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.
The 8th World KLEMS Conference, an international conference to measure and compare global industrial structure and industry-specific total factor productivity growth, will be held at the International House of Japan on March 27-28, 2025. The deadline for registration is February 28, 2025.
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.
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).
Mizanur Rahman (Associate Professor, HIAS, Hitotsubashi University)
Patrik Ström (Director, European Institute of Japanese Studies (EIJS) and Center for Asian Studies (CAS), Stockholm School of Economics)
Marco Brianti (University of Bologna)
Leonardo Melosi (University of Warwick)
Erina Iwasaki, Osamu Saito
“Estimating the sectoral shares of the labor force in Egypt, 1897-2017, with special focus on female labor”
Masashige Hamano, Philip Schnattinger, Mototsugu Shintani, Iichiro Uesugi, and Francesco Zanetti
“Credit Market Tightness and Zombie Firms: Theory and Evidence”
Naohito Abe, Noriko Inakura
“Refining Real Consumption: Accounting for In-Kind Transfers, Imputed Rents, and Preference Heterogeneities”
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"
