Regular biography
Daiji KAWAGUCHI is a Professor at the Graduate School of Economics, Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo. His research focuses on labor economics, particularly the formation and utilization of human capital. He has examined topics such as the skill accumulation of self-employed workers, wage inequality, and the impact of labor market policies. His work also includes the analysis of human resource allocation within firms using proprietary data. KAWAGUCHI has published extensively in leading economics journals, including studies on labor market responses to policy changes and the effects of educational attainment on economic outcomes.
Scholar-generated biography
Daiji Kawaguchi is a Professor of Economics at The University of Tokyo, specializing in Labor Economics. His research explores the interplay between labor market dynamics, policy interventions, and individual outcomes. Kawaguchi's work examines topics such as the impact of educational policies on earnings, the effects of labor legislation on worker well-being, and the role of technology in shaping employment. He has also investigated issues like gender gaps in the workplace, the influence of peer effects on substance use, and the economic implications of nonstandard employment. His studies often use firm-level panel data and regression discontinuity methods to analyze labor market trends in Japan.