Katsuya Takii

4.22.2024

CONTACT: Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, 1-3, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka, 560-0043, Japan. Phone: 81(6)6850-5631 E-mail: takii@osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp HOMEPAGE: http://www2.osipp.osakau.ac.jp/˜takii/

1EDUCATION• University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Economics (Advisor:Boyan Jovanovic), Ph.D. Degree, Economics, 1995-2000• Osaka University, Graduate School of Economics (Advisor: Yasukichi
Yasuba), Masters Degree, Economics, 1991-1993• Osaka University, Faculty of Human Sciences (Advisor: Setsuo Yamaguchi), B.A., Sociology, 1985-1990

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WORK EXPERIENCEFULL TIME JOB EXPERIENCE:• Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, February 2013• Associate Professor, Osaka School of International Public Policy, Osaka University, April 2002-Feburary 2013
– Instructor:
1. Lecture: Introduction to Macroeconomics, Modern Macroeconomics I (Intermediate Macroeconomics), Modern Macroeconomics II (Graduate Macroeconomics)

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2. Seminar (Undergraduate) : Development of a Firm’s Organization, The Examination of a Firm’s Organization, Economics of Human Resource and Organization
3. Seminar (Graduate): Entrepreneurship, Organization andEconomic Development, Economics of Human Resource Allocation.
– Position• Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Essex, September
2000-April 2002
– Instructor: Empirical Method of Economics and Finance (Graduate), Economics of Organizational Management (Graduate)– Recitation Instructor: Econometrics (Graduate)• Research Associate (Joshu), Faculty of Economics, Osaka University,June 1993-July 1995
– Recitation Instructor: Introductory Economics (Undergraduate)
VISITING RESEARCHER• Visiting Researcher, New York University, September 2013 - August2014• Visiting Researcher, International Monetary Fund, February 2006 April 2006
• Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University, September 2005-April2006• Visiting Researcher, George Washington University, September 2005December 2005
PART TIME JOB EXPERIENCE:• Recitation Instructor, Introductory Microeconomics, Department ofEconomics, University of Pennsylvania, Fall 1998 - Spring 2000.
• Research Assistant for Professor John Core, Comparison of CEO Compensation between the US and the UK, University of Pennsylvania,February 1999-June 1999.
• Research Assistant for Professors Alan Heston and Robert Summers,
International Comparison Project, (Data construction for Penn World
Table and comparison of capital stock over countries, etc.), Universityof Pennsylvania, September 1996 - August 1998.
23RESEARCHPUBLICATIONS (Refereed):
1. “How general is managerial human capital? : Evidence from theRetention of Managers after M&As,” with Kenjiro Hirata and Ayako
Suzuki, IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2023, 12:08 (https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/izajole2023-0008)
2. “Synchronized Job Transfer and Task-Speciﬁc Human Capital”, with
Masaru Sasaki and Junmin Wan (First Author), Journal of the Japaneseand International Economies, Vol. 56, June 2020, 101075.
3. “On the Role of Job Assignment in a Comparison of Education Systems,” with Ryuichi Tanaka, Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol 46,No.1, 2013, February, 180-207.
4. “Entrepreneurial Eﬃciency: Theory,” Japanese Economic Review,Vol. 62, No. 2, 2011, June, 196-214.
5. “Does the Diversity of Human Capital Increase GDP? A Comparison of Education Systems, ” with Ryuichi Tanaka, Journal of Public
Economics, Vol.93, Issues 7-8, 2009, August, 998-1007.
• Awarded as 100 papers selection in Annual Report of Osaka University, 2009-2010.
6. “Entrepreneurial Competition and Its Impact on the Aggregate Economy,” Journal of Economics, vol.97, issue 1, 2009, 1-18.
7. “Limited Attention, Interaction and the Gradual Adjustment of aFirm’s Decisions,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol.33.,
No.2, February, 2009,345-362.
8. “Fiscal Policy and Entrepreneurship,” Journal of Economic Behaviorand Organization, vol.65, Issues 3-4, March, 2008, 592-608.
• Awarded as 100 papers selection in Annual Report of Osaka University, 2008-2009.
9. “Entrepreneurial Eﬃciency: An Empirical Framework and Evidence,”
Seoul Journal of Economics, Vol. 20, No. 4, Winter, 2007, 447-479.
10. “The Value of Adaptability - Through the Analysis of a Firm’s Prediction Ability,” Journal of Economics and Business, March-April 2007,
vol.59, 144-162.
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• Awarded as 100 papers selection in Annual Report of Osaka University, 2006-2007.
11. “A Barrier to the Diﬀusion of Tacit Knowledge,” Review of Development Economics, February 2004, vol.8, 81-90
12. “Prediction Ability,” Review of Economic Dynamics, January 2003,
vol. 6, 80-98
13. “Jobs, Education, and Underdevelopment Trap,” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, March 1997, vol. 6, 29-42.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS (Non Refereed):
1. “猪木武徳 『経済思想』” 日本労働研究雑誌 （The Japanese Journalof Labour Studies), No.753, April, 2023, 62-66. No.753, April, 2023,
62-66.
2. “ジョヴァノヴィッチ 「ジョブ・マッチングと転職の理論」 (Jovanovic,“Job Matching and the Theory of Turnover,”)” 日本労働研究雑誌（The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies), No.669, April, 2016.

