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Profile Information

Affiliation: 教授, 政策学部, 同志社大学

Degree: D.Phil. in Economics(University of Sussex, UK)

J-GLOBAL ID: 201401065548165515
researchmap Member ID: B000242107

Research Interests

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Economic policy /

Research History

2019 - Present

Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisha University
2014 - 2019

Research Associate Professor, Research Division, Asian Growth Research Institute
2008 - 2014

Economist, Asian Development Bank
2005 - 2008

Consultant, World Bank

Education

Papers

世代間資産移転税制と家計行動

Yoko Niimi

フィナンシャル・レビュー, (151) 132-153, Jan, 2023 Invited
Are Married Women Really Wealthier Than Unmarried Women? Evidence From Japan

Yoko Niimi

Demography, 59(2) 461-483, Apr, 2022 Peer-reviewed
Juggling Paid Work and Elderly Care Provision in Japan: Does a Flexible Work Environment Help Family Caregivers Cope?

Yoko Niimi

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 62, Dec, 2021 Peer-reviewed
住宅ローンの供給拡大の是非を問う

Charles Yuji Horioka, Yoko Niimi

季刊住宅土地経済, (2020年秋季号) 20-27, Oct, 2020
Was the Expansion of Housing Credit in Japan Good or Bad?

Charles Yuji Horioka, Yoko Niimi

Japan and the World Economy, 53, Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewed
The Impact of a Failed Coup d’état on Happiness, Life Satisfaction, and Trust: The Case of the Plot in Turkey on July 15, 2016

K. Ali Akkemik, Gercek Cicek, Charles Yuji Horioka, Yoko Niimi

Applied Economics Letters, 27(16) 1371-1375, 2020 Peer-reviewed
The Effect of the Recent Inheritance Tax Reform on Bequest Behaviour in Japan

Yoko Niimi

Fiscal Studies, 40(1) 45-70, Mar, 2019 Peer-reviewed
The Wealth Decumulation Behavior of the Retired Elderly in Japan: Relative Importance of Precautionary Saving and Bequest Motives

Yoko Niimi, Charles Yuji Horioka

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 51 52-63, Mar, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Does Providing Informal Elderly Care Hasten Retirement? Evidence from Japan

Yoko Niimi

Review of Development Economics, 22(3) 1039-1062, Aug, 2018 Peer-reviewed
The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on Wealth Inequality in Japan and the United States

Yoko Niimi, Charles Yuji Horioka

World Economy, 41(8) 2042-2066, Aug, 2018 Peer-reviewed
高齢者介護の負担：家族介護者の睡眠への影響に焦点をあてて

Yoko Niimi

季刊個人金融, 22-33, May, 2018 Invited
What Affects Happiness Inequality? Evidence from Japan

Yoko Niimi

Journal of Happiness Studies, 19(2) 521-543, Feb 1, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Do Borrowing Constraints Matter for Intergenerational Educational Mobility? Evidence from Japan

Yoko Niimi

Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, 23(4) 628-656, 2018 Peer-reviewed
An Empirical Analysis of the Saving Behavior of Elderly Households in Japan

Charles Yuji Horioka, Yoko Niimi

Economic Analysis, (196) 29-47, Dec, 2017 Peer-reviewedInvited
Does everyone exhibit loss aversion? Evidence from a panel quantile regression analysis of subjective well-being in Japan

Zheng Fang, Yoko Niimi

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 46 79-90, Dec, 2017 Peer-reviewed
家族が抱える高齢者介護の負担ー現状と課題ー

Yoko Niimi

東アジアのへ視点, 28(1) 11-23, Jun, 2017
The "Costs" of informal care: an analysis of the impact of elderly care on caregivers' subjective well-being in Japan

Yoko Niimi

Review of Economics of the Household, 14(4) 779-810, Dec, 2016 Peer-reviewed
1人当たりGDP vs. 幸福度－人々の生活の質をどう把握するべきか―

Yoko Niimi

東アジアへの視点, 26(2) 1-12, Jun, 2015
Gender Differences in Remittance Behavior: Evidence from Vietnam

Yoko Niimi, Barry Reilly

Singapore Economic Review, 56(2) 215-237, Jun, 2011 Peer-reviewed
Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less

Yoko Niimi, Caglar Ozden, Maurice Schiff

Annals of Economics and Statistics, 97/98 123-141, 2010 Peer-reviewed

Books and Other Publications

"Elderly Poverty and Its Measurement" in Silber, J. (ed) Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation

Yoko Niimi and Charles Yuji Horioka (Role: Contributor)

Edward Elger Publishing, Mar, 2023 (ISBN: 9781800883444)
"Household Debt and Aging in Japan," in Mitchell, O. S. and A. Lusardi (eds) Remaking Retirement: Debt in an Aging Economy

