On the Relationship between Human Resource Allocation and Macroeconomic Productivity : An Educational Economic Approach

• Project/Area Number: 20730128
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Economic theory
• Research Institution: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (2011); Tokyo Institute of Technology (2008-2010)
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Ryuichi 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 准教授 (00397704)
• Project Period (FY): 2008 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2008: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 人的資本蓄積 / 人材配置 / 教育制度

Research Abstract

Developing a dynamic macroeconomic model with misallocation of human capital across firms, I study the optimal education system that maximizes the long-run level of GDP with special focus on the role of higher education as a selection device. I find that the optimal degree of selectivity of higher education is given by an interior solution and that optimal selectivity depends on the degree of distortion of the relative prices of outputs.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] On the role of job assignment in a comparison of education systems (2012)
  • Author(s): Katsuya Takii, Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Canadian Journal of Economics Volume: (未定)(In Press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] On the Role of Job Assignment in a Comparison of Education Systems (2011)
  • Author(s): Katsuya Takii and Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Canadian Journal of Economics 2011 Volume: (In Press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation (2011)
  • Author(s): Julen Esteban-Pretel, Ryo Nakajima and Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Labour Economics Volume: 18 Pages: 513-526
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Do birth allowances increase the birthrate? : An empirical analysis using health-insurance union panel data (2011)
  • Author(s): Ryuichi Tanaka, Toshiaki Kouno
  • Journal Title: Japanese Economy Volume: 38 Issue: 1 Pages: 40-58
  • DOI: 10.2753/jes1097-203x380102
• [Journal Article] Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones toRegular Jobs? Evidence from a StructuralEstimation (2011)
  • Author(s): Julen Esteban-Pretel, Ryo Nakajima , Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Labour Economics In Press
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation (2011)
  • Author(s): Julen Esteban-Pretel, Ryo Nakajima, Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Labour Economics Volume: (In Press)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 出産補助金で出生率を引き上げることはできるのか? (2011)
  • Author(s): 田中隆山
  • Journal Title: 経済セミナー Volume: 658 Pages: 43-47
• [Journal Article] TFP Growth Slowdown and the Japanese Labor Market in the 1990s (2010)
  • Author(s): Julen Esteban-Pretel, Ryo Nakajima and Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies Volume: 24 Pages: 50-68
  • NAID: 210000177993
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] TFP Growth Slowdown and the Japanese Labor Market in the 1990s (2010)
  • Author(s): Julen Esteban-Pretel, Ryo Nakajima , Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 24 Pages: 50-68
  • NAID: 210000177993
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] TFP Growth Slowdown and the Japanese Labor Market in the 1990s (2010)
  • Author(s): Julen Esteban-Pretel, Ryo Nakajima, Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 24 Pages: 50-68
  • NAID: 210000177993
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Does the Diversity of Human Capital Increase GDP?: A Comparison of Education Systems (2009)
  • Author(s): Katsuya Takii and Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of Public Economics Volume: 93 Pages: 998-1007
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Inequality and Education Decisions in Developing Countries (2009)
  • Author(s): Catalina Gutierrez and Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of Economic Inequality Volume: 7 Pages: 55-81
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Does the Diversity of Human Capital Increase GDP?: A Comparison of Education Systems (2009)
  • Author(s): Katsuya Takii , Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of Public Economics 93 Pages: 998-1007
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Inequality and Education Decisions in Developing Countries (2009)
  • Author(s): Catalina Gutierrez, Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of EconomicInequality 7 Pages: 55-81
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Does the Diversity of Human Capital Increase GDP? : A Comparison of Education Systems (2009)
  • Author(s): Katsuya Takii, Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of Public Economics 93 Pages: 998-1007
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 出産育児一時金は出生率を引き上げるか―健康保険組合パネルデータを用いた実証分析 (2009)
  • Author(s): 田中隆一 河野敏鑑
  • Journal Title: 日本経済研究 61 Pages: 94-108
  • NAID: 40016765992
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Inequality and Education Decisions in Developing Countries (2009)
  • Author(s): Catalina Gutierrez and Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: The Journal of Economic Inequality 7 Pages: 55-81
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The Gender-Asymmetric Effect of Working Mothers on Children's Education : Evidence from Japan (2008)
  • Author(s): Ryuichi Tanaka
  • Journal Title: Journal of The Japanese and International Economies 22 Pages: 586-604
  • NAID: 210000172562
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Testing the Incentive Effects in Tournaments with a Superstar(joint with Kazutoshi Ishino) (2011)
  • Author(s): 田中隆一
  • Organizer: Asian Meeting of Econometric Society
  • Place of Presentation: Korea University, Seoul, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-13
• [Presentation] Testing the Incentive Effects in Tournaments with a Superstar (2011)
  • Author(s): 田中隆一
  • Organizer: Asian Meeting of Econometric Society
  • Place of Presentation: Seoul, Korea
  • Year and Date: 2011-08-13
• [Presentation] Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation(joint with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Ryo Nakajima) (2009)
  • Author(s): 田中隆一
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-07
• [Presentation] Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation(joint with Julen Esteban-Pretel and RyoNakajima) (2009)
  • Author(s): 田中隆一
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-07
• [Presentation] "Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation"(joint with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Ryo Nakajima) (2009)
  • Author(s): 田中隆一
  • Organizer: 日本経済学会春季大会
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学
  • Year and Date: 2009-06-07
• [Book] 母親の就業が女性労働供給に与える影響について (2011)
  • Author(s): 島根哲哉・田中隆一
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] 「母親の就業が女性労働供給に与える影響について」『ワークライフバランスと家族形成』(樋口美雄・府川哲夫編) (2011)
  • Author(s): 島根哲哉・田中隆一
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] ワークライフバランスと家族形成(樋口美雄・府川哲夫編) (2011)
  • Author(s): 島根哲哉・田中隆一
  • Publisher: 東京大学出版会
• [Book] 家計行動のダイナミズム7(瀬古美喜・照山博司・山本勲・樋口美雄編) (2011)
  • Author(s): 田中隆一・杉山一成
  • Publisher: 慶応義塾大学出版会(In Press)
• [Book] 若年男性労働者の就業形態選択行動:慶應義塾家計パネル調査を用いた動学最適化モデルの推定
  • Author(s): 田中隆一・杉山一成
  • Publisher: 慶応義塾大学出版会
• [Book] 若年男性労働者の就業形態選択行動:慶應義塾家計パネル調査を用いた動学最適化モデルの推定
  • Author(s): 田中隆一・杉山一成
  • Publisher: 慶応義塾大学出版会(In press)