Emiko Usui

Institute of Economic Research

Hitotsubashi University

Kunitachi, Tokyo, 186-8603 Japan

 

臼井恵美子

186-8603 東京都国立市中2-1

一橋大学経済研究所

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Welcome to my webpage!

 

Curriculum Vitae

 


 

Research

 

Publications

 

Severance Payments in Equilibrium Unemployment, Economics Letters, vol. 94 (3), March 2007

 

Work Hours, Wages, and Vacation Leave, with Joseph Altonji, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, vol. 60 (3), April 2007

 

Job Satisfaction and the Gender Composition of Jobs, Economics Letters, vol. 99 (1), April 2008

 

Wages, Non-Wage Characteristics, and Predominantly Male Jobs, Labour Economics, vol. 16 (1), January 2009

 

Concave-Monotone Treatment Response and Monotone Treatment Selection: With an Application to the Returns to Schooling, with Tsunao Okumura, Quantitative Economics, vol. 5(1), March 2014.

 

The Effect of Pension Reform on Pension-Benefit Expectations and Savings Decisions in Japan, with Tsunao Okumura, Applied Economics, vol. 46(14), February 2014.

 

Do Parents’ Social Skills Influence Their Children’s Sociability? with Tsunao Okumura, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 14(3), July 2014.

 

Occupational Gender Segregation in an Equilibrium Search Model, IZA Journal of Labor Economics, vol. 4(1), July 2015.

 

Intergenerational Transmission of Skills and Differences in Labor Market Outcomes for Blacks and Whites, with Tsunao Okumura, Research in Labor Economics, Special Issue on Inequality: Causes and Consequences, vol. 43, 2016.

 

Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed? with Satoshi Shimizutani and Takashi Oshio, Japanese Economic Review, Special Issue on Economics of Aging in Japan and other Societies, vol. 67(2), June 2016.

 

Sharing Housework between Husbands and Wives: How to Improve Marital Satisfaction for Working Wives in Japan, with Mayu Kobayashi, Miki Kobayashi, and Tsunao Okumura, IZA Journal of Labor Policy, vol. 5(18), 2016.

 

Informal Parental Care and Female Labor Supply in Japan, with Takashi Oshio, Applied Economics Letters, vol. 24(9), 2017.

 

Breastfeeding Practices and Parental Employment in Japan, with Miki Kobayashi, Review of Economics of the Household, vol. 15(2), 2017.

 

How Does Informal Caregiving Affect Daughters’ Employment and Mental Health in Japan? with Takashi Oshio, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, vol. 49, 2018.

 

Chances of Pregnancy after Dropping out from Infertility Treatments: Evidence from a Social Survey in Japan, with Marie Hirakawa, Nahoko Mitsuyama, and Takashi Oshio, Reproductive Medicine and Biology, vol. 18, 2021.

 

The Effects of Providing Childcare on Grandmothers’ Employment and Mental Health in Japan, with Yuko Ueno, The Economic Analysis, vol. 202, 125-147, 2021.

 

Employer Learning, Job Changes, and Wage Dynamics, with Seik Kim, Economic Inquiry, vol. 59(3) 1286-1307, 2021.

 

Female Labor Market Conditions and Gender Gaps in Aspirations, with Teresa Molina, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol 211, 165-187, 2023.

 

Chapter in Book

 

Health Capacity to Work at Older Ages: Evidence from Japan, with Satoshi Shimizunani and Takashi Oshio, NBER book Social Security Programs and Retirement Around the World: The Capacity to Work at Older Ages, David A. Wise, editor, University of Chicago Press, 2017.

 

Labor Force Participation of the Elderly in Japan, with Takashi Oshio, and Satoshi Shimizutani, NBER book Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Working Longer, Courtney C. Coile, Kevin Milligan, and David A. Wise, editors, University of Chicago Press, 2019.

 

 

Research Projects

 

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Specially Promoted Research)

Construction of Policy-Evaluation-Oriented National Transfer Accounts: Proposing and Evaluating Policies on Low Fertility and Population Aging

 

Working Papers

 

Pension Expectations and Household Portfolio Choice of the Elderly in Japan, with Tsunao Okumura.

 

How Do Age-Related Policy Reforms Promote Employment among Older Adults in Singapore? with Jessica Ya Sun.

 

Effects of Mandatory Residencies on Female Physicians’ Specialty Choices: Evidence from Japan’s New Medical Residency Program, with Tsunao Okumura and Yuko Ueno.


 

Papers in Japanese

 

多様な働き方の意義と実現性─経済学的アプローチから」(特集:非正規労働と「多様な正社員」)『日本労働研究雑誌』No. 63620137

 

「子どもの課外活動と母親の学歴および就業」(≪特集≫「くらしと仕事に関する調査」を用いた実証分析)小林美樹共著『年金と経済』32(2)20137

 

親の働き方と子供の家庭教育」小林美樹共著『経済研究』 67(1)20161

 

妊娠知識が出産に対する主観的期待に与える影響」小林美樹共著『経済研究』 69(3)20187. (English abstract: Fertility Knowledge and the Subjective Probability of Having Children)

 

医師専門医資格取得の男女差と医療現場の課題」羽衣杉雄共著、202010. (English abstract: Career Development of Female Physicians in Japan: Gender Differences in Obtaining Board Certification)

 

新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響下におけるワーク・ライフ・バランス」佐藤繭香・松下美帆共著『経済研究』202210. (English abstract: Work-life Balance, Well-being, and Productivity with Remote Work during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan) 労働政策研究・研修機構・「ビジネス・レーバー・トレンド2022年8・9月号」要約