Analyses of Employment and Unemployment over the Life-cycle using the Labor Search Theory

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23730187
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic theory
• Research Institution: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (2014); The University of Tokyo (2011-2013)
• Principal Investigator: FUJIMOTO Junichi 政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 准教授 (00507907)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: マクロ経済学 / 労働サーチ理論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this research project, I performed qualitative and quantitative analyses of the problem of one’s employment and unemployment over the life cycle. To conduct the analyses, I used a “life-cycle labor search and matching model” which extends the standard labor search and matching model by explicitly introducing age of workers.
I mainly worked on four papers during this research project. I presented these papers in seminars in other universities and conferences, and revised the papers based on feedback obtained at these occasions. As a result, three of the papers were published in peer-reviewed journals. I am currently aiming to complete the fourth one soon and to have it published in a peer-reviewed journal.

Free Research Field

マクロ経済学