3. “貿易自由化等の経済変化に直面した企業の行動及びその経済効果の分析：企業家能力と組織力の観点から (The Analysis on the Behaviorof a Firm and its Economic Impact when it faces a Change such as
Trade Liberalization: From the Perspective of Entrepreneurial Abilityand Organization Capacity.), ” Annual Report of the Murata ScienceFoundation 2007, No.21, December 2007, 124-133.
4. “恒常的な企業間格差の源泉 (The Source of Persistence Diﬀerences
Between Firms )”, Handai News Letter, Summer 2007, No.36, 15.
5. “安場経済学の意義とその背景 (The Signiﬁcance and Background ofYasuba Economics), ” with Kotaro, Hitomi, Yasuyuki, Sawada andTakeshi, Abe, Osaka Economic Papers, 2007, Vol.56, No.4, March,
140-176.
6. “Relative Backwardness, Social Capability and Economic Growth,”
Osaka Economic Papers, September 1995, vol. 145, 22-32.
7. “Book Review; Innovation and Growth in the Global Economy byGene Grossman and Elhanan Helpman”, 経済セミナー (Seminar ofEconomics), June, 1994.
WORKING PAPERS:4

1. “How can elite colleges screen potential future business leaders? ” withKenjiro Hirata and Shinpei Sano,OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2021E-003, Osaka University, January, 2021.
2. “How general is managerial human capital? : Evidence from theRetention of Managers after M&As ” with Kenjiro Hirata and Ayako
Suzuki, OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2019-E-010, Osaka University,September, 2019.
3. “Intergenerational Conﬂict Over Consumption Tax Hike: Evidence
from Japan” with Ryosuke Okazawa, OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP2019-E-009, Osaka University, September, 2019.
4. “Successful and Dead-end Jobs in a Bureaucracy: Evidence fromJapan” with Kenta Kojima, OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2019-E008, Osaka University, August, 2019
5. “Does Managerial Experience in a Target Firm Matter for the Retention of Managers after M&As?” with Kenjiro Hirata and Ayako
Suzuki, TCER Working Paper, E-108 May, 2016.
6. “Does Managerial Experience in a Target Firm Matter for the Retention of Managers after M&As?” with Kenjiro Hirata and Ayako
Suzuki, OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2016-E-006, Osaka University,May, 2016.
7. “Advertisement versus Motivation in Competitive Search Equilibrium,”
OSIPP Discussion Paper : DP-2014-E-009, Osaka University, December, 2014.
8. “Horizontal Transfer and Promotion: New Evidence and an Interpretation from the Perspective of Task-Speciﬁc Human Capital,” with
Masaru Sasaki and Junmin Wan, IZA Discussion Paper, No.6486,April 2012.
9. “Horizontal Transfer and Promotion: New Evidence and an Interpretation from the Perspective of Task-Speciﬁc Human Capital,” with
Masaru Sasaki and Junmin Wan, OSIPP Discussion Paper : DP2012-E-006, Osaka University, April, 2012.
10. “Persistent Productivity Diﬀerences Between Firms,” RIETI Discussion Paper Series : 11-E-048, Research Institute of Economy, Trade& Industry, April, 2011.

