CURRICULUM VITAE. Yoko Konishi. April 2018

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE Yoko Konishi April 2018 Contact Information Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (IAA) 11th Floor Annex Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku Tokyo Japan Phone: Fax: Personal Details Citizenship: Japanese Date of Birth: June 25, 1974 Education March 2003 March 1999 March 1997 Ph.D. (Economics), Nagoya University Dissertation: Statistical Inference in Specifications of the Production Function Supervisor: Professor Jiro Nemoto M.A. (Economics), Nagasaki University B.A. (Economics), Nagasaki University Languages Japanese - Native Speaker English - Very Good in all respects

2 Present Status April 2018 Contract Professor Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University April 2018 Visiting Associate Professor Kyoto Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University April 2014 present Senior Research Fellow Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) Employment March 2008 March 2014 Research Fellow, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) March 2009 Feb Visiting Faculty Cowles Foundation, Yale University March 2009 Feb Postdoctoral Fellow for Research Abroad Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) April 2006 Feb Assistant Professor Institute of Economic Research Hitotsubashi University July 2005 March 2006 Visiting Scholar Department of Economics, Stanford University April 2003 March 2006 Postdoctoral Research Fellow Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Kyoto University Research Grants [1] April 2015 March 2018 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Identification and Statistical Inferences for Productivity: Microeconometric Theory and the Applications. [2] April 2012 March 2015 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Structural Econometric Modeling for the Measurement of Productivity in Service Industry. [3] April 2007 March 2010 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Statistical Analysis of Consumer Behavior, Price and Location Strategies in Service Industry. [4] April 2007 March 2009 Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), Mutual Relationships between Social Welfare and Economic System.

3 [5] April 2003 March 2006 Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Statistical Inference in Specification of Production Function. Award September 2003 Awarded the Presentation Prize for Young Researchers. The 71th Annual Meeting of the Japan Statistical Society, Japan Teaching Experiences [1] April 2012-present * Introductory Statistics, Applied Statistics and Econometrics, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) [2] February 2015 * Econometric Analysis, Tsukuba University [3] April 2013-March 2015 * Introductory Statistics, Nihon University [4] November 2009 * Economics Development of Japan, Yale University [5] April March 2009 * Applied Econometrics ---Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University ---Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University [6] April March 2008 Intermediate Econometrics, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University [7] April March 2007 Statistical Data Analysis, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University [8] April March 2007 * Econometrics, Department of Education, Mie Prefectural Government *indicates part-time lecturer Areas of Research Interest Micro-Econometrics Non-Semiparametric Analysis Misspecification Problems in Econometric Modelling Industrial Organization Service Industry

4 Areas of Teaching Econometrics Statistics Books [1] Determinants of Transport Costs for Inter-Regional Trade, in K. Matsushima and W. P. Anderson (eds.), Transportation, Knowledge and Space in Urban and Regional Economics, Chapter 8, Edward Elgar, pp , 2018 (with S. Mun, Y. Nishiyama and J. Sung). [2] On the persistence of low birthrates in Japan, in N. Takayama and Welding, M (eds.) Fertility and Public Policy, Chapter 5, MIT Press, pp , 2010 (with R. Aoki). [3] What is a Correct Functional Specification? in F. Ohtake (eds.), An Invitation to Applied Economics, Nippon-Hyoron-Sha, pp , 2005 (with K. Hitomi and Y. Nishiyama) (in Japanese). Refereed Journal Publications [1] Measuring the Productivity of Service Industry: Evidence from Japanese Segment Level Panel Data, The Economic Review, 183 (2), pp. 9-22, 2009 (with Y. Nishiyama) (in Japanese) [2] Hypothesis Testing in Rank-size Rule Regression, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 79, pp , 2009 (with Y. Nishiyama). [3] On the Hypothesis Test of Rank Size Rule, Economic Review, Vol. 59, No.3, pp , 2008 (with Y. Nishiyama) (in Japanese). [4] Measuring the Firm-Specific Productivity: Evidence from Japanese Plant Level Panel Data, Proceedings of International Congress Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 07, p , 2007 (with H. Ichimura and Y. Nishiyama). [5] A Duration Analysis of Hair Salon Consumers Behavior and Prediction of Revisit Dates, Proceedings of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, 54-2, pp , 2006 (in Japanese) [6] Productivity and Efficiency Analysis of Regional Public Capital Stocks in Japan, Economic Science, 52 (3), pp , 2004 (in Japanese). [7] Nonparametric Statistical Inference in the Production Function, Japanese Journal of Applied Statistics, 33(2), pp , 2004 (with Y. Nishiyama, T. Ando and Y. Kawasaki) (in Japanese). [8] Proxy Variables for Human Capital in Estimation of Production Function, Economic Science, 50(4), pp , 2003 (in Japanese).

