Miki KOHARA, August 2023

CURRICULUM VITAE
Name
Office Address
E-mailMiki KOHARA
Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University
1-31, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japankohara.miki.osipp@osaka-u.ac.jp

Fields of Studies

Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economics of the Household

Education

Ph.D. (Economics, Osaka University, Japan), June 1998
M.A. (Economics, Osaka University, Japan), March 1997
B.A. (Economics, Yokohama National University, Japan), March 1995

Career History
May 2017 to present: Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka
University, (Osaka Japan)
April 2003 to April 2017: Associate Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy,
Osaka University, (Osaka Japan)
April 2000 to March 2003: Associate Professor, National Graduate Institute of Policy
Studies, (Tokyo, Japan)
July 1998 to March 2000: Research Associate, Osaka School of International Public Policy,
Osaka University, (Osaka Japan)
Adjunct and Visiting Positions
May 2022 to September 2022: Visiting Fellow, Office of Population Research, Princeton
University (Princeton, USA)
October 2021 to March 2024: Research Fellow, Research Institute for Economics andBusiness Administration, Kobe University (Kobe,Japan)
September 2007 to August 2008: Visiting Scholar, University of Groningen, (Groningen,the Netherlands)
April 2007 to March 2008: Visiting Researcher, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto
University, (Kyoto, Japan)
April 2001 to March 2002: Visiting Researcher, Institute of Social and Economic Research,Osaka University (Osaka University, Japan)
February 2001 to April 2001: Research Fellow, European University Institute, (Florence,Italy)Awards and Fellowships- Referee Award for “Grant-in-aid for Scientific Research,” September 2017, Japan SocietyMiki KOHARA, August 2023

for the Promotion of Science-100 Outstanding Papers at Osaka University, 2010-2011, November 2011, OsakaUniversity- Award for outstanding contributions to education and research, 2007, Osaka University- Award for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education, 2005, Osaka University- Hongyo Prize for the Best Undergraduate Thesis in Economics, March 1995, Yokohama
National University- Kikawada Fellowship (the International House of Japan) for the overseas research at theUniversity of Groningen, the Netherlands, from 2007 to 2008
- Rotary International Scholarship for undergraduate study at the University of Washington(Seattle, USA), from 1993 to 1994
Grants- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Scientific Research C, 2022-2027- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Scientific Research C, 2018-2022- TCER=TIFO Fellowship, Tokyo Center for Economic Research, 2019-2020- Grant for Economic Research, Japan Economic Research Foundation, 2019
- Grant for Research on Life Insurance, Kampo Zaidan (Tokyo, Japan), 2017
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Scientific Research C, 2015-2018- Grant for Health Research, Pfizer Health Research Foundation, 2014
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Scientific Research C, 2012-2015- Grant for Academic Research, The Kikawada Foundation (Tokyo, Japan), 2011.
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B, 2008-2012- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B, 2005-2008- Grant for Economic Research, Japan Economic Research Foundation, 2005
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B, 2002-2005- Research Grant for Health Research, Institute for Health Economics and Policy Research,
2003- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science,
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists B, 2000-2002