511. “Persistent Productivity Diﬀerences Between Firms,” OSIPP Discussion Paper : DP-2011-E-004, Osaka University, April, 2011.
12. “On the Role of Job Assignment in a Comparison of Education Systems,” with Ryuichi Tanaka, OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2009-E006, Osaka University, July, 2009.
13. “Entrepreneurial Competition and Its Impact on the Aggregate Economy,” OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2008-E-010, Osaka University,September, 2008.
14. “The Persistence of Diﬀerences in Productivity, Wages, Skill Mixes
and Proﬁts Between Firms in a Rapidly Changing Environment,” OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2008-E-003, Osaka University, February.
15. “The Persistence of Diﬀerences in Productivity, Wages, Skill Mixes
and Proﬁts Between Firms,” OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2007-E002, Osaka University, March, 2007/ Discussion Papers in Economics
and Business 07-10, Osaka University, April, 2007.
16. “Does the Diversity of Human Capital Increase GDP? A Comparison of Education Systems, ” with Ryuichi Tanaka, OSIPP Discussion
Paper: DP-2006-E-002, Osaka University, June, 2006/ Department ofSocial Engineering Discussion Papers 06-05, Tokyo Institute of Technology, June, 2006/ Discussion Papers in Economics and Business
06-19, Osaka University, July, 2006.
17. “Limited Attention, Interaction and the Growth of a Firm,” OSIPP
Discussion Paper: DP-2005-E-003, Osaka University, June, 2005
18. “Entrepreneurial Eﬃciency: An Empirical Framework and Evidence,”
OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2004-E-006, Osaka University, November, 2004
19. “Entrepreneurial Eﬃciency: Theory,” OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP2004-E-005, Osaka University, November, 2004
20. “Fiscal Policy and Entrepreneurship,” OSIPP Discussion Paper, DP2004-E-002, Osaka University, May, 2004.
21. “Entrepreneurial Eﬃciency,” OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2003-E010, Osaka University, October, 2003
22. “The Value of Adaptability,” OSIPP Discussion Paper: DP-2003-E003, Osaka University, March, 2003
623. “A Barrier to the Diﬀusion of Tacit Knowledge,” Discussion Paper
Series 516, University of Essex, November, 2000
24. “Risk and Prediction Ability,” Discussion Paper Series 517, Universityof Essex, November, 2000.
25. “Prediction ability and Investment under Uncertainty,” Discussion Paper Series 518, University of Essex, November, 2000
26. “Skill Transfer and Economic Growth,” Discussion Papers in Economics and Business, Osaka University, 95-12.
WORK IN PROGRESS
1. “The Eﬀect of Initial Job in Japanese Labor Market”,” with AyakaNakamura
2. “ Estimating University Choice: Medical Schools in Japan” with Taiju
Kitano, Tomoharu Mori and Ryo Nakajima
3. “The Impact of Test Score Labels on University Choice: A Regression
Discontinuity Design Approach” with Tomoharu Mori
4. “Investments to Domestic Debt as a Commitment Device for the Repayments of Sovereign Debt” with Real Arai and Ryosuke Okazawa
5. “Persistent Diﬀerences in the Ranking of Universities in Japan” withSinpei Sano
6. “Human Capital, Learning, and University Choice Using Trial ExamData” with Tomoharu Mori
7. “Optimality of Educational Subsidy”
8. “University ranking as a Reputation Equilibrium”
9. “Career Concern with Human Capital Investment”

