KAWAGUCHI, Daiji

KAWAGUCHI, Daiji

Name / Position

KAWAGUCHI, Daiji / Professor

Website

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E-mail

kawaguchi[at]e.u-tokyo.ac.jp
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Curriculum Vitae

Education

2002 Ph.D. (Economics) Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
1996 MA (Economics) Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
1994 BA (Economics) Waseda University, Tokyo

Professional Experience

2016 - Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
2013 - 2016 Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
2005 - 2013 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
2003 - 2005 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2002 - 2003 Assistant Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
2010 - Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
2010 - Research Associate, Tokyo Center for Economic Research
2006 - Faculty Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
2007 - 2008 Invited Associate Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University
2005 - 2006 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, UC Berkeley
2004 Jul - Aug Visitor, Research School of Social Sciences, the Australian National University

Research Field

Labor economics

Research Theme

My field of research is labor economics focusing on the formation and utilization of human capital. I have worked on the skill accumulation of self-employed workers, the effect of family background and academic performance, wage inequality, and the assessment of various labor market policies. I am also working on the human resource allocation within a firm using proprietary personnel data sets.

Publications

Articles

  • Izumi Yokoyama, Kazuhito Higa and Daiji Kawaguchi (2020) “Adjustments of regular and non-regular workers to exogenous shocks: Evidence from exchange-rate fluctuation,” forthcoming in Industrial and Labor Relations Review.
  • Ayako Kondo and Daiji Kawaguchi (2020) “The effects of graduating from college during a recession on consumption and asset holding,” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 283-293.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Norifumi Yukutake, “Estimating the Residential Land Damage of the Fukushima Accident,” Journal of Urban Economics, Vol. 99, pp. 148-160.
  • Daniel S. Hamermesh, Daiji Kawaguchi and Jungmin Lee (2017) “Does Labor Legislation Benefit Workers? Well-Being after an Hours Reduction,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 44, pp. 1-12.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Soohyung Lee (2017) “Brides for Sale: Cross-Border Marriages and Female Immigration,” Economic Inquiry, Vol. 55, pp. 633–654.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi, Yukitoshi Matsushita, Hisahiro Naito (2017) “Moment estimation of the Probit model with an endogenous continuous regressor,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 68, No. 1, pp. 48–62.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi, Hisahiro Naito and Izumi Yokoyama (2017) “Labor Market Responses to Standard Hours Reduction: Evidence from Japan,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 43, pp. 59-76.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi, Ayako Kondo and Keiji Saito (2016) “Researchers’ career transitions over the life cycle,” Scientometrics, Vol. 190, No. 3, pp. 1435-1454.
  • Shota Araki, Daiji Kawaguchi and Yuki Onozuka (2016) “University prestige, performance evaluation, and promotion: Estimating the employer learning model using personnel datasets,” Labour Economics, Vol. 41, pp. 135–148.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Yuko Mori (2016) “Why wage inequality have evolved so differently between Japan and the US? The role of supply of college educated workers,” Economics of Education Review, Vol. 52, pp. 29–50.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi (2016) “Fewer school days, more inequality,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 39, pp. 35-52.
  • Yoichi Arai, Hidehiko Ichimura, Daiji Kawaguchi (2015) “The educational upgrading of Japanese youth, 1982-2007: Are all Japanese youth ready for structural reforms?” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 37, pp. 100-126.
  • Ken Yamada and Daiji Kawaguchi (2015) “The changing and unchanged nature of inequality and seniority in Japan,” Journal of Economic Inequality, Vol. 13, No.1, pp. 129-153.
  • Shota Araki and Daiji Kawaguchi (2014) “The promotion rule under imperfect observability of the employee’s ability,” Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol. 4, No. 8, pp. 662-665.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Tetsushi Murao (2014) “Labor-market Institutions and long-term effects of youth unemployment” Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 46, No. S2, pp. 95-116.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi, Tetsushi Murao, and Ryo Kambayashi (2014) “Incidence of strict quality standards: protection of consumers or windfall for professionals?” Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 195-224.
  • Ryo Kambayashi, Daiji Kawaguchi and Ken Yamada (2013) “Minimum wage in a deflationary economy: The Japanese experience, 1994–2003,” Labour Economics, Vol. 24, pp. 264-276.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi, Jungmin Lee and Daniel Hamermesh (2013) “The gift of time,” Labour Economics, Vol. 24, pp. 205-216.
  • Hirokatsu Asano, Takahiro Ito and Daiji Kawaguchi (2013) “Why has the fraction of non-standard workers increased? A case study of Japan,” Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 60, No. 4, pp. 360-389.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Yuko Ueno (2013) “Declining long-term employment in Japan,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 28, pp.19-36.
  • Thoshie Ikenaga and Daiji Kawaguchi (2013) “Labor-market attachment and training participation,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp.73-97.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Tetsushi Murao (2012) “Who bears the cost of the business cycle? labor-market institutions and volatility of the youth unemployment rate,” IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Vol. 1, Article 10.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi (2011) “Actual age at school entry, educational outcomes, and earnings,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 64-80.
  • Naohito Abe and Daiji Kawaguchi (2010) “Incumbent’s price response to new entry: The case of Japanese supermarkets,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 196-212.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Yuko Mori (2009) “Is minimum wage an effective anti-poverty policy in Japan?” Pacific Economic Review, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 532-554.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi, Fumio Ohtake and Keiko Tamada (2009) “Productivity of public capital: Evidence from 1994 electoral reform in Japan,” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 332-343.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Junko Miyazaki (2009) “Working mothers and sons’ preferences regarding female labor supply: Direct evidence from stated preferences,” Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 115-130.
  • Hiromi Hara and Daiji Kawaguchi (2008) “Union wage effect in Japan,” Industrial Relations, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 569-590.
  • Ryo Kambayashi, Daiji Kawaguchi and Izumi Yokoyama (2008) “Wage distribution in Japan: 1989-2003,” Canadian Journal of Economics, Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 1329-1350.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi (2008) “Self-employment rents: evidence from job satisfaction scores,” Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 35-45.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Wenjie Ma (2008) “The causal effect of graduating from a top university on promotion: Evidence from the University of Tokyo’s admission freeze in 1969,” Economics of Education Review, Vol. 27, No. 2, pp. 184-196.
  • Gerhard Glomm, Daiji Kawaguchi and Facundo Sepulveda (2008) “Green taxes and double dividends in a dynamic economy,” Journal of Policy Modeling, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 19-32.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Fumio Ohtake (2007) “Testing the morale theory of nominal wage rigidity,” Industrial and Labor Relations Review, Vol. 61, No. 1, pp. 57-72.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi (2007) “A market test of sex discrimination: Evidence from Japanese panel data,” International Journal of Industrial Organization, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 441-460.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi and Ken Yamada (2007) “The impact of minimum wage on female employment in Japan,” Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 107-118.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi (2006) “The incidence and effect of job training among Japanese women,” Industrial Relations, Vol. 45, No. 3, pp. 469-477.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi (2006) “Are computers at home a form of consumption or an investment? A longitudinal analysis for Japan,” Japanese Economic Review, Vol. 57, No. 1, pp. 69 -86.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi (2005) “Negative self selection into self employment among African Americans,” Topics in Economic Analysis and Policy, Vol. 9, No.1, Article 9.
  • David Neumark and Daiji Kawaguchi (2004) “Attrition bias in economic relationships estimated with matched CPS files,” Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 445 – 472.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi (2004) “Peer effect on substance uses among American teenagers,” Journal of Population Economics, Vol. 17, No.2, pp. 351-367.
  • Daiji Kawaguchi (2003) “Human capital accumulation of self-employed and salaried workers,” Labour Economics, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 55-71.