Charles Yuji Horioka, Yoko Niimi (Role: Contributor)

Oxford University Press, 2020
“Financial Literacy, Incentives, and Innovation to Deal with Population Aging,” in Asian Development Bank Institute (ed) Aging Societies: Policies and Perspectives

Charles Yuji Horioka, Yoko Niimi (Role: Contributor)

Asian Development Bank Institute, 2019
"Inclusive Growth and the Quality of Life," in Asian Development Bank and Asian Development Bank Institute (eds) ASEAN, PRC, and India: The Great Transformation (Chapter 3)

Juzhong Zhuang, Yoko Niimi, Jesus Felipe (Role: Contributor)

Asian Development Bank Institute, 2014
"Critical Constraints to Reducing Poverty and Inequality," in Hill, H., M. E. Khan, and J. Zhuang (eds) Diagnosing the Indonesian Economy Toward Inclusive and Green Growth (Chapter 4)

Yoko Niimi, Kazutoshi Chatani (Role: Contributor)

Anthem and Asian Development Bank, 2012
"Poverty and Inequality in Nepal: An Empirical Analysis," in Zhuang, J (ed) Poverty, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth in Asia: Measurement, Policy Issues, and Country Studies (Chapter 10)

Yoko Niimi (Role: Contributor)

Anthem Press and Asian Development Bank, 2010
"Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth in Asia," in Zhuang, J. (ed) Poverty, Inequality, and Inclusive Growth in Asia: Measurement, Policy Issues, and Country Studies (Chapter 4)

Yoko Niimi (Role: Contributor)

Anthem Press and Asian Development Bank, 2010
"Migration and Remittances in Latin America: Patterns and Determinants," in Fajnzylber, P. and H. Lopez (eds) Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America (Chapter 3)

Yoko Niimi, Caglar Ozden (Role: Contributor)

World Bank, 2008
"Linking Trade Liberalisation and Poverty: An Illustration from Vietnam in the 1990s," in Bussolo, M. and J. Round (eds) in Globalisation and Poverty: Channels and Policy Responses (Chapter 2)

Yoko Niimi, Puja Vasudeva-Dutta, L. Alan Winters (Role: Contributor)

Routledge, 2006

Major Presentations

The 18th East Asian Economic Association International Conference

Oct, 2023
Singapore Economic Review Conference

Aug, 2022
IARIW (International Association for Research in Income and Wealth) 36th General Conference

Aug, 2021
PAA (Population Association of America) 2021 Annual Meeting

May, 2021
Virtual Workshop on the Economic Impacts of Demographic Transition: Cases of Asia and Europe

Oct, 2020
The International Conference on Changing Family Life in East Asia

Sep, 2020
6th International workshop on the Socio-Economics of Ageing

Oct, 2019
Singapore Economic Review Conference

Aug, 2019
18th Panel Conference

Dec, 2018
EAEA (East Asian Economic Association) 16th International Convention

Oct, 2018
IARIW (International Association for Research in Income and Wealth) 35th General Conference

Aug, 2018
Econometric Society Australasian Meeting

Jun, 2018
2nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household

May, 2018
Equity in Education 2017

Nov, 2017
Singapore Economic Review Conference

Aug, 2017
92nd Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International

Jun, 2017
First Annual Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household

Jun, 2017
2017 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society

Jun, 2017
15th International Conference on Pensions, Insurance and Savings

May, 2017
EAEA (East Asian Economic Association) 15th International Convention

Nov, 2016
IARIW (International Association for Research in Income and Wealth) 34th General Conference

Aug, 2016
11th Biennial Conference of the Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association

Jun, 2016
Economics, Health and Happiness

Jan, 2016
15th Panel Conference

Dec, 2015
Kadir Has University Department of Economics Symposium

Dec, 2015
2015 IAREP-SABE Joint Conference

Sep, 2015
Singapore Economic Review Conference

Aug, 2015
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) 27th Annual Conference

Jul, 2015

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

Why Is Socioeconomic Status Transmitted across Generations? With Emphasis on the Role of Intergenerational Transfers

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2028
Interdisciplinary Investigation of Syrian Refugees' Generation of Social Capital in Turkey

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Oct, 2021 - Mar, 2025
Intergenerational Interrelationships: An Analysis of Bequests, Long-term Care & Labour Supply, and Consumption & Saving

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2025
Empirical Analysis of the Transmission of Intergenerational Transfers and Socioeconomic Status and Inequality

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2023
The Successes and Failures of Japan's Social Policies: What Can Asia Learn?

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2015 - Mar, 2018

Horioka Charles Yuji, ZHOU Yanfei