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PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIESPRESENTATION IN CONFERENCES OR SEMINARS SINCE
2006• The Role of Coarse Information on the Success Probability in College
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– 2024:Contract Theory of Workshop [3/16]• EBPM と大学教育 -学問にできること– 2022: 「EBPM を担う人材の教育と実践」シンポジウム [6/10]• The Eﬀect of Initial Job in Japanese Labor Market– 2021: Kansai Macroeconomics Workshop (25th Anniversary Workshop at Kyoto) [9/21]• How can elite colleges screen potential future business leaders?
– 2021: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry [1/27],
Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institution and Organization(Online) [4/16]– 2020: Applied Microeconomics Seminar (Kyoto) [9/4], Workshop
on the Economics of Human Resource Allocation (Osaka University) [12/12]• Intergenerational Conﬂict Over Fiscal Consolidation: Evidence fromJapan– 2022: Workshop on the Economics of Human Resource Allocation (Tohoku University of Community Service and Science)[9/23]– 2018: The Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organizations (Osaka) [5/25], GRIPS Seminar Series in Economics(GRIPS) [5/30], Kansai Labor Workshop [7/27]• How does an entrance examination reform in higher education change
managers’ academic background?
– 2019: Social Solution Initiative (Osaka University) [3/15]– 2018: Osaka City University [2/13], Fukuoka University [3/2],
OSIPP Economics Brownbag Seminar (Osaka) [4/11], Contract
Theory Summer Camp (Kushiro Public University of Economics)[8/4]– 2017: Workshop on the Economics of Human Resource Allocation (Osaka University) [10/07]• Does Managerial Experience in a Target Firm Matter for the Retention of Managers after M&As?
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– 2017: Workshop on the Economics of Human Resource Allocation (Osaka University) [7/22]• Investments to Domestic Debt as a Commitment Device for the Repayments of Sovereign Debt
– 2018: Aomori Koritsu Unviversity [4/27], Workshop on the Economics of Human Resource Allocation (Osaka University) [10/27]– 2017: OSIPP Economics Brownbag Seminar (Osaka) [4/27], Contract Theory Summer Camp (Nagasaki University) [8/5]• Advertisement versus Motivation in Competitive Search Equilibrium– 2017: Search Theory Workshop (Nagoya University) [3/29]– 2016: Tohoku University [8/5]• Synchronized Job Transfer and Task-Speciﬁc Human Capital– 2018:Michael Waldman Workshop on Internal Labor Markets(Hitotsubashi University) [11/2]– 2016: Workshop on the Economics of Human Resource Allocation (Osaka University) [4/23]• The Eﬀect of Production Structure and Education System on HumanResource Allocation– 2015: Osaka University [3/6]• The Persistence of Corporate Reputation and Performance– 2014: Economics Seminar (Albany) [5/2]• Who Remains as a Director after M&A?: The Role of Tenure in aTarget Firm
– 2015: Kansai Macroeconomics Seminar [1/30], The Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organizations (Tokyo)[3/4], Fukuoka University Seminar [3/18],– 2014: Rokkodai Macroeconomics Seminar (Kobe) [12/9]– 2013: Monetary Economics Workshop [1/12], Kansai Labor Workshop [1/25]– 2012: Asset Pricing Workshop [12/26]

