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Dr Tomoko Kishi
How an export boom affects unemployment: a comparison between Australia and Japan
The objective of this study is to find whether a causal relationship exists between changes in the structure of foreign trade and unemployment in Japan. In particular, the relationship between terms of trade (prices of exported goods relative to those of imported goods) and unemployment rate is examined. I use vector error component analysis because of the presence of unit roots and co-integration. The estimated result suggests that the causal relationship from terms of trade to unemployment is not statistically significant for Japan, unlike for Australia.
Dr Tomoko Kishi completed her B.A. at Tokyo University, M.A. at Keio University, and her Ph.D. at Kyoto University. After working for Life Design Institute, an affiliate of a life insurance company in Tokyo, she became a Lecturer of Economics at Otsuma Women’s College, Tokyo, in 1991. In 2001, she became an Associate Professor of Economics at Nanzan University, Nagoya. From 2004 to 2005, she was a visiting researcher at Bond University, Queensland. In 2005, she became a Professor of Economics at Nanzan University. In 2011, she again worked as a visiting researcher at Bond University. Her major area of study is comparative analyses between the Australian and Japanese labour markets.
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