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 supplementary application for the FY2025 Project Research Program of Joint Usage and Research Center Programs has been started. The application deadline is 9:00 a.m. on May 9, 2025, Japan Standard Time. For further details, please refer to the application guidelines.
IER has published the latest issue of its PR magazine, IER SpotlightS, Vol. 8.
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.
Masaru Nagashima (IDE-JETRO)
Donald Davis (Columbia University)
Zhang Qianxue (University of Tokyo)
Yuki Yao (University of Kent)
Francis E. Warnock (University of Virginia)
Dajana Xhani (Tilburg University)
Tomoki Fujii (Singapore Management University)
“Web Journal "THE ECONOMIC REVIEW"
Volume 76 No. 1, April 2025”
Takashi Kurosaki, Saumik Paul, and Firman Witoelar
Article:
“Land Tenancy and Surplus Distribution on Tanah Bengkok
in Rural Java, Indonesia”
Ichiro Iwasaki
Column:
“The Melancholy of Russia's Wartime Economy”
Iichiro Uesugi
Column:
“Interest-free Unsecured Loans during the COVID-19 Pandemic and
EBPM --Examination of Their Impact by Researchers and the Government”
Stephen Broadberry, Kyoji Fukao, Hanhui Guan
“REGIONAL VARIATION AND THE ASIAN LITTLE DIVERGENCE”