9• The Career of Japanese Managers– 2012: Ajiken Power Lunch Seminar [9/4]• Horizontal Transfer and Promotion: New Evidence and an Interpretation from the Perspective of Task-Speciﬁc Human Capital– 2013: 2013 International Workshop on Personnel Economics inTokyo (Tokyo Univ.) [7/13]– 2012: Econometric Society-Australian Meeting (Melbourne) [7/4]• Incentives to Invest in Match-Speciﬁc Human Capital in Competitive
Search Equilibrium– 2014: The 3rd NYU Search Theory Workshop (New York) [4/12],– 2013: Kansai Macroeconomic Workshop [2/22], Macroeconomic
Workshop (Tokyo Univ.) [4/25],– 2012: 4th Search Theory Conference [3/10], Innovation and Growth
Workshop II (Hitotsubashi) [3/24], Singapore Management University [3/29], Contract Theory Workshop [5/19]• “Misallocation and TFP in Japan”– 2011: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry [10/21]• “Horizontal Transfer and Promotion: Evidence from Personnel Datain Many Firms,”– 2011: Trans-Paciﬁc Labor Seminar 2011 (Kyoto) [3/19], KansaiLabor Workshop [3/25]• “Persistent Productivity Diﬀerences Between Firms,”– 2011: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry [1/28,3/8], The Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organizations [3/9], Bank of Canada [7/25]• “Industry Choice and the Returns to Education,”– 2010: Kansai Labor Workshop [2/26], Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry [4/1]– 2009: The Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organizations [2/20], Policy Modeling Conference (GRIPS) [9/7].
10• “The Persistence of Diﬀerences in Productivity, Wages, Skill Mix andProﬁts Between Firms in a Rapidly Changing Environment,”– 2010: The Dynamics of Economic System Conference (NihonUniversity College of Economics) [3/6], ARISH-NUPRI Economics
Workshop (Nihon University) [7/1], Okayama University [7/7]– 2009: Hitotsubashi University [6/29], Comparative Analysis ofEnterprise Data 2009 Conference (Tokyo) [10/4]– 2008: Econometric Society-North American Meeting (Pittsburgh)[6/21], International Conference on Modeling Economic Dynamics [8/23], Econometric Society-European Meeting (Milan) [8/28],
Aoyama-Gakuin University [10/8].
• ”Job Assignment and Human Capital Accumulation.”– 2007: The Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions andOrganizations [3/28]• “The Persistence of Diﬀerences in Productivity, Wages, Skill Mix andProﬁts Across Firms,”– 2007: Econometric Society-Australian Meeting (Brisbane) [7/4],
Econometric Society-Far Eastern Meeting (Taipei) [7/11], Policy
Modeling Conference (Hakata) [12/15]– 2006: Georgetown University [2/24], Osaka University (ISER)[4/26], Kansai Macro Workshop [5/19], Kobe University (RokkoForum/Development Economics Seminar) [7/3], Tokyo University (Macroeconomics Workshop) [7/13], Contract Theory Workshop [10/14], Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry[11/29], Osaka Prefecture University [11/30]
PRESENTATION IN CONFERENCES BEFORE 2005:• Econometric Society, Far Eastern Meeting, Seoul, June, 2004
• Econometric Society, North American Meeting, Providence, June,
2004• Society for Economic Dynamics, Alghero, June, 1999
• Econometric Society, North American Summer Meeting, Madison,June, 1999
• Student Conference, New York, December, 1998
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• Society for Economic Dynamics, Philadelphia, June, 1998
• Japanese Economic Association, Western Branch Meeting, Hakata,June, 1995
• Japanese Economic Association, Western Branch Meeting, Kobe, June,
1994• Japanese Economic Association, Western Branch Meeting, Osaka,June, 1993
PRESENTATION IN SEMINARS BEFORE 2005:• 2005 [January] Osaka University, Otaru University of Commerce, Contract Theory Workshop, Kyoto University, [February] Sogang University, National University of Singapore, Singapore Management University.
• 2004: [January] Contract Theory Workshop, [March] Monthly Macroeconomics Seminar in Seoul, Sogang University, [December] Kansai
Macroeconomics Workshop/Behavioral Economics Workshop, TokyoUniversity, Osaka University.
• 2003: [January] Osaka University of Economics, [May] Kansai Macroeconomics Workshop, [June] Osaka Prefecture University, [July] OsakaUniversity (OSIPP), [December] Kansai Macroeconomics Workshop• 2002: [March] University of Exeter, [May] Kansai Macroeconomics
Workshop, [July] Osaka Prefecture University, [November] Tokyo University• 2001: [February] University of Essex {2}, [June] University of Essex,[October] University of Essex, [December] Cyukyo University, London
School of Economics, Osaka University (OSIPP), Tsukuba University{2} (Institute of Policy and Planning Sciences, College of InternationalStudies)• 2000: [March] University of Rutgers, [July] Hitotsubashi University,
Kita-Kyusyu University, Kobe University, Osaka University (Instituteof Social and Economic Research), Ritsumeikan University, Shiga University, University of Tokyo (College of Arts and Science), [October]
University of Essex

