KUROSAWA, Masako

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  • Position:
    Professor, Director of Public Finance Program
  • Degree:
    Ph.D. (Economics), London School of Economics
  • Specialty:
    Economics (Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics)
• Current Research Interests:
  Evaluation of public training policies and programs.
  Prevalence and impact of work-life-balance policies.
  
• Professional Career:
  

  1991	Research Fellow, Institute for Research on Higher Education, University of Pennsylvania
  1994	Visiting Assistant Professor, Economics Department, Barnard College, Columbia University
  1995	Associate Professor, Economics Department, Josai University
  1998	Visiting Associate Professor, University of the Air
  2000	Associate Professor, Economics Department, Meiji Gakuin University
  2002	Professor, Economics Department, Meiji Gakuin University
  2003	Associate Professor, GRIPS
  2004	Professor, GRIPS

• Selected publications:
  Managerial Economics: a Microeconomic Approach (in Japanese), Hoso Daigaku Kyoiku Shinko Kai (University of the Air text book), 1999.
  
  “A method for the analysis of the timing and magnitude of events in a continuous-time panels: the effects of British incomes policy 1950-73”, Journal of Econometrics, September, vol.59, 161-185, 1993 (with Stephen Pudney).
  
  “The extent and impact of enterprise training: the case of Kitakyushu city”, The Japanese Economic Review, Vol.52, No.2, 224-242, 2001.
  
  Transition from School to work in Japan”, Journal of Japanese and International Economies, vol.15, 1-2, 2001 (with Yuji Genda).
  
  “Satisfaction, wages, training and productivity of new hires (in Japanese)”, The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, Jan. No.499, 71-85, 2002. Roudou-Kankei-ronnbun-yushushou awarded (award given by the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training).
  
  “Effect of public training programs on participants’ earnings in Japan (in Japanese)”, The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, May No.514, 38-49, 2003.
  
  “Pension Reform and the Labor Supply Effect for Elderly Males (in Japanese)”, The Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, Aug. No.589, 43-64, 2009.