Globalization and urban and regional labor markets

• Project/Area Number: 18730162
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Applied economics
• Research Institution: Osaka University (2008); Nagoya University (2006-2007)
• Principal Investigator: SATO Yasuhiro Osaka University, 大学院・経済学研究科, 准教授 (30332703)
• Project Period (FY): 2006 – 2008
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2008)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,850,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2007: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2006: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
• Keywords: 都市、地域労働市場 / グローバリゼーション / 失業 / スキル / 人的資本 / 地域経済学 / 都市経済学 / 国際経済学 / 都市・地域労働市場 / スキル・人的資本 / 国際研究者交流

Research Abstract

本研究では、労働力・資本の移動や貿易の活性化といったグローバリゼーションが、各国、各地域、そして各都市の労働市場にどのようなインパクトを与えるかを明らかにした。特に、都市化に伴う集積の経済と失業や人的資本移動の形成に焦点をあて、その相互関係を詳細に分析した。また、移動可能な資本に対する課税や貿易が行われているもとでの消費税などの政策がどのように労働市場に影響を与えるのか、そして、その社会厚生への影響はどのようなものかを明らかにした。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Market size and entrepreneurship, Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 09-07 (2009)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato, Takatoshi Tabuchi and Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Journal Title: Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University Pages: 1-30
• [Journal Article] Capital tax competition and search unemployment (2009)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: forthcoming in Papers in Regional Science
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Market size and entrepreneurship (2009)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: Discussion Papers in Economics and Basiness 09-07 Pages: 1-27
• [Journal Article] Trade and mergers in the presence of firm heterogeneity (2008)
  • Author(s): Noriaki Matsushima, Yasuhiro Sato and Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Journal Title: Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 08-35, Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University Pages: 1-45
  • NAID: 40020618493
• [Journal Article] OLS estimation and the t test revisited in rank-size rule regression (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshihiko Nishiyama, Susumu Osada and Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: Journal of Regional Science 48 Pages: 691-716
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Welfare properties of spatial competition with location dependent costs (2008)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Aiura and Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: Regional Science and Urban Economics 38 Pages: 32-48
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Technological progress, income inequality and fertility (2008)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato, Ken Tabata and Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Journal Title: Journal of Population Economics 21 Pages: 135-157
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Capital tax competition and search unemployment (2008)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: Papers in Regional Science (印刷中)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Trade and mergers in the presence of firm heterogeneity (2008)
  • Author(s): Noriaki Matsushima
  • Journal Title: Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 08-35 Pages: 1-43
• [Journal Article] Welfare properties of spatial competition with location dependent costs (2008)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Aiura
  • Journal Title: Regional Science and Urban Economics 38 Pages: 32-48
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] OLS estimation and the t test revisited in rank-size rule regression (2008)
  • Author(s): Yoshihiko Nishiyama
  • Journal Title: forthcoming in Journal of Regional Science
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Takatoshi Tabuchi, and Jacqhes F. Thisse, Trade and entrepreneurship with heterogeneous workers (2007)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Oyama, Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: CEPR Discussion Paper No. 6567 Pages: 1-47
• [Journal Article] Competing for capital when labor is heterogeneous (2007)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato and Jacques F. Thisse
  • Journal Title: European Economic Review 51 Pages: 2054-2079
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Economic geography, fertility and migration (2007)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: Journal of Urban Economics 61 Pages: 372-387
