Upcoming Talks

• Bank of Japan – Dec 11th, 2025
• UTokyo (Macro) – Dec 25th, 2025
• JSQPS (Political Economy) – Jan 6th, 7th, 2026
• UC Riverside (Macro/International) – Jan 30th, 2026
• Columbia (Japan Economic Seminar) – Feb 20th, 2026
• Chicago (Trade/Spatial) – May 15th, 2026

Trade / Macro-Labor

“Does Skill Abundance Still Matter? The Evolution of Comparative Advantage in the 21st Century”
[Paper PDF] [Slide PDF]
Draft Updated: May 2025

“Granular Origins of Agglomeration”
[Paper PDF] [Online Appendix PDF] [Slide PDF]
with Daniel G O’Connor
Submitted; Draft Updated: Oct. 2025

“Welfare Effects of Polarization: Occupational Mobility over the Life-cycle”
[Paper PDF] [Slide PDF]
with Sagiri Kitao
Draft Updated: July 2020

Political Economy

“Decomposing the Rise of the Populist Radical Right”
[Paper PDF] [Slide PDF] [VoxEU]
with Oren Danieli, Noam Gidron, and Ro’ee Levy
Reject and Resubmit at Journal of Political Economy; Draft Updated: Feb. 2024

“Partisan Disbelief in Polarized Societies: Evidence from South Korea and the US”
[Paper PDF] [Slide PDF] [AEA RCT Registry]
with Yuko Kasuya, Daiki Kishishita, and Yesola Kweon
Draft Updated: Nov. 2025

Japanese Labor Market

“Who Bears the Burden? Heterogeneous Labor Market Penalties of Child and Eldercare”
[Paper PDF]
Submitted; Draft Updated: Sep. 2025

“Trends in National and Local Market Concentration in Japan: 1980-2020”
[Paper PDF]
Draft Updated: May 2025

“Automation and Offshoring on Wage Inequality in Japan”
[Paper PDF]
Draft Updated: May 2025

“Automation and the Disappearance of Routine Work in Japan”
[Paper PDF]
with Ippei Fujiwara and Toyoichiro Shirota
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Volume 74, December 2024

“Who Suffers from the COVID-19 Shocks? Labor Market Heterogeneity and Welfare Consequences in Japan”
[Paper PDF]
with Sagiri Kitao and Minamo Mikoshiba
Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Volume 59, March 2021