“Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation,” (with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Ryo Nakajima), forthcoming in Labour Economics
“TFP Growth Slowdown and the Japanese Labor Market in the 1990s” (with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Ryo Nakajima), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies,24, 1, 50-68 (2010)
“Does the Diversity of Human Capital Increase GDP?: A Comparison of Education Systems,” (with Katsuya Takii), Journal of Public Economics, 93, 7-8, 998-1007 (2009)
“Inequality and Education Decisions in Developing Countries,” (with Catalina Gutierrez), Journal of Economic Inequality, 7, 1, 55-81 (2009)
“The Gender-Asymmetric Effect of Working Mothers on Children's Education: Evidence from Japan,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 22, 4, 586-604 (2008)
“Timing of Trade Liberalization,” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 16, 4, 447-473 (2007)
“Inequality as a Determinant of Child Labor,” Economics Letters, 80, 93-97 (2003)
“Do Childbirth Allowances Matter for Fertility? Evidence from Japanese Health Insurance Data” (joint with Toshiaki Kouno, in Japanese) JCER Economic Journal (Nihon Keizai Kenkyu), Japan Center for Economic Research, 61, 94-108 (2009)
