Research

l Papers

Refereed Journal Articles

1. “How Multi-tasking Job Designs Affect Productivity: Evidence from Australian Coal Mining Industry”, October 2011 forthcoming, Industrial & Labor Relations Review (Single-Authored).

2. “Gender Salary Differences in Economics Departments in Japan”, forthcoming, Economics of Education Review, (with Ana Maria Takahashi)

3. “An Estimation of the Work Disincentive Effects of the Spousal Deduction and the Social Security Systems on the Labor Supply of Japanese Married Women”, (Dec, 2010), pp.28-43, Japan Labor Review (Single-authored)

4. “Determinants of Job Related Stress of Academic Economists in Japan”. The Japanese Economy, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 120-127, (with Ana Maria Takahashi)

5. “The effect of refereed articles on salary, promotion and labor mobility: The case of Japanese Economists”. Economic Bulletin, Vol. 30, Issue 1, 2010 (with Ana Maria Takahashi)

Working Papers:

1. “A Structural Estimation of the Effects of Spousal Tax Deduction and Social Security System on the Labor Supply of Japanese Married Women. A paper presented at the Tokyo Labor Economics Seminar (東京労働市場研究委員会月例報告会発表論文) on May 28, 2010.

2. “Spousal Tax Deduction, Social Security System and the Labor Supply of Japanese Married Women”, 2009, GSIR Working Papers (International University of Japan), Economic Analysis & Policy Series EAPO9-7, co-authored with Masumi Kawade (Niigata University) and Ryuta Kay Kato (International University of Japan).

3. “Labor Supply of Japanese Married Women: Sensitivity Analysis and A New Estimate”, 2009, GSIR Working Papers (International University of Japan), Economic Analysis & Policy Series EAPO9-5, co-authored with Masumi Kawade (Niigata University) and Ryuta Kay Kato (International University of Japan).

4. “How Multi-Tasking Job Designs Affect Productivity: Evidence from Australian Coal Mining Industry”, GSIM working papers IM-2009-02, 1-37, 2009, (Single-Authored)

5. “Gender Promotion Differences in Economics Departments in Japan: A Semi-parametric Duration Analysis”, 2009, GSIR Working Papers (International University of Japan), Economic Analysis & Policy Series EAPO9-4, co-authored with Ana Maria Takahashi (University of Utah).

6. “Gender Salary Differences in Economics Departments in Japan”, 2009, GSIR Working Papers (International University of Japan), Economic Analysis & Policy Series EAPO9-2, co-authored with Ana Maria Takahashi (University of Utah).

7. “The Structure of Compensation and CEO Job Turnover”, 2006, GSIR Working Papers (International University of Japan), Economic Analysis & Policy Series EAP06-1. (Single-authoed)

Other papers

1. “The Productivity and Efficiency Analysis of Open-Cut Coal Mines in New South Wales Australia, 1990-1999”, 2007, Proceedings of DEA Symposium 2007, Osaka University.

2. “A Theoretical Insight into the Relationship between Incentive and Tenure”, 2006, PhD Dissertation (Paper 1), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

3. “The Relationship between Incentive and Tenure”, 2006, Evidence from CEO Compensation Data, PhD Dissertation (Paper 2), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Funded research project

1. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research No.21730207 with Ana Maria Takahashi: Year 2009, 2010 and 2011. Total Amount 3,300,000 yen

Title “The Structure of Labor Mobility, Promotion and Salary in Japanese Academia”

1.1 “Gender Salary Differences in Economics Departments in Japan” Forthcoming, Economics of Education Review (with Ana Maria Piciorea Takahashi

1.2 “Determinants of Job Related Stress of Academic Economists in Japan”. The Japanese Economy, Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 120-127, (with Ana Maria Takahashi)

1.3 “Gender Promotion Differences in Economics Department in Japan: A Semi-parametric Duration Analysis”, with Ana Maria Takahashi (University of Utah)

2. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research（科研費プロジェクト）. No:1981002. Year 2007 and 2008. Total amount 1,370,000 yen.　

Title: “The effect of Industrial Reform on the productivity of Australian Coal mining Industry”

2.1 “How Multi-Tasking Job Designs Affect Productivity: Evidence from Australian Coal Mining Industry”. October 2011 Forthcoming, Industrial & Labor Relations Review (Single-Authored).

My Other Projects

3. My Female Labor Supply Papers

3.1 A Structural Estimation of the Effects of Spousal Tax Deduction and Social Security Systems on the Labor Supply of Japanese Married Women

3.2 Labor Supply of Japanese Married Women: Sensitivity Analysis and a New Estimate, GSIR Working Papers (International University of Japan), Economic Analysis and Policy Seriese EAP09-5, co-authorsd with Masumi Kawade (Niigata University) and Ryuta Ray Kato (International University of Japan)