Curriculum Vitae

Publications

• "Universal Early Childhood Education and Adolescent Risky Behavior," with Michihito Ando and Hiroaki Mori, Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 245, Article 105353, April 2025.
• "Working From Home Leads to More Family-Oriented Men," with Chihiro Inoue and Yusuke Ishihata, Review of Economics of the Household, Vol. 22, No. 2, pp. 783–829, June 2024.
• "Month-of-Birth Effects on Skills and Skill Formation," with Hirotake Ito and Makiko Nakamuro, Labour Economics, Vol. 84, Article 102392, October 2023.
• "COVID-19 and the Employment Gender Gap in Japan," with Taiyo Fukai, Masato Ikeda, and Daiji Kawaguchi, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 68, Article 101256, June 2023.
• "Online Learning During School Closure Due to COVID-19," with Masato Ikeda, Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 72, No. 3, pp. 471–507, July 2021.
• "Effects of Class-Size Reduction on Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills," with Hirotake Ito and Makiko Nakamuro, Japan and the World Economy, Vol. 53, Article 100977, March 2020.
• "Effects of Parental Leave Policies on Female Career and Fertility Choices," Quantitative Economics, Vol. 10, Issue 3, pp. 1195–1232, July 2019.
• "How Does Early Childcare Enrollment Affect Children, Parents, and Their Interactions?," with Yukiko Asai and Ryo Kambayashi, Labour Economics, Vol. 55, pp. 56–71, December 2018.
• "Effects of Subsidized Childcare on Mothers' Labor Supply Under a Rationing Mechanism," with Yukiko Asai and Ryo Kambayashi, Labour Economics, Vol. 55, pp. 1–17 (lead article), December 2018.
• "Changes in Returns to Task-Specific Skills and Gender Wage Gap," Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 32–70, January 2018.
• "Family Policies and Female Employment in Japan," Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 68, No. 3, pp. 305–322, September 2017.
• "Childcare Availability, Household Structure, and Maternal Employment," with Yukiko Asai and Ryo Kambayashi, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 38, pp. 172–192, December 2015.
• "Compensating Wage Differentials in Stable Job Matching Equilibrium," with Seungjin Han, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 114, pp. 36–45, June 2015.
• "Labor Supply and Household Dynamics," with Maurizio Mazzocco and Claudia Ruiz, American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings, Vol. 104, No. 5, pp. 354–359, May 2014.
• "Tasks and Heterogeneous Human Capital," Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 1–53 (lead article), January 2012.
• "Cumulative Effects of Job Characteristics on Health," with Jason Fletcher and Jody Sindelar, Health Economics, Vol. 20, No. 5, pp. 553–570, May 2011.
• "Career Progression and Comparative Advantage," Labour Economics, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 679–689, August 2010.
• "Job Search, Bargaining, and Wage Dynamics," Journal of Labor Economics, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 595–631, July 2010.
• "The Effect of Match Quality and Specific Experience on Career Decisions and Wage Growth," Labour Economics, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 407–423, April 2010.
• "Wage Flexibility in Turbulent Times," Eastern European Economics, Vol. 46, No. 2, pp. 88–114, March–April 2008.

Journal Referee

American Economic Review, Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Quantitative Economics, Journal of European Economic Association, Review of Economics and Statistics, International Economic Review, European Economic Review, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economica, Economic Inquiry, Contemporary Economic Policy, Southern Economic Journal, Economics Bulletin, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Human Resources, Review of Economic Dynamics, Labour Economics, Health Economics, Economics of Education Review, Journal of Human Capital, Journal of Population Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Review of Economics of the Household, Journal of Public Economic Theory, Industrial Relations, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, LABOUR, Urban Studies, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Japanese Economic Review, Japanese Journal of Labor Studies