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Working Papers

2020

1. Determinants and impacts on income and anxiety of working from home during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
   Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series, Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University

2019

2. Impact of the Work-style Reform on Overtime Hours and Self-training Time: Evidence using Japanese time-use data (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
3. Policies and measures necessary for improving workers' health: Discussions based on labor economics studies (Japanese)
   Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)
4. Use of new information technology such as AI and worker well-being: Evidence from panel data analysis (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2016

5. Does Experience of Wage Cuts Enhance Firm-level Wage Flexibility? Evidence from panel data analysis of Japanese firms (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)
6. Does Mental Health Matter for Firm Performance? Evidence from longitudinal Japanese firm data
   Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)
7. Female Employment and the Possibility of Work Hours Reduction in Japan (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
8. Good Boss, Bad Boss, Workers' Mental Health and Productivity: Evidence from Japan
   Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
   See also Journal Article Good boss, bad boss, workers’ mental health and productivity: Evidence from Japan, Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier (2018) View citations (8) (2018)
9. The Effect of Labor Turnover on Firm Performance among Japanese Firms (Japanese)
   Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
10. Why Do People Overwork at the Risk of Impairing Mental Health?
    Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
    See also Journal Article Why Do People Overwork at the Risk of Impairing Mental Health?, Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer (2019) View citations (3) (2019)
11. Workers' Mental Health, Long Work Hours, and Workplace Management: Evidence from workers' longitudinal data in Japan
    Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (14)

2014

12. Female Employment and Firm Performance: An empirical analysis using firm panel data (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (2)
13. Workers' Mental Health and Firm Performance: Evidence from firms' longitudinal data in Japan (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
14. Workers' Mental Health, Long Work Hours, and Workplace Management: Evidence from workers' longitudinal data in Japan (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)
15. Workplace Environment and Female Employment: An empirical analysis using firm panel data (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2013

16. Wage Premiums for Firms' Work-Life Balance Practice: Evidence from Japanese matched firm-worker data (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)

2012

17. Effect of Work-Life Balance Practices on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Japanese firm-level panel data
    Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (2)
    See also Journal Article Effect of Work–Life Balance Practices on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Firm-Level Panel Data, The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter (2014) View citations (9) (2014)
18. What motivates volunteer work in an emergency? Evidence from the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
    Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Discussion Paper Series, Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Program View citations (7)
    See also Journal Article What motivates volunteer work in an emergency? Evidence from the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon (2012) View citations (7) (2012)

2011

19. Do Work-Life Balance Policies Increase a Firm's Total Factor Productivity?: Evidence from panel data of Japanese firms (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (2)
20. Evidence of a Growing Inequality in Work Timing Using a Japanese Time-Use Survey
    Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)
21. Firm's demand for work hours: Evidence from multi-country and matched firm-worker data
    Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)
22. Involuntary Non-Regular Workers in Japan and Their Mental Health (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
23. Preferred Work Hours of Japanese, UK, and German Workers: Estimating labor supply elasticity based on hypothetical questions (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
24. What determines work hours?: who you work with or where you work
    ISS Discussion Paper Series (series F), Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo View citations (2)
    Also in PIE/CIS Discussion Paper, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University (2011) View citations (2)
25. When Do People Work?: An analysis on work timing between regular and non-regular workers (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2010

26. Effect of the White Collar Exemption in the Japanese Labor Market (Japanese)
    Policy Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2009

27. How are Hours Worked and Wages Affected by Labor Regulations?: The white-collar exemption and 'name-only managers' in Japan
    Discussion papers, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) View citations (1)
    Also in ISS Discussion Paper Series (series F), Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo (2009)
    Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Discussion Paper Series, Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Program (2009)
28. White Collar Exemption and Working Conditions: Impact of overtime regulations on hours worked and hourly wages (Japanese)
    Discussion Papers (Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)

2008

29. Changes in Wage Adjustment, Employment Adjustment and Phillips Curve: Japan's Experience in the 1990s
    Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Discussion Paper Series, Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Program View citations (6)

2007

30. Estimating Frisch Labor Supply Elasticity in Japan
    IMES Discussion Paper Series, Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies, Bank of Japan View citations (10)
    See also Journal Article Estimating Frisch labor supply elasticity in Japan, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier (2008) View citations (59) (2008)
31. 労働供給弾性値はどのように変化したか？: マクロとマイクロの双方の視点から
    PIE/CIS Discussion Paper, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
32. 異時点間の労働供給弾性値（Frisch弾性値）の計測: わが国有配偶女性のマイクロ・データを用いた検証, Estimating Frisch Labor Supply Elasticity: A Case for Japanese Married Females
    PIE/CIS Discussion Paper, Center for Intergenerational Studies, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Journal Articles

