Researchers Profile

HARA Hiromi, Vice Senior Researcher

As of January, 2011

Academic Discipline/Area of Interest

Labor Economics

Education

2007 Ph.D. (Economics) The University of Tokyo
1996 MA (Economics) The University of Tokyo
1994 BA (Economics) The University of Tokyo
1992 BA (Education) The University of Tokyo

Research Projects

Japan Labor Review
(Vol.3, No.2 Spring 2006)
What Influences Workers in Deciding to Support Unions?: Evidence from Japan (PDF494KB)

(Vol.2, No.3 Summer 2005)
Labor Demand for New High School Graduates in Japan (PDF520KB)


JILPT Research Report
(2010)
- No.117 Career Development of Contingent Workers - The Current Status of Ability Development and the Transition to Regular Employees (PDF99KB)

(2009)
- No.110 Analysis of Firm-Provided Training for Non-Regular Employees in Japan
- Based on Special Analysis of FY 2006 Basic Survey of Human Resources Development - (PDF89KB)

(2007)
- No.75 Diversification of Working Styles and Safety Nets: Focusing on Capability Development and Work-Life Balance (PDF89KB)

(2005)
- No.28 Labor Demand for New Graduates in Japan: Will Recruitment of High-School Graduates Recover? (PDF145KB)

JILPT Policy Report
(2004)
- No.2 Surveys on Job Training Policies in the US (in Japanese)

Journal Publications

- Hiromi Hara and Daiji Kawaguchi (2008) “Union Wage Effect in Japan,” Industrial Relations, Vol. 47, No. 4, pp. 569-590.

- Hiromi Hara and Hiroki Sato (2008) ”Analysis on Work-Life Conflict from the Aspect of the Gap between the Real and Desired Working Hour,” Japanese Journal of Research on Household Economics, No. 79, pp.72-79.(in Japanese)

- Hiromi Hara (2007) “Private Sector Training in Japan between 1970s and 2000s,” Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, Vol. 49, No. 6, pp.84-100. (in Japanese)
 
- Hiromi Hara, Yoshihide Sano and Hiroki Sato (2006)  “Company’s Training Policy and Continuous Hiring of New High School Graduates,” Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, Vol. 48, No. 11, pp.63-79. (in Japanese)

- Hiromi Hara and Hiroki Sato (2004) “What Influences a Non-Union Worker to Support Unions?: Focusing on a Worker’s Knowledge of His Employment Rights,” Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, Vol. 46, No. 11, pp.54-70. (in Japanese)

- Hiromi Hara (2003) “The Estimation of the Elasticities of Complementarity between Regular and Non-Regular Employees in Japan,” Japanese Journal of Labour Studies, Vol. 45, No. 9, pp.17-30. (in Japanese)

Membership of Academic Societies

Japanese Economic Association