  • NAID: 120000975217
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Trade impacts on skill formation: welfare improvements accompanied by rises in inequality (2007)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato and Kazuhiro Yamamoto
  • Journal Title: Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 07-12, Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Osaka University Pages: 1-20
• [Journal Article] Trade impacts on skill formation: welfare improvements accompanied by rises in inequality (2007)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: Discussion Papers in Economics and Business, Osaka University 07-12 Pages: 1-20
• [Journal Article] Trade and entrepreneurship with heterogeneous workers (2007)
  • Author(s): Daisuke Oyama
  • Journal Title: CEPR Discussion Paper No.6567 Pages: 1-47
• [Journal Article] Technological progress, income inequality and fertility (2007)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: Journal of Population Economics (forthcoming)
• [Journal Article] Competing for capital when labor is heterogeneous (2007)
  • Author(s): Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: European Economic Review (forthcoming)
• [Journal Article] Tax competition and public input provision with imperfect labor markets (2006)
  • Author(s): Hikaru Ogawa, Yasuhiro Sato and Toshiki Tamai
  • Journal Title: DEE Discussion Paper No.06-2, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University Pages: 1-15
• [Journal Article] A note on unemployment and capital tax competition (2006)
  • Author(s): Hikaru Ogawa, Yasuhiro Sato and Toshiki Tamai
  • Journal Title: Journal of Urban Economics 60 Pages: 352-356
• [Journal Article] Brain drain' without migration: Capital market integration and capital-skill complementarities (2006)
  • Author(s): Kristian Behrens and Yasuhiro Sato
  • Journal Title: Economics Bulletin 18 No.1 Pages: 1-9
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Brain drain' without migration : Capital market integration and capital-skill complementarities (2006)
  • Author(s): Kristian Behrens
  • Journal Title: Economics Bulletin 18 No. 1 Pages: 1-9
• [Journal Article] A note on unemployment and capital tax competition (2006)
  • Author(s): Hikaru Ogawa
  • Journal Title: Journal of Urban Economics 60 Pages: 350-356
• [Journal Article] International commodity taxation in the presence of unemployment (2006)
  • Author(s): Simone Moriconi
  • Journal Title: CORE Discussion Papers 2006/69 Pages: 1-20
• [Journal Article] Asymmetric configurations in spatial competition with location dependent costs (2006)
  • Author(s): Hiroshi Aiura
  • Journal Title: DEE Discussion Paper 06-1 Pages: 1-22
• [Journal Article] Tax competition and public input provision with imperfect labor markets (2006)
  • Author(s): Hikaru Ogawa
  • Journal Title: DEE Discussion Paper 06-2 Pages: 1-15
• [Journal Article] OLS-t-test revisited in rank size rule regression (2006)
  • Author(s): Yoshihiko Nishiyama
  • Journal Title: DEE Discussion Paper 06-3 Pages: 1-21
• [Presentation] Trade and mergers in the presence of firm heterogeneity (2008)
  • Author(s): 佐藤泰裕
  • Organizer: 応用地域学会(第22 回研究発表大会)坂下賞受賞講演
  • Place of Presentation: 釧路公立大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-15
• [Presentation] Trade and mergers in the presence of firm heterogeneity (2008)
  • Author(s): 佐藤泰裕
  • Organizer: 応用地域学会(第22回研究発表大会)坂下賞受賞講演
  • Place of Presentation: 釧路公立大学
  • Year and Date: 2008-11-15
• [Presentation] Trade impacts on skill formation: welfare improvements accompanied by rises in inequality (2007)
  • Author(s): 佐藤泰裕
  • Organizer: 応用地域学会(第21回研究発表大会)
  • Place of Presentation: 鳥取県民文化会館
  • Year and Date: 2007-12-08
• [Presentation] Trade impacts on skill formation: welfare improvements accompanied by rises in inequality (2007)
  • Author(s): 佐藤泰裕
  • Organizer: 応用地域学会2007年度研究発表大会
  • Place of Presentation: 鳥取県民文化会館
  • Year and Date: 2007-12-08
• [Presentation] Trade impacts on skill formation: welfare improvements accompanied by rises in inequality (2007)
  • Author(s): 佐藤泰裕
  • Organizer: 日本応用経済学会2007年度春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 長崎大学
  • Year and Date: 2007-06-09
• [Presentation] Tax competition and public input provision with imperfect labor markets (2006)
  • Author(s): 佐藤泰裕
  • Organizer: North American Regional Science Council Annual Meeting
  • Place of Presentation: Fairmont Royal York Hotel, Canada
  • Year and Date: 2006-11-17