Member of Project
Job Experience
1994 - Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University
2000 - 2002 Visiting Research Associate, Asian Development Bank Institute
1983 - 1993 Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University
1981 - 1983 Assistant Professor, State University of New York at Stony Brook
Education
1981 Ph.D., Economics, Yale University
1974 B.A., Economics, Kyoto University
Selected Publications
Articles
'Are Education and Training always Complements? Evidence from Thailand,' (with Giorgio Brunello) Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 2006, 59(4): 613-629
'Horizontal Transfer, Vertical Promotion, and Evolution of Firm Organization,' Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 20(1): 20-49, 2006
'The Optimal Timing of School Tracking' (with Giorgio Brunello and Massimo Gianni) forthcoming in CESifo / PEGP Conference volume on Education and Productivity Growth, MIT Press
"Mismeasurement in CPI," (with Kenji Matsui) (2003) in A. Kashyap, et al. eds.: Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan, University of Chicago Press for National Bureau of Economic Research, 2003, pp.89-128
"Hot & Spicy: Ups and Downs on the Price Floor and Ceiling at Japanese Supermarkets," (with Makoto Watanabe and Kenji Matsui) Pacific Economic Papers 316, 2001
