September 13, 2024

Shinnosuke (Shin) Kikuchi(+1) 617-253-3807, skikuchi@mit.edu, shinnosuke-kikuchi.com
CURRENT POSITION
Ph.D. student, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology- Primary Fields: Macroeconomics, International Economics- Secondary Fields: Labor Economics, Political Economy- Advisors: Daron Acemoglu, David Atkin, Arnaud Costinot, David Autor

2019-Present

JOB MARKET PAPER
1. The Surprising Evolution of Comparative Advantage: Why Does Skill Abundance No
Longer Matter?
Draft available very soon
WORKING PAPERS
1. Decomposing the Rise of the Populist Radical Right [PDF](with Oren Danieli, Noam Gidron, and Ro’ee Levy)
R&R at Journal of Political Economy
2. The Granular Origins of Agglomeration [PDF](with Daniel O’Coonor)
3. Automation and the Disappearance of Routine Work in Japan [PDF](with Ippei Fujiwara and Toyoichiro Shirota)
R&R at Journal of the Japanese and International Economies
4. Welfare Effects of Polarization: Occupational Mobility over the Life-cycle [PDF](with Sagiri Kitao)
PRIOR EDUCATION
M.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo- Advisor: Kosuke Aoki
B.A. in Economics, University of Tokyo

2019
2016

TEACHING EXPERIENCES
Teaching Assistant:
14.05 Intermediate Macroeconomics (Prof. Christian Wolf) Undergrad., MIT
Fall 2021, 2022, 2024
14.452 Economic Growth (Prof. Daron Acemoglu), Ph.D., MIT
Fall 2021, 2022
14.453 Economic Fluctuations (Prof. Iván Werning), Ph.D., MIT
Spring 2022, 2023
Best Teaching Assistant of the Year, MIT Economics
2022-2023
Lecturer:
Economic Growth (Graduate level), Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Japan)
Spring 2019
RELEVANT POSITIONSVisiting Researcher, Keio University
Research Assistant to Professor Daron Acemoglu, MITResearch Assistant to Professor David Autor, MITResearch Assistant to Professor Joshua Angrist, MIT

2021-Present
2019-2022
2019-2021
2019September 13, 2024
RESEARCH GRANTS
Advance Cutting-Edge Humanities and Social Sciences Research, JSPS
Project Research Program of Joint Usage and Research Center, Hitotsubashi IER
George and Obie Shultz Fund (joint with Todd Lensman), MIT Economics
George and Obie Shultz Fund (joint with Jie Zhou), MIT Economics

2023-2027
2023-2024
2022
2021

FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND AWARDS
Gordon B. Pye Dissertation Fellow, MIT Economics
Best Teaching Assistant of the Year, MIT Economics
The Nakajima Foundation Scholarship
DC1 Fellowship, JSPS
Scholarship Student, Center for Research and Education in Program Evaluation, UTokyo
Valedictorian, UTokyo
summa cum laude, UTokyo Economics

2023-2024
2022-2023
2019-2024
2019
2018
2016
2016

SEMINARS, PRESENTATIONS (* SCHEDULED)
2024: Kyoto University, Musashi University, Hitotsubashi-Keio-UTokyo conference on Frontiers inMacro, Hitosubashi University, Keio University, Kobe University, Aoyama-Gakuin University, Waseda
University, Ryukoku University, NBER Japan Project Meeting, Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (Sapporo)
2023: Columbia University Japan Economic Seminar, Osaka University, Hitosubashi University, University of Tokyo, JSQPS Winter Meeting, Kyoto Applied Micro Conference, NBER Japan ProjectMeeting, Summer Workshop on Economic Theory (Sapporo)
2022: Keio University, Econometric Society Asian Meeting, Japan Applied Econometrics Conference,
Japan Macroeconomics Conference, Canon Global Institute End of Year Macroeconomics Conference
2020: Waseda University
2019: Econometric Society Asian Meeting
PAST EMPLOYMENT
Seasonal Analyst, Macroeconomics, Global Investment Research, Goldman Sachs
Business Analyst (full-time), McKinsey & Company

2018-20192017-2018

SERVICEFounder, Application Assistance and Mentoring Program for Female Students in Japan 2019-Present
Organizer, MIT Macro Lunch
2020-2023
Co-president, MIT Graduate Economic Association
2021-2022
LANGUAGES
Japanese, English
POLICY PAPERS, SHORT PAPERS, NOTES
1. Who Suffers from the COVID-19 Shocks? Labor Market Heterogeneity and Welfare
Consequences in Japan (with Sagiri Kitao and Minamo Mikoshiba)
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2021