2023

1. Potential benefits and determinants of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Japanese Household Panel Data
   Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2023, 70, (C)

2022

2. Do comprehensive and diverse childcare services affect women’s labour supply and well-being?
   Applied Economics Letters, 2022, 29, (2), 173-178

2021

3. Comment on “An Assessment of Abenomics from the Labor Market Perspective”
   Asian Economic Policy Review, 2021, 16, (2), 281-282 View citations (1)
4. Impacts of anxiety and socioeconomic factors on mental health in the early phases of the COVID-19 pandemic in the general population in Japan: A web-based survey
   PLOS ONE, 2021, 16, (3), 1-19 View citations (7)

2020

5. Impact of socioeconomic- and lifestyle-related risk factors on poor mental health conditions: A nationwide longitudinal 5-wave panel study in Japan
   PLOS ONE, 2020, 15, (10), 1-15
6. Japanese citizens' behavioral changes and preparedness against COVID-19: An online survey during the early phase of the pandemic
   PLOS ONE, 2020, 15, (6), 1-18 View citations (2)
7. Job tasks and wages in the Japanese labor market: Evidence from wage functions
   Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2020, 58, (C) View citations (1)

2019

8. Why Do People Overwork at the Risk of Impairing Mental Health?
   Journal of Happiness Studies, 2019, 20, (5), 1519-1538 View citations (3)
   See also Working Paper Why Do People Overwork at the Risk of Impairing Mental Health?, Discussion papers (2016) (2016)

2018

9. Good boss, bad boss, workers’ mental health and productivity: Evidence from Japan
   Japan and the World Economy, 2018, 48, (C), 106-118 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Good Boss, Bad Boss, Workers' Mental Health and Productivity: Evidence from Japan, Discussion papers (2016) (2016)

2014

10. Effect of Work–Life Balance Practices on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Firm-Level Panel Data
    The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, 2014, 14, (4), 1677-1708 View citations (9)
    See also Working Paper Effect of Work-Life Balance Practices on Firm Productivity: Evidence from Japanese firm-level panel data, Discussion papers (2012) View citations (2) (2012)
11. Is Downward Wage Flexibility the Primary Factor of Japan's Prolonged Deflation?
    Asian Economic Policy Review, 2014, 9, (1), 143-158 View citations (10)

2013

12. Do Peers Affect Determination of Work Hours? Evidence Based on Unique Employee Data from Global Japanese Firms in Europe
    Journal of Labor Research, 2013, 34, (3), 359-388 View citations (3)
13. Firms’ demand for work hours: Evidence from matched firm-worker data in Japan
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2013, 29, (C), 57-73 View citations (10)

2012

14. Impact of overtime regulations on wages and work hours
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2012, 26, (2), 249-262 View citations (3)
15. The era of the 24-hour society?: assessing changes in work timing using a Japanese time use survey
    Applied Economics Letters, 2012, 19, (11), 1035-1038 View citations (1)
16. What motivates volunteer work in an emergency? Evidence from the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami
    Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32, (3), 1933-1941 View citations (7)
    See also Working Paper What motivates volunteer work in an emergency? Evidence from the 2011 East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami, Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Discussion Paper Series (2012) View citations (7) (2012)

2008

17. Estimating Frisch labor supply elasticity in Japan
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2008, 22, (4), 566-585 View citations (59)
    See also Working Paper Estimating Frisch Labor Supply Elasticity in Japan, IMES Discussion Paper Series (2007) View citations (10) (2007)

2007

18. Why Are Nominal Wages Downwardly Rigid, but Less So in Japan? An Explanation Based on Behavioral Economics and Labor Market/Macroeconomic Differences
    Monetary and Economic Studies, 2007, 25, (2), 45-88 View citations (9)

2005

19. Wage Fluctuations in Japan after the Bursting of the Bubble Economy: Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity, Payroll, and the Unemployment Rate
    Monetary and Economic Studies, 2005, 23, (2), 1-29 View citations (22)

2003

20. Are Japanese Nominal Wages Downwardly Rigid? (Part I): Examinations of Nominal Wage Change Distributions
    Monetary and Economic Studies, 2003, 21, (2), 1-29 View citations (51)
21. Are Japanese Nominal Wages Downwardly Rigid? (Part II): Examinations Using a Friction Model
    Monetary and Economic Studies, 2003, 21, (2), 31-68 View citations (34)
22. The Impact of Downward Nominal Wage Rigidity on the Unemployment Rate: Quantitative Evidence from Japan
    Monetary and Economic Studies, 2003, 21, (4), 57-85 View citations (14)

Chapters

2008

1. The Employment of Older Workers in Japanese Firms: Empirical Evidence from Micro Data
   Palgrave Macmillan