OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Journal of the Japanese and International Economies is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
A field experiment on discrimination against foreigners in the rental housing market in Japan examining the 23 wards of Tokyo	136
Offshoring and working hours adjustments in a within-firm labor market	58
Cross-regional heterogeneity in health and economic outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic: An analysis of Japan	47
Quantifying the impact of the Tokyo Olympics on COVID-19 cases using synthetic control methods	39
Cross-country evidence on the allocation of COVID-19 government subsidies and consequences for productivity	37
Debt issuance incentives and creative accounting: Evidence from municipal mergers in Japan	31
Editorial Board	27
The effect of public-sponsored job training in Japan	23
Causal effects of family income on educational investment and child outcomes: Evidence from a policy reform in Japan	21
Epidemic and Economic Consequences of Voluntary and Request-based Lockdowns in Japan	19
The impact of bequest motives on labor supply and retirement behavior in Japan: A theoretical and empirical analysis	18
The effect of free Tuition in private High schools on the High school dropout rate	14
Foreign Ownership, Exporting and Gender Wage Gaps: Evidence from Japanese Linked Employer-Employee Data	13
Employer-provided training and productivity: Evidence from a panel of Japanese Firms	12
Editorial for Digital Economy	12
Aging and the real interest rate in Japan: A labor market channel	11
The transmission of monetary policy shocks: Evidence from Japan	11
Juggling paid work and elderly care provision in Japan: Does a flexible work environment help family caregivers cope?	11
Fiscal capacity and commercial bank lending under COVID-19	11
Editorial Board	10
Displacement effects of public libraries	9
The impact of firms’ international trade on domestic suppliers: The case of Japan	9
Obsolete housing equipment, weak renovation, and rapid depreciation of Japanese condominiums	9
Effect of the utilization of non-reciprocal trade preferences offered by the QUAD countries on beneficiary countries' economic complexity	8
Is Financial Literacy Dangerous? Financial Literacy, Behavioral Factors, and Financial Choices of Households	8

Lessons from mergers and acquisitions of regional banks in Japan: What does the stock market think?	8
Prediction machines, insurance, and protection: An alternative perspective on AI’s role in production	7
Peer effects on job satisfaction from exposure to elderly workers	7
Editorial Board	7
Tariff Pass-through in Wholesaling: Evidence from Firm-level Data in Japan✰	6
Welfare gains through globalization: Evidence from Japan's manufacturing sector	6
The financial health of “swing hospitals” during the first COVID-19 outbreak	6
Heterogeneity and wage growth of full-time workers in Japan: An empirical analysis using micro data	6
How does the impact of the COVID-19 state of emergency change? An analysis of preventive behaviors and mental health using panel data in Japan	5
State ownership, political connection, and innovation subsidies in China	5
Management practices and productivity in Japan: Evidence from six industries in JP MOPS	5
The aging society, savings rates, and regional flow of funds in Japan	5
Tokenism in gender diversity on board of directors	5
Can child benefit reductions increase maternal employment? Evidence from Japan	5
Are Japanese Full-time Workers Conservative in Starting New Businesses?	4
Potential benefits and determinants of remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Japanese Household Panel Data	4
The China shock and job reallocation in Japan	4
Impact of studying abroad on language skill development: Regression discontinuity evidence from Japanese university students	4
Information effects of monetary policy	4
Editorial Board	4
Policy uncertainty in Japan	4
Editorial Board	3
Margins, concentration, and the performance of firms in international trade: Evidence from Japanese customs data	3
Aggregate implications of changing industrial trends in Japan	3
The heterogeneous effects of COVID-19 on labor markets: People’s movement and non-pharmaceutical interventions	3
The impact of export controls on international trade: Evidence from the Japan–Korea trade dispute in semiconductor industry	3
Assessing monetary policy surprises in Japan by high frequency identification	3
Macroeconomic analysis of the child benefit: Fertility, demographic structure, and welfare	3
Small business under the COVID-19 crisis: Expected short- and medium-run effects of anti-contagion and economic policies	3
Competition in the Chinese market: Foreign firms and markups	3
Editorial Board	3
What types of houses remain vacant? Evidence from a municipality in Tokyo, Japan	2
Employers’ stereotypes and taste-based discrimination	2
Labor market of regular workers in Japan: A perspective from job advertisement data	2
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global GDP growth	2
Property tax and farmland use in urban areas: Evidence from the reform in the early 1990s in Japan	2
Assessing the impact of China shocks on intra-ASEAN trade	2
The effects of a megabank merger on firm-Bank relationships and loan availability	2
Wealth, Financial Literacy and Behavioral Biases in Japan: the Effects of Various Types of Financial Literacy	2
The effects of large-scale equity purchases during the coronavirus pandemic	2
Nowcasting economic activity with mobility data	2
Nelson–Siegel decay factor and term premia in Japan	2
Impact of fiscal policies on the labor market with search friction: An estimated DSGE model for Japan	2
Impacts of firm's GVC participation on productivity: A case of Japanese firms	2
Peer effects on influenza vaccination: Evidence from a city's administrative data in Japan	2