5 [9] Nonparametric Test for Translog Specification of Production Function in Japanese Manufacturing Industry, in A.E. Rizzoli and A.J. Jakeman (eds.), Integrated Assessment and Decision Support, Proceedings of the 1st Biennial Meeting of the International Environmental Modelling and Software Society, 2(4), pp , 2002 (with Y. Nishiyama). Discussion Papers [1] On the Role of Skill, Quality, and Environmental Factors on Customer Behavior of the Beauty Industry, RIETI Discussion Paper, 17-E-035, [2] Global Service Value Chain in Japan: Inbound tourism cases, RIETI Policy Discussion Paper, 17-P-011, [3] Initiatives and Challenges for Social Implementation of AI Technology: Learning from AIST's AI projects, RIETI Policy Discussion Paper, 17-P-012, 2017 (with Y. Motomura) (in Japanese). [4] Efficiency of the Retail Industry: Case of inelastic supply functions, RIETI Discussion Paper, 16-E-054, 2016 (with Y. Nishiyama). [5] Energy Efficiency Improvement and Technical Changes in Japanese Industries, , RIETI Discussion Paper, 15-E-058, 2015 (with K. Nomura). [6] Measuring the Value of Time in Freight Transportation, RIETI Discussion Paper, 14-E- 004, 2014 (with S. Mun, Y. Nishiyama and J. Sung). [7] A Note on the Identification of Demand and Supply Shocks in Production: Decomposition of TFP, RIETI Discussion Paper, 13-E-099, 2013 (with Y. Nishiyama). [8] Decomposition of Supply and Demand Shocks in the Production Function using the Current Survey of Production, RIETI Discussion Paper, 13-E-003, 2013 (with Y. Nishiyama). [9] Determinants of Transport Costs for Inter-regional Trade, RIETI Discussion Paper, 12-E- 016, 2012 (with S. Mun, Y. Nishiyama and J. Sung). [10] Measuring the Impact of Establishment Level Agglomeration on Productivity: Industrial specialization and urbanization effects, RIETI Discussion Paper, 12-J-006 (with Y. Saito) (In Japanese). [11] A New Converter for Establishments from Japan's Current Survey of Production and Census of Manufactures: , RIETI Policy Discussion Paper, 12-P-020, 2012 (in Japanese).

6 [12] A New Converter for Establishments from Japan's Census of Manufactures: , RIETI Policy Discussion Paper, 12-P-007, 2012 (with T. Abe, K, Hitomi, H. Tomita and T. Uchino) (in Japanese). [13] An Econometric Analysis of Firm Specific Productivities: Evidence from Japanese plant level data," RIETI Discussion Paper, 11-E-002, 2011, (with H. Ichimura and Y. Nishiyama). [14] Productivity of Service Providers: Microeconometric Measurement in the Case of Hair Salons, RIETI Discussion Paper 10-E-051, [15] The Effects of Congestion and Skills at a Hair Salon on the Consumer's Revisiting Behavior, RIETI Discussion Paper, 10-E-046, [16] The Relationship between Consumption, Labor Supply and Fertility - Theory and Evidence from Japan, PIE Discussion Paper, No. 420, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, 2009 (with R. Aoki). [17] Estimation of Production Function and the Role of Human Capital, DEE Discussion Paper, 2(1), Department of Economic Environment, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, 2002 (in Japanese). Professional Association Memberships Japanese Economic Association, Japan Statistical Society, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society Referee / Reviewer for Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Applied Econometrics, The Japanese Economic Review, The Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Japan and the World Economy, The Cities, Review of Urban & Regional Development Studies, Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics Review