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2015/ 5/20
AYAKO KONDO
Faculty of International Social Sciences
Yokohama National University
79-4 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama,
Kanagawa, 240-8501 Japan
+81-45-339-3537
[email protected]
http://akondo.ynu.ac.jp/
Professional Position:
20132011-2013
2009-2011
2011-
Associate Professor, Faculty of International Social Sciences,
Yokohama National University
Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Hosei University
Assistant Professor, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka
University
TCER Fellow, Tokyo Center of Economic Research
Education:
2009
2003
2001
PhD Economics, Columbia University
Dissertation Title: Long-term Effects of Labor Market Conditions in Youth
Sponsor: Professor Janet Currie
M.A. Economics, University of Tokyo
B.A. Economics, University of Tokyo
Teaching and Research Fields:
Public Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Microeconomics
Grants, Fellowships, Awards:
2015-2019
2013
2011-2015
2010.2
2009-2011
2006-2009
2006-2008
2006.12
2006.2
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) #15K17072, Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science
Young Researcher Award, Yokohama National University
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) #23730235, Japan Society for
the Promotion of Science
Research Grant for “Returns to Attending Elite Schools: Evidence
from ‘Sunday shocks’ to Japanese Middle School Entrance Exams,”
Nikkei Foundation for the Promotion of Economic Research
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up) #21830056, Japan Society
for the Promotion of Science
Teaching/Dissertation Fellowship, Columbia University
Mellon Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship, Institute for Social and
Economic Research and Policy, Columbia University
Wueller Pre-dissertation Proposal Award, Department of Economics,
Columbia University
Runner-up prize for the 8th ISER-Moriguchi Prize, Osaka University
2004-2006
2003-2004
Japan-IMF scholarship for Advanced Studies, IMF Institute
Faculty Fellowship, GSAS, Columbia University
Publications (incl. forthcoming):
“Effects of Universal Health Insurance on Health Care Utilization, Supply-Side
Responses and Mortality Rates: Evidence from Japan,” with Hitoshi Shigeoka,
Journal of Public Economics, Volume 99, March 2013, Pages 1-23.
“In Search of a Better Life: The Occupational Attainment of Rural and Urban
Migrants in China,” with Dongshu Ou, Chinese Sociological Review, 46(1), 25-59,
2013
“Fiscal Policy Cyclicality and Growth within the US States”, with Justin Svec, The
B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics (Advances), Volume 12, Issue 2, March 2012.
“Long-term Effects of Labor Market Conditions on Family Formation for Japanese
Youth”, with Yuki Hashimoto, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies,
26 (1), 1-21. March 2012.
“Gender Specific Labor Market Conditions and Family Formation,” Journal of
Population Economics, Volume 25, Number 1, 151-174. December 2011.
“Long-term effects of a recession at labor market entry in Japan and the United States”
with Yuji Genda and Souichi Ohta, Journal of Human Resources, Winter 2010.
“Does the First Job Really Matter? State Dependency in Employment Status in Japan”,
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 21 (September 2007)
# Publications in Japanese: see http://akondo.ynu.ac.jp/papers_j.html
Working Papers:
“Effects of increased elderly employment on other workers’ employment and
elderly’s earnings in Japan”, mimeo
“Peer Effects in Employment Status: Evidence from Housing Lotteries for Forced
Evacuees in Fukushima” with Masahiro Shoji, mimeo
“The Effectiveness of Government Intervention to Promote Elderly Employment:
Evidence from Elderly Employment Stabilization Law” with Hitoshi Shigeoka, TCER
Working Paper E-61.
“Inter-industry labor reallocation and task distance” with Saori Naganuma, Bank of
Japan Working Paper Series No. 14-E-8. Revision requested by Journal of the
Japanese and International Economies (2nd round).
“Researchers' career transitions over the life cycle” with Daiji Kawaguchi and Keiji
Saito, mimeo.
