Research

Working Papers

"Unpacking the Child Penalty Using Personnel Data: How Promotion Practices Widen the Gender Pay Gap" with Yoko Okuyama and Takeshi Murooka, February 2025
"Monopsony in a Two-Sided Matching Market" with Daisuke Adachi and Suk Joon Son, April 2025
"Workplace Culture and Paternal Involvement in Childcare" with Mari Tanaka, Hiroko Okudaira, and Mariko Sakka, November 2025

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