Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) "Service Sector Productivity in Japan: Determinants and Policies (SSPJ)" (FY 2016-2020, Principal Investigator: Professor Kyoji Fukao) received the (A) rating in the term-of-end evaluation from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. The rating (A) means that the results were in line with initial expectations.
The Joint Usage and Research Center Programs at the Institute of Economic Research received the highest (S) rating in the term-of-end evaluation from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology following the mid-term evaluation in 2008. In addition, the Institute was newly accredited for the period from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2028.
A job opening for full-time, open-rank, tenure-line positions beginning July 1, 2025.
The application deadline is December 15, 2024.
For more details, please refer to the website.
Professor Naohito Abe was awarded the 67th Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science for the book titled "Introduction to the Theory of Price Index Numbers and Their Applications".
Emeritus Professor Noriyuki Takayama was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.
An application for FY2025 Project Research Program of Joint Usage / Research Center Programs has been started.
The application deadline is 9:00 a.m. on December 13, 2024, Japan Standard Time.
For further details, please refer to the application guidelines.
IER published the latest issue of the Information Bulletin 2024.
Emeritus Professor Reiko Aoki has been appointed as the President of the Japanese Economic Association (JEA).
Noriaki Matsushima (Osaka University)
LOU Jing (Senior Research Fellow, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore)
Keiichiro Kobayashi (Keio University)
Michael Cusumano (Sloan Management Review Distinguished Professor of Management, MIT Sloan School of Management / Visiting Professor, Institute of Innovation Research, Hitotsubashi University)
Fumiya Uchikoshi (Harvard University)
Xuan Wang (Tinbergen Institute)
Minki Kim (University of Mannheim)
Ichiro Iwasaki and Mihoko Satogami
“Diversity of Corporate Officers and its Regional Disparities in Germany”
Jouchi Nakajima
"Central bank balance sheets and long-term interest rates: Revisiting Japan's unconventional monetary policy experience"
Chihiro Inoue, Yoko Okuyama, Megumi Murakami, and Chiaki Moriguchi
Article:
“Representativeness of Medical Directories in Prewar Japan and Geographical Mobility of Physicians as Seen in Directories”
“Web Journal "THE ECONOMIC REVIEW"
Volume 75 No. 2, October 2024”
Osamu Saito and Tokihiko Settsu
“Changing occupational structure and sectoral labour productivity differentials in Japan's economic growth, 1874-2010”
