Research interests: Macroeconomics, Economic Development & Growth, Business Cycles, Labor & Demographic Economics
Publications:
"Open economy neoclassical growth models and the role of life expectancy" with Stephen Kosempel, The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 23 (2): 1057-1092, 2023
"Population aging and economic growth: A semiparametric panel data analysis", Economics Bulletin, Vol. 43 (1): 342-354, 2023
Working Papers & Work in Progress:
"Life expectancy and business cycles in a small open economy" with Stephen Kosempel (May 2026)
"A life cycle analysis of social security: Complementarities between consumer durables and leisure" with Stephen Kosempel [Slides]
"Dynamic and long-run effects of the COVID-19-induced life expectancy decline in a small open economy" (January 2026)
"Population aging and green investment: A panel data analysis"
"Patents, diffusion, and the gap between discovery and use" with Sebastien Lamproye
Research Grants:
Joint Usage/Research Grant, ISER, University of Osaka, 2026 - 2027 (275,000 JPY)
KAKENHI Grant for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2025 - 2027 (2,080,000 JPY)
Joint Usage/Research Grant, ISER, University of Osaka, 2024 - 2025 (350,000 JPY)
Community Engaged Scholarship:
"Water access may be more important than electricity for sub-Saharan Africa" with Louise Grogan, The Conversation, 2018