Joint Usage / Research Center
Center for Empirical Analysis on Japanese and Global Economy


The Institute has maintained a data archive, developed methods of statistical analysis, and aims to further develop as an international joint usage and research center for the advanced empirical analysis of the Japanese and global economies.

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Important Announcements

Jan 5, 2023

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.  

Nov 5, 2021

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.

Dec 15, 2025

Emeritus Professor Reiko Aoki has been elected a member of the Japan Academy.

May 29, 2025

We have published Volume 49 of the Economic Research Series.
Tokuo Iwaisako, ed. "Japan's Financial System: New Perspectives and Potential Risks in the Post-Global Financial Crisis Era"

Apr 3, 2025

IER has published the latest issue of its PR magazine, IER SpotlightS, Vol. 8.

Nov 5, 2024

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".

Nov 5, 2024

Emeritus Professor Noriyuki Takayama was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.

8
Jan
12:40
The23rd HIAS Brown Bag Seminar

Savu Rovant (Assistant Professor, HIAS)


13
Jan
16:00
Seminar in Macroeconomics (Hybrid)

Akira Ishide (University of Tokyo)


20
Jan
13:00
IIR Innovation Forum (onsite)

Charlotte Cloutier, Ph.D. (Professor, Département de Management, HCE Montreal)


23
Jan
16:30
Economic Development Workshop / HIAS Seminar / CEI Seminar

Etienne Farvaque (University of Lille)


13
Feb
10:45
CEI Seminar / Economic Development Workshop

Motohiro Kumagai (Australian National University)


10
Mar
09:00
Work-in-Progress Macro Workshop
(HIAS/Joint Usage Research Center/Seminar in Macroeconomics)

新着刊行物
THE ECONOMIC REVIEW
[Oct 24, 2025]

Jouchi Nakajima
Article: “Estimation of firms' inflation expectations using the Tankan DI

THE ECONOMIC REVIEW
[Oct 24, 2025]

Jouchi Nakajima, Toshitaka Sekine, Masazumi Hattori, and Takuji Fueki
Article: “A 25-Year Chronology of Monetary Policy Meetings under the New Bank of Japan Act

IER Discussion Paper Series
[Sep 18, 2025]

Alex Bryson and Mari Tanaka
Unions in Developing Countries

IER Discussion Paper Series
[Sep 2, 2025]

Ryo Arawatari, Yuta Takahashi, and Naoki Takayama
Accounting for the Boom-Bust Cycle of the Japanese Economy: A Macro-Finance Approach

RCNE Discussion Paper Series
[Aug 22, 2025]

Naohito Abe and DS Prasada Rao
To Log or not to Log? Proportionality in Time-Dummy Hedonic Price Indexes

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