12• Before 1999: Kansai Macroeconomics Workshop, Kobe University ofCommerce (Institute of Economic Research), Nagoya City University{2}, Osaka University {2}, Osaka City University, University of Pennsylvania {3}, University of Tokyo
COMMENTS IN CONFERENCE:• Japanese Economic Association, Online, May, 2021
• Labour Economics Conference, Osaka, September, 2016
• Policy Modeling Workshop, Kagawa, September, 2016
• Japanese Economic Association, Tokyo, October, 2015
• Japan-Korea Joint Workshop “Workshop on Globalization, Innovationand Firm Productivity in Japan, Korea, and the Beyond”, Kyoto,January, 2012
• Japanese Economic Association, Hyogo, September, 2010
• Policy Modeling Workshop, Niigata, May, 2010
• Japanese Economic Association, Tokyo, October, 2009
• Japanese Economic Association, Osaka, September, 2008
• Japanese Economic Association {2}, Miyagi, June, 2008
• Japanese Economic Association, Tokyo, September, 2007
• Japanese Economic Association, Osaka, June, 2007
• Japanese Economic Association, Osaka, October, 2006
• Japanese Economic Association, Fukushima, October, 2006
• Conference on Education and Training, Kyoto, January, 2005
• Japanese Economic Association, Tokyo, October, 2003
• Japanese Economic Association, Hiroshima, October, 2002
SESSION CHAIR IN CONFERENCES:• Japanese Economic Association, Aoyama Gakuin, September, 2017
• Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organizations,Tokyo, March, 201613• 経済危機と社会資本の役割に関する研究会 (Workshop on Economic
Crisis and the Role of Social Capital), Hiroshima, December, 2014
• Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organizations,Tokyo, March, 2013
• Macroeconomics Conference for Young Economists and Search Theory
Conference, Osaka, March, 2012
• Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organizations,Tokyo, March, 2012
• Japan-Taiwan Contract Theory Conference, Taoyuan, August, 2011• Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organizations,Tokyo, August, 2011
• Japanese Economic Association, Kumamoto, May, 2011
• Japanese Economic Association, Hyogo, September, 2010
• Osaka Workshop on Economics of Institutions and Organizations,Tokyo, August, 2009
• Econometric Society, Far Eastern Meeting, Seoul, June, 2004
• Econometric Society, North American Meeting, Providence, June,
2004
REFEREE EXPERIENCE:• Asian Economic Journal, American Economic Review, Bulletin ofEconomic Research, Economic Modelling, European Economic Review, International Economic Review, Israel Science Foundation, Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization,
Journal of Economic Growth, Japanese Economic Review, Journal ofIndustrial Economics, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Labour Economics, Review of Economic Dynamics and RIETI
Discussion Paper Series.
MEMBERSHIP• Japanese Economic Association
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• A Member of the Committee on the Study Meeting for “少子高齢化時代の労働政策へ向けて：日本の労働市場に関する基礎研究会 (Empir-ical Analysis of Japan’s Labor Market),” in the Research Institute ofEconomy, Trade and Industry. 2006.10-2011.03• A Member of the Committee on the Study Meeting for “サービス産業生産性向上に関する研究会 (Empirical Analysis of Productivity inService Industry),” in the Research Institute of Economy, Trade andIndustry. 2010.04-2013.03• Organizer, Workshop on the Economics of Human Resource Allocation, April 2016• Steering, Committee Member: Search Theory Workshop• Director, Center for Evidence-Based Policy Making at OSIPP (CEPO),
July 2019-