Books and Monographs

  • Econometrics:Statistical Data Analysis for Empirical, YUHIKAKU, 2019 (in Japanese)(with Y.Nichiyama,M.Shintani,R.Okui)
  • Understanding the World of Employment: A Prespective from Law and Economics, YUHIKAKU, 2018 (in Japanese)(with S.Ouchi)
  • Japan’s Labor Market - Economist’s perspective, YUHIKAKU, 2017 (in Japanese)
  • Labor Economics-Theory and Empirical Analysis, YUHIKAKU, 2017 (in Japanese)
  • Understanding the World of Employment: A Prespective from Law and Economics, YUHIKAKU, 2014 (in Japanese)(with S.Ouchi)
  • Japanese Foreign Labor Force, Nikkei Publishing inc,2009((in Japanese)(with J.nakamura, H.naito, R.kambayashi, T.machikita)

Other Professional Activities and Awards

Other Professional Activities and Services

  • Japanese Economic Association, Board Member（2014-2018）
  • Asian and Australasian Society of Labor Economists, Board Member (2017-present)
  • American Economic Association
  • Econometric Society

Awards

  • 2017    13th JSPS Prize
  • 2017    13th Japan Academy Medal Prize Recipients
  • 2016    11th The Ishikawa Prize（Japanese Economic Association)
  • 2015    4th Enjoji Memorial Award(The Japan Center for Economic Research)
  • 2009    52nd Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science
  • 2001    The 3rd Moriguchi Prize(Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)