award, SOLE 22nd Meetingpublished final version

Competitiveness and Individual Characteristics: A Double-Blind Placebo-controlled Study Using Oxytocin.

joint with Hirofumi Kurokawa, Yusuke Kinari, Kiyotaka Tsuboiuchi, Yoshimichi Sai, Mitsuru Kikuchi, Haruhiro Higashida, Fumio Ohtake. Scientific Reports, vol.10, 11526, 2020published

Minimum Wage Effects across Heterogeneous Markets.

joint with Miho Takizawa and Kenta YamanouchiLabour Economics, vol59, 110-122, 2019.published poster DP

The Economic Costs of Court Decisions Concerning Dismissals in Japan: Identification by Judge Transfers.

International Review of Law and Economics, vol.53, 60-75, 2018. published old DP

Older Sisters and Younger Brothers: The Impact of Siblings on Preferences for Competition

Personality and Individual Differences , vol.82, 81-89, 2015. joint with Yusuke Kinari, Noriko Mizutani, Fumio Ohtake, Akira Kawaguchi published old DP

An Experimental Test of a Search Model under Ambiguity

Theory and Decision, vol.79(4), 627-637, 2015.joint with Takao Asano and Masaru Sasaki, published old DP

What does a Temporary Help Service Job Offer? Empirical Suggestions from a Japanese Survey

Journal of Japanese and International Economies, vol. 28, 37-68, 2013.joint with Fumio Ohtake, Koichi Kume, Kotaro Tsurupublished old DP

Employment Protection and Productivity: Evidence from Firm-level Panel Data in Japan

Applied Economics, 45(15), 2091-2105, 2013. joint with Miho Takizawa and Kotaro Tsuru, published old DP