The Joint Usage and Research Center Programs at the Institute of Economic Research earned a highest S rating in interim assessment from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Emeritus Professor Osamu Saito was selected as a member of American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
IER launched the first issues of “IER Spotlights", a public relations magazine.
Emeritus Professor Kotaro Suzumura was selected as a Bunkakorosha (Person of Cultural Merits).
Natalie Fu (Waseda University)
Hisaki KONO (Kyoto University), Tsilavo RALANDISON (Kyoto University) and Yutaka ARIMOTO (IER)
Ofer Setty (Tel Aviv University)
Soonman Kwon (Professor of Health Economics and Policy, School of Public Health, Seoul National University (SNU))
Larry Epstein (Boston University)
Miles Corak (City University of New York)
Soh Kaneko, Naoki Yoshihara
“On the General Impossibility of Persistent Unequal Exchange Free Trade Equilibria in the Pre-industrial World Economy”
Tatiana Karabchuk
“Job stability and fertility intentions of young adults in Europe: does labor market legislation matter?”
Jinjing Li, Xinmei Wang, Jing Xu, Chang Yuan
“The Role of Public Pensions in Income Inequality among Elderly Households in China 1988-2013”
Jing Xu, Xinmei Wang
“Working Longer in China: Implicit Tax or Subsidy?”
Masahiko Tsutsumi
“The Economic Consequences of the 2018 US-China Trade Conflict: A CGE Simulation Analysis”
Jean-Pascal Bassino, Stephen Broadberry, Kyoji Fukao, Bishnupriya Gupta, Masanori Takashima
“Japan and the Great Divergence, 730-1874”
Stephen Broadberry, John Wallis
“Growing, Shrinking and Long Run Economic Performance: Historical Perspectives on Economic Development”
Pierre van der Eng, Kitae Sohn
“The Biological Standard of Living in Indonesia during the 20th Century: Evidence from the Age at Menarche”
