I am an Assistant Professor of Faculty of Commerce, Doshisha University.
Research Interests: Economic History, Development Economics
Email: yuaikawa[at]mail.doshisha.ac.jp
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics, Kobe University, September 2024
M.A. in Economics, Kobe University, March 2019
B.A. in Economics, Hokkaido University, March 2017
Published Papers:
Interfirm Transactions, Mechanization, and Local District Brand: An Inquiry into the Post-war Development of the Nada Sake Brewing District in Japan, 1953-2017, Japan Business History Review (Keiei Shigaku), 2024, 59(2) 27-51.
Reconsidering the Marshallian Agglomeration Economies in the Development of Industrial Clusters, The Doshisha business review, 2025, 77(2-3), 121-138.
Putting-out, Mechanization, and Product Quality: The Case of Lumban Embroidery Cluster in the Philippines , Entreprises et Histoire, forthcoming, 124.
Working Paper:
Agglomeration Economies, Mechanization, and Changes in Product Quality: The Post-war Development of the Sake Brewery Clusters in Japan, 1980-2020 (with Nobuaki Hamaguchi, Tomoko Hashino, and Keijiro Otsuka), R&R at Asia-Pacific Economic History Review
Modernization of Labor-Intensive Traditional Industry in Developing Countries: The Case of An Embroidery Cluster in the Philippines (with Keijiro Otsuka) , Submitted
[Doshisha University Discussion Paper ACDU-25-04], Draft Upon Request
Prenatal Exposure to Technological Disaster and Child Health: Evidence from a Coastal Oil Spill in India , Under review
[Doshisha University Discussion Paper ACDU-25-07], Draft Upon Request
The Role of Human Capital and Collective Action for Cluster Development: The Case of Pottery Industry in Japan, 1959-2022
[Kobe University Working Paper No. 337], Draft Upon Request
Agglomeration with the Declining Marshallian Agglomeration Economies: An inquiry into the postwar development of the Nada sake brewing district in Japan (with Tomoko Hashino and Keijiro Otsuka)
Work in Progress:
Human Capital Accumulation and Women's Time Allocation: Micro Evidence from 1960s Japan
The Long-Term Impact of Workplace Diversification: Historical Evidence from Personnel Records (with Keitaro Ninomiya), Draft Upon Request
The Impact of Heat Stress on Labor Productivity: Evidence from the Manufacturing Sector in Ghana (with Kwame Adjei Mantey)
Other Writings (Notes, Policy papers):
Agglomeration Economies, Mechanization, and Changes in Product Quality: An Inquiry into the Post-war Development of the Sake Brewery Clusters in Japan, 1980-2020 (in Japanese). The Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Non-technical summary
Presentations:
2025
The 61th Congress of the Japan Business History Society, December 2025 (Saitama University, Japan)
Kyoto University Applied Microeconomics Seminar, August 2025 (Kyoto University, Japan)
World Economic History Congress 2025, July 2025 (Lund University, Sweden)
The 4th Conference of the European Association of Wine Economists, May 2025 (University of Zaragoza, Spain)
2025 RSA Annual Conference, May 2025 (University of Porto, Portugal)
Asia-Pacific Economic and Business History Conference, Feb 2025 (Monash University, Australia)
~ 2024
Gosho-Kita Seminar,Doshisha University, October 2024
Kyoto University Economic History Seminar & Business History Joint Conference, April 2024
Osaka Workshop in Economic and Business History, June 2023
Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (SWET), August 2022
Rokko Forum, July 2022
90th Annual Meeting of the Socio-Economic History Society, May 2021
Kyoto University Economic History Seminar & Joint Conference of the Socio-Economic History Society and Business History Society, November 2020
Past Employment:
Itochu Corporation (Urban Environment and Power Infrastructure Department, Machinery Company), Tokyo