Emiko Usui

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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Curriculum Vitae

Research

Publications

Challenges and Implications of Dual Employment Among Physicians in Japan, with Sachiyo Nishida, Emi Akizuki, Ryuta Kamekura, Marie Ogawa, Naoya Masumori, and Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, Discover Health Systems, 2025, 4, 33.

Motherhood Penalty for Female Physicians in Japan: Evidence from a Medical School’s Alumni Data, with Sachiyo Nishida, Takashi Oshio, Naoya Masumori, and Kazufumi Tsuchihashi, BMC Health Services Research. 2024, 24:1183.

Social Security and Retirement Around the World: Lessons from a Long-term Collaboration, with Coile Courtney, Wise David, Börsch-Supan Alex, et al. Journal of Pension Economics and Finance. 2024:1-23.

Effects of Mandatory Residencies on Female Physicians’ Specialty Choices: Evidence from Japan’s New Medical Residency Program, with Tsunao Okumura and Yuko Ueno, Labour Economics, vol. 90, 102566, 2024.

Unraveling the Determinants of Overemployment and Underemployment Among Older Workers in Japan: A Machine Learning Approach, with Meilian Zhang, Ting Yin, Takashi Oshio, and Yi Zhang, Japanese Economic Review, 2024.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Chapter in Book

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.

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.

Working Papers

Enhancing Women’s Representation in Science, Plenary Lecture, 23rd Science Council of Asia Conference, November 30, 2024

Labor Market Outcomes of Highly Educated Women in Japan: With a Focus on STEM Fields, with Yuko Ueno.

Gender Differences in Children’s Extracurricular Activities: Japanese Parental Preference for STEM Activities for Sons, with Rikiya Matsukura, Takashi Oshio and Yuko Ueno.

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

Beauty, Wages, and Client Discrimination in China, with Mingjie Liu, Ting Yin, and Wenjun Zhao.

Papers in Japanese

「女性外科医を増やすためには？－新医師臨床研修制度の導入が女性医師の診療科選択に与えた影響」上野有子・奥村綱雄共著、『経済研究』2025年. コラム

「時間外労働の割増賃金率引き上げが労働時間と生活時間に与える影響」平河茉璃絵共著、『経済研究』76(2)、2025年10月. (English abstract: Overtime Pay Reform and Its Influence on Japanese Work-Life Balance)

「残された男女間格差解消のために: ノーベル経済学賞2023 クラウディア・ゴールディン」『経済セミナー』736号、42-49、2024年

「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』2022年10月. (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