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Articles in Refereed Journals (in English)
1. Yumi Ishikawa, Miki Kohara and Aya Nushimoto (2022) "Job Stress and Mental Healthamong Social Workers: Evidence from a Field Experiment at a Public Employment
Support Institution in Japan," Japanese Economic Review, vol.73, pp.123-146.
2. Miki Kohara and Bipasha Maity (2021) "The Impact of Work-Life Balance Policies on
the Time Allocation and Fertility Preference of Japanese Women," Journal of theJapanese and International Economies, vol.60.
3. Miki Kohara, Midori Matsushima and Fumio Ohtake (2019) "Effect of Unemployment
on Infant Health," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, vol.52, pp.
68-77.
4. Miki Kohara and Yusuke Kamiya (2016) "Maternal employment and food produced athome: evidence from Japanese data," Review of Economics of the Household, vol.14,no.2, pp.417-442.
5. Miki Kohara, Masaru Sasaki and Tomohiro Machikita (2013) "Is Longer
Unemployment Rewarded with Longer Job Tenure?" Journal of the Japanese andInternational Economies, vol.29, pp.44-56.
6. Masaru Sasaki, Miki Kohara and Tomohiro Machikita (2013) "Measuring Search
Frictions using Japanese Micro Data," The Japanese Economic Review, vol.64, no.2,pp.431-451.
7. Miki Kohara and Fumio Ohtake (2011) "Altruism and the Care of Elderly Parents:Evidence from Japanese Families," The Japanese Economy, vol.38, no.2, pp.3-18.
8. Miki Kohara (2010) "The Response of Japanese Wives' Labor Supply to Husbands' JobLoss," Journal of Population Economics, vol.23, pp.1133-1149.
9. Yasushi Iwamoto, Miki Kohara and Makoto Saito (2010) "On the Consumption
Insurance Effects of Long-term Care Insurance in Japan: Evidence from Micro-level
Household Data," Journal of Japanese and International Economies, vol.24, no.1,
pp.99-115.
10. Miki Kohara (2007) "Is the Full-Time Housewife a Symbol of a Wealthy Family?" TheJapanese Economy, vol.3, no.4, pp.25-56, (originally published in The Japanese Journalof Labour Studies).
11. Miki Kohara and Charles Yuji Horioka (2006) "Do Borrowing Constraints Matter? AnAnalysis of Why the Permanent Income Hypothesis Does Not Apply in Japan," Japanand the World Economy, vol.18, pp.358-377.

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12. Miki Kohara, Fumio Ohtake and Makoto Saito (2006) "On Effects of the Hyogo
Earthquake on Household Consumption: A Note," Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics,
vol. 47, no.2, pp.219-228.
13. Charles Yuji Horioka, Akane Murakami and Miki Kohara (2002) "How Do the Japanese
Cope with Risk?" Seoul Journal of Economics, vol.15, no.1, pp.1-30.
14. Miki Kohara, Fumio Ohtake and Makoto Saito (2002) "A Test of the Full Insurance
Hypothesis: The Case of Japan," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies,
vol.16, pp.335-352.
15. Miki Kohara (2001) "Consumption Insurance between Japanese Households," AppliedEconomics, vol.33, no.6, pp.791-800.

Articles in Refereed Journals (in Japanese)
16. Hirofumi Kurokawa and Miki Kohara (2022)"Measuring Effectiveness of Job Searchand Job Training Programs Based on Experiments and Surveys at Job Support TrainingCenters,” The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, no.748, pp.88-98.
17. Mao Nakayama and Miki Kohara (2022) "Does providing additional information leadindividuals to change their behaviors? -The impact of job information on the expansionof job seeker's searching area," The Journal of Japan Economic Research, no.80,
pp.1-24.
18. Miki Kohara and Yanni Shen (2021) "The Effects of Unemployment Insurance: A
Review of Recent Research,” The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, no.726,
pp.35-46.
19. Aya Nushimoto, Miki Kohara and Hirofumi Kurokawa (2021) "Job-training and Mental
Health for Youth Unemployed," The Journal of Japan Economic Research, vol.79,pp.44-69.
20. Miki Kohara (2019) "Time Allocation within a Household," The Japanese Journal ofLabour Studies, no.707, pp.47-59.
21. Midori Matsushima and Miki Kohara (2018) "The Effect of Public Support on theUtilization of Prenatal Car and the Weight of Newborn Babies," Journal of Social
Security Research, vol.3, no.4, pp.546-561.
22. Naohito Abe, Noriko Inakura and Miki Kohara (2018) "An Empirical Analysis on Timeand Money Expenditure on Leisure," The Economic Review, vol.69, no.4, pp.289-313.