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RESEARCH GRANT• Research Grant for Science and Technology (Kagaku Gijyutsu KenkyuHi)– 代表者 (Representative)
1. 基盤研究 B, “日本型人材選抜システムの定量分析 (Quantitative Analysis of the Japanese Talent Selection System)”,
2024-2028.
2. 基盤研究 A, “日本の大学入試制度の役割と問題点：人材の育成と選別の観点から (The Role and Problem of the En-trance Examination System in Japanese Higher Education:From the Perspective of Human Capital Development andScreening)”, 2018-2022.
3. 基盤研究 A, “リーダーの教育・選抜・ガバナンスの実態と日本経済に与えるその影響 (The Market for Japanese Leaders: theEducation, Screening and Governance System in Japan)”,2013-2017.
∗ 大阪大学総長顕彰受賞
4. 基盤研究 A, “人材配置の違いがもたらす経済効果の分析 (Economic Analysis of Human Resource Allocation)”, 2009-2013.

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5. 基盤研究 B, “経営者のヴィジョンおよび組織能力の違いの源泉とその違いのもたらす経済効果の分析 (The Analysis on theSource and the Economic Impacts of Manager’s Vision andOrganizational Capacity.)”, 2006-2008.
6. 若手研究 B, “企業家的行動のマクロ経済への影響 (The Impactof Entrepreneurship on Macroeconomy)”, 2003-2005.
– 分担者 (Contributor） or 連携研究者 (Cooperative Researcher）
1. 基盤研究 C, “世代間の異質性を考慮した財政破綻による政府債務削減がマクロ経済に与える影響の解明 (The Analysisof the aggregate impacts of Sovereign Default when there isHeterogeneity across Generation)”, 代表者：新居理有, 20182020.
2. 基盤研究 C, “ネットワーク産業におけるインフラ整備と市場構造の変遷に関する研究 ( Research on Infrastructure andMarket Structure in Network Industries)”, 代表者: 水野敬三
(Representative: Keizo Mizuno), 2009-2011.
3. 基盤研究 B, “人事制度と従業員の認識および職務行動の変化に関する人事経済学的課題の検証 (The Inspection on theissue from the perspective of personal economics about arelationship between changes in personal management andthose of workers’ recognition and behavior”, 代表者：松繁寿和 (Matsushige Hisakazu, 2008-2011

4. 基盤研究 A, “近代的な経済発展における市場制度の形成と生産組織の変化に関する歴史分析 (The Historical Analysis on theFormation of Market and Production Organization during
the Period of Modern Economic Development.)”, 代表者: 中林真幸 (Representative: Masaki Nakabayashi), 2006-2009.

• Other Fund
1. Murata Research Grant: “日本の大学入試の構造推計分析 (Structural Estimation Analysis of Japanese University Entrance Examinations)”, 2023.
2. Japan Center For Economic Research Research Fellowship “日本における初職の価値 (Value of ﬁrst job in Japan)”, 2023

3. Japan Securities Scholarship Foundation “共通一次試験導入の長期的効果：経営者教育の観点から (The Long Run Impacts ofStandardized Examination in a Higher Education: From the Perspective of Managerial Education” 2017.10-2018.09
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4. Fulbright Research Grant: “The Market for Managers: International Comparison,” 2013.
5. Murata Research Grant: “貿易自由化等の経済変化に直面した企業の行動及びその経済効果の分析：企業家能力と組織力の観点から(The Analysis on the Behavior of a Firm and its Economic Impact when it faces a Change such as Trade Liberalization: From
the Perspective of Entrepreneurial Ability and Organization Capacity.), ” 2005.
6. Fulbright Research Grant: “Routine as a Source of OrganizationSpeciﬁc Capacity: Its Investment Role in New Technology,” 2005.

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CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Economics of Human Resource Allocation (人材配置の経済学), Theoryand Evidence based on the Tournament Model.

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TEACHING INTERESTSMacroeconomics, Labor Economics, Economics of Education, Economicsof Organization and Application of Causal Inference

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