Current Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Labor and Monetary Economics.
Professional Career:
2004
Ph.D. (Economics), New York University
2004-2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of Tokyo
2009-
Assistant Professor, GRIPS
Selected publications : PUBLICATIONS
"Job creation and job destruction in the presence of informal markets," joint with M. Bosch, Journal of Development Economics, Forthcoming.
"Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation," joint with R. Nakajima and R. Tanaka, Labour Economics, August 2011.
"The Role of the Government in Facilitating TFP Growth during Japan's Rapid Growth Era," joint with S. Aoki, T. Okazaki and Y Sawada. Community, Market and State in Development, K. Kalirajan and K. Otsuka editors, Palgrave MacMillan, 2011.
"Monetary Shocks in a Model with Skills Loss," joint with E. Faraglia, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, October 2010.
"TFP Growth Slowdown and the Japanese Labor Market in the 1990s," joint with R. Nakajima and R. Tanaka, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, March 2010.
"A Comparison of the Japanese and U.S. Business Cycles," joint with R. A. Braun, T. Okada, N. Sudou. Japan and the World Economy, Vol 18, Issue 4, December 2006.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
"The Cost of Introducing Unemployment Insurance in Mexico," joint with M. Bosch.
WORKING PAPERS
"Life-Cycle Search, Match Quality and Japan's Labor Market," joint with J. Fujimoto, RIETI working paper No. 11-E-041, April 2011.
"Japan's Labor Market Cyclicality and the Volatility Puzzle," joint with R. Nakajima and R. Tanaka, RIETI working paper No. 11-E-040, April 2011.
"Changes in Japan's Labor Market Flows due to the Lost Decade," joint with R. Nakajima and R. Tanaka, RIETI working paper No. 11-E-039, April 2011.
"Life-Cycle Labor Search with Stochastic Match Quality," joint with J. Fujimoto, CIRJE working paper No. F-783, January 2011.
- "Cyclical Informality and Unemployment," joint with M. Bosch, CIRJE working paper No. F-613, February 2009.
- "Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation," joint with R. Nakajima and R. Tanaka, RIETI working paper No. 09-E-002, January 2009.
- "On the Role of Policy Interventions in Structural Change and Economic Development: The Case of Postwar Japan," joint with Y. Sawada, RIETI working paper No. 09-E-001, January 2009.
- "The Effects of the Loss of Skill on Unemployment Fluctuations," CIRJE working paper No. F-371, September 2005.
- "Loss of Skill and Retraining in a Matching Model," CIRJE working paper No. F-353, July 2005.
Other notable activities and achievements:
JSPS Grant in Aid for Scientific Research, 2009-2012.
JSSF Research Grant, 2008.
JSPS Grant in Aid for Scientific Research, 2006-2008.
Nomura Foundation Grant for the Promotion of Science, 2005.
C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics Fellowship, New York University, Fall 2002.
Fundacion Ramon Areces Fellowship for Doctoral Studies, 1999-2001.
Spanish Ministry of Education Fellowship for Research in Economics, Spain, 1997-1999.
Summa Cum Laude, University of Valencia, Spain, June 1998