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23. Miki Kohara (2018) “Husband’s Employment and Household Welfare,” Quarterly of
Personal Finance, vol,13, no.2, pp.21-31.
24. Hirofumi Kurokawa and Miki Kohara (2018) "Does a Job Training Program Improve
Motivation to Get a Job? A Case Study of the “Shukatsu-Club” at Osaka YouthHello-work," The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, no.697, pp.76-92.
25. Miki Kohara and Aya Nushimoto (2017) “Employment and Health Conditions forMarried Women in Japan,” Japanese Journal of Research on Household Economics,no.114, pp.2-14.
26. Miki Kohara and Kozue Sekijima (2017) "The Effect of Commuting Time on Married
Couples' Time Use," Economic Analysis, no.195, pp.91-116.
27. Kozue Sekijima and Miki Kohara (2017) "Working condition and household
welfare-changes in Japanese household inequality in the 2000s," Japanese Journal ofResearch on Household Economics, no.113, pp.51-61.
28. Miki Kohara (2016) “The effect of low birth weight of newborn babies on the Japanesesociety,” The Japanese Journal for Midwives, vol.70, no.6, pp.444-449.
29. Miki Kohara (2016) “Increase in non-standard workers, and household inequality andpoverty,” JP Souken Research, vol.29, pp.10-17.
30. Lisa Ogata, Miki Kohara and Fumio Ohtake (2013) “The Product of One's Efforts orthe Result of Luck? The Japanese Beliefs About the Determinants of Social Success,”
Behavioral Economics, vol.5, pp.137-151.
31. Miki Kohara and Yusuke Kamiya (2011) “Effects of Maternal Employment onHome-production,” The Economic Review, vol.64, no.4, pp.342-355.
32. Shinya Kajitani and Miki Kohara (2010) “Health-promotion activities and healthstatus,” Japanese Journal of Health Economics & Policy, vol.22, no.1, pp.47-62.
33. Fumio Ohtake and Miki Kohara (2010) “The Relationship between Unemployment andCrime: Evidence from Time-series Data and Prefectural Panel Data,” Japanese Journalof Sociological Criminology, vol.35, pp.54-71.
34. Miki Kohara and Fumio Ohtake (2010) “Effects of Parental Unemployment on Healthof New-born Babies,” The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, vol.595, pp.15-26.
35. Miki Kohara and Fumio Ohtake (2009) “Determinants of Child’s Educational
Outcomes,” The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, vol. July-issue, pp.67-84.

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36. Miki Kohara (2009) “Child’s Labor Supply and Informal Care Giving,” JCER
Economic Journal, vol.60, pp.36-59.
37. Miki Kohara and Fumio Ohtake (2006) "Unemployment and Inequality in Japan,"
JCER Economic Journal, Japan Center for Economic Research, no.55, pp.22-42.
38. Miki Kohara and Shinya Kajitani (2006) "Working People’s Leisure Time andInvestment in Health," 2006, The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, The Japan
Institute for Labour Policy and Training, no.552, pp.44-59.
39. Miki Kohara (2004) "Japan’s Unemployment Insurance and Long-TermUnemployment," The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, The Japan Institute forLabour Policy and Training, no.527, pp.33-48.
40. Miki Kohara (2002) "Who is a real beneficiary of Unemployment Insurance?" TheJapanese Journal of Labour Studies, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training,no.510, pp.38-52.
41. Miki Kohara and Fumio Ohtake (2001) "The Impacts of Computer Use on WageStructure," The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, The Japan Institute for Labour
Policy and Training, no.494, pp.16-30.
42. Miki Kohara (2001) "Is the Full-Time Housewife a Symbol of a Wealthy Family?" TheJapanese Journal of Labour Studies, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training,no.493, pp.15-29.
43. Yasushi Iwamoto, Miki Kohara and Makoto Saito (2001) "On the Economic Welfare
Loss Caused by Long Term Medical Care of Family Members: The Economic Cost ofNursing Care and the Bedridden," The Quarterly of Social Security Research, National
Institute of Population and Social Security Research, vol.36, no.4, pp.547-560.
44. Miki Kohara (2000) "Unemployment Insurance and Unemployment Spells in Japan,"
The Quarterly of Social Security Research, National Institute of Population and Social
Security Research, vol.36, no.3, pp.365-377.
45. Miki Kohara (2000) "Market and Home Labor Supply and Long Commuting Time: Do
Husbands with Short Commuting Times Help More at Home?" The Japanese Journalof Labour Studies, The Japan Institute of Labour Policy and Training, no.476, pp.
35-45.