“Differential Effects of Graduating during a Recession across Race and Gender”,
ISERP Working Paper 07-05, Columbia University, May 2007
Academic Presentations:
2015
Kyoto Summer Workshop on Applied Economics (scheduled)
Society of Labor Economists, Montreal, Canada (scheduled)
Keynote Speech, RIETI/IZA Simposeum, Tokyo (scheduled)
RIETI/IZA Workshop: Changing Demography and the Labor Market
(scheduled)
Hitotsubashi University
Transpacific Labor Seminars, Tokyo
2014
GRIPS
ADBI
Kansai Labor Workshop
Keio University
Kyoto Summer Workshop on Applied Economics
Policy Modeling Conference, Kanazawa
Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting, Kyoto
Hitotsubashi University
2013
Tohoku University
European Association of Labor Economics, Torino
JEA Fall meeting, Kanagawa University (invited session)
OEIO Tokyo conference
NBER Japan Project Meeting, Tokyo
University of Tokyo
Kyoto Summer Workshop on Applied Economics
European Society of Population Economics, Aarhus
Society of Labor Economists, Boston (poster)
Singapore Management University
National University of Singapore
Kansai Labor Workshop
Bank of Japan (research and statistics department)
2012
OEIO
Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop
1st Macroeconomic Policy Conference, Shinshu University
Kyoto Summer Workshop on Applied Economics
JEA Spring meeting, Hokkaido University
Keio Uiversity
Workshop for Young Researchers, Tohoku University
Toyama University
2011
GRIPS
University of Tokyo
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
Japan Health Economic Association, Tokyo
Ministry of Finance, Policy Research Institute
The 14th Labor Economics Conference, Awaji
Econometric Society Asian Meeting, Seoul
Yokohama National University
NBER EASE Conference, Beijing
Hosei University
Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting, Kumamoto
Society of Labor Economists, Vancouver
Université Paris 1
Applied Econometrics Workshop (hosted by Ritsumeikan University), Kyoto
KISER Labor Workshop, Osaka, Japan
2010
ISS, University of Tokyo
Nagoya City University
Asian Conference of Applied Microeconomics and Econometrics, Tokyo
Okayama University
NBER Japan Project Meeting, Tokyo
National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
Japanese Economic Association, Chiba
Waseda University School of Commerce
Trans-Pacific Labor Seminars, Santa-Barbara, CA
OEIO mini-conference, Osaka
2009 Policy Modeling Workshop, Tokyo, Japan
Asian Conference of Applied Microeconomics and Econometrics, Seoul
Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
Nihon University (ARISH-NUPRI), Tokyo, Japan
Econometric Society Far Eastern Meeting, Tokyo
KISER Labor Workshop, Osaka, Japan
ZEW Summer Workshop, Manheim, Germany
Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
European Society for Population Economics, Seville, Spain
Society of Labor Economists, Boston, MA
Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Singapore Management University, Singapore
2008 Columbia University, New York, NY
Econometric Society European summer meeting, Milan, Italy
Western Economic Association International, Honolulu, HI
Econometric Society North American summer meeting, Pittsburgh, PA
Japanese Economic Association spring meeting, Sendai, Japan (poster)
Institute of Statistical Research, Tokyo, Japan
Eastern Economic Association, Boston, MA
2007 Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Japanese Economic Association spring meeting, Osaka, Japan
KISER Labor Workshop, Osaka, Japan
RGS Doctoral Conference in Economics, Dortmund, Germany
University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
IDE-JETRO, Tokyo, Japan
2006
Kyoto University (KIER), Kyoto, Japan
Osaka University (ISER), Osaka, Japan
2005 Japanese Economic Association spring meeting, Kyoto, Japan
Institute of Statistical Research, Tokyo, Japan
2003 Japanese Economic Association spring meeting, Oita, Japan
KISER Labor Workshop, Osaka, Japan
Teaching:
Yokohama National University
Undergraduate: Public Finance, undergraduate seminars
Graduate (English program): Advanced Labor Economics, Public Economics
Graduate (Japanese program): Empirical Public Economics, Advanced Empirical
Public Economics
Hosei University
2013/14 Labor Economics A&B (undergraduate)
Winter 2012/13 Economic Policy (graduate elective)
2011/12, 2012/13 Economic Policy A&B (undergraduate)
2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14 Undergraduate seminars
Osaka University
- University-wide liberal arts program
Summer 2010, Introductory Applied Econometrics
- Osaka School of International and Public Policy
Winter 2009/10, 2010/11, Lectures: Labor Economics 2 (Graduate-level elective)
Summer 2009, 2010 Lectures: Labor Economics 1 (Graduate-level elective)
Columbia University (TA)
Spring 2009, Introduction to Econometrics, Prof. Till von Wachter
Fall 2008, Introduction to Econometrics, Prof. Dennis Kristensen
Spring 2007, Economics of Race in the U.S., Prof. Brendan O’Flaherty
Fall 2006, Political Economy, Prof. Alessandra Casella
The National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (TA)
Winter 2002/03, Graduate Microeconomics, Prof. Taejong Kim
University of Tokyo (TA)
Summer 2002, Microeconomics, Prof. Masahiro Okuno-Fujiwara
Referee:
Economic Bulletin, Economic Inquiry, Economics of Education Review, Hitotsubashi
Journal of Economics, Industrial and Labor Relations Review, International
Economic Review, International Review of Economics and Finance, Japanese
Economic Review, Journal of International Economic Studies, Journal of the Japanese
and International Economies, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Population
Economics, Labour Economics, Social Problems, Social Science Japan Journal,
Social Science Journal, Social Science Research
Kodo Keizaigaku, Nihon Rodo Kenkyu Zasshi, Kikan Shakaihosho Kenkyu, Ohara
Shakaimondai Kenkyujo Zasshi, Nihon Keizai Kenkyu, Keizai Kenkyu (ESRI)