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Other Articles in English
1. Miki Kohara (2023) "How can we increase employment rates?
How can we raise work incentives?" Research Collections 2023, Co-creation Bureau,
Osaka University
2. Yumi Ishikawa and Miki Kohara (2022) "The Outbreak of Infectious Disease and Trustin Government in Asian Countries," in Public Health in Asia during the COVID-19
Pandemic Global Health Governance, Migrant Labour, and International Health Crises,
edited by van der Veere A., Schneider F. and Yuk-ping Lo C., Amsterdam: Amsterdam
University Press, Chapter 3, pp.63-80.
3. Miki Kohara (2019) "What can be done to increase the employment rate of married
women?" in Kansai and the Asia Pacific Economic Outlook: 2018-19, edited by Asia
Pacific Institute of Research, Tokyo: Nikkei Insatsu, Chapter 3, Section 4, pp.151-161.
4. Miki Kohara (2019) “Japan's gendered work-life balance,” Global Outlook Perspectives,
Osaka University, https://www.osaka-u.ac.jp/en/news/global_outlook/Perspectives/
5. Fumio Ohtake, Miki Kohara, Naoko Okuyama, Katsunori Yamada (2014) "GrowingInequalities and their Impacts in Japan,"
http://gini-research.org/system/uploads/449/original/Japan.pdf?1370090592 .
6. Miki Kohara and Fumio Ohtake (2014) “Rising Inequality in Japan: a Challenge
Caused by Population Ageing and Drastic Changes in Employment,” in Brian Nolan,Wiemer Salverda, Daniele Checchi, Ive Marx, Abigail McKnight, Istvan Gyorgy Toth,and Herman G. van de Werfhorst (ed.), Changing Inequalities and Societal Impacts inRich Countries: Thirty Countries’ Experiences, Oxford: Oxford University Press,Chapter 17, pp.393-414.
7. Miki Kohara (1998) Consumption Insurance in Japan, Ph.D. Dissertation at Osaka
University
8. Miki Kohara (1997) Consumption insurance between and within Prefectures: TheEvidence from Japanese Prefectural Panel Data, Master Thesis at Osaka University

Translation
1. Yoshiaki Ohmori, Miki Kohara, Ryuichi Tanaka and Haruko Noguchi (2013)“Translation of ‘Mostly Harmless Econometrics’ (Princeton University Press, 1997),
by Angrist, J. D. and J.S. Pischke,” Hotondo Mugaina Keiryo Keizaigaku (inJapanese), Tokyo: NTT Publishing Co., Ltd.
Book Review

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1.

Miki Kohara (2005) "Review of ‘Shisan Sentaku To Nihon Keizai’(Toyo-Keizai-Shimpo-Sha, 2004), by Katsumi Matsuura and Sayuri Shiraishi,"Keizai Seminar, March, pp.110. (in Japanese)

2. Miki Kohara (2002) "Review of ‘Consumption and Social Welfare’ (Cambridge
Univ. Press, 2001), by Daniel T. Slesnick," Economics, vol.7, pp.188-189. (inJapanese)
3. Miki Kohara (2001) "Review of ‘Understanding Saving: Evidence from the UnitedStates and Japan’ (The MIT Press, 1997), by Fumio Hayashi," Review ofInternational Economics, vol.9, no.3, pp.555-567.
4.

Miki Kohara (2018) "Review of `Long-term Care in Japan,' (Yuhikaku, 2018), by
Jiro Nakamura and Shinya Sugawara," The Japan Institute for Labour Policy andTraining, Vol.695, pp.98-100.