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Yoko Niimi

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Imadegawa-agaru, Shinmachi-dori, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto 602-0047, Japan
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Affiliation

(90%) Graduate School of Policy and Management
Doshisha University

Kyoto, Japan
http://sosei.doshisha.ac.jp/
RePEc:edi:gspdojp (more details at EDIRC)

(10%) Asian Growth Research Institute (AGI)

Kitakyushu, Japan
http://www.agi.or.jp/
RePEc:edi:icseajp (more details at EDIRC)

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Working papers

  1. Niimi, Yoko & Horioka, Charles Yuji, 2021. "Elderly Poverty and Its Measurement," AGI Working Paper Series 2021-08, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  2. Niimi, Yoko, 2021. "Are Married Women Really Wealthier than Unmarried Women? Evidence from Japan," AGI Working Paper Series 2021-01, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  3. Niimi, Yoko, 2021. "Juggling Paid Work and Elderly Care Provision in Japan: Does a Flexible Work Environment Help Family Caregivers Cope?," AGI Working Paper Series 2021-07, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  4. Charles Yuji Horioka & Yoko Niimi, 2020. "Evaluation of the Expansion of Housing Credit in Japan," ISER Discussion Paper 1098, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
  5. Yuji Horioka, Charles & Niimi, Yoko, 2020. "Was the Expansion of Housing Credit in Japan Good or Bad?," AGI Working Paper Series 2020-01, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  6. Yuji Horioka, Charles & Niimi, Yoko, 2019. "Household Debt and Aging in Japan," AGI Working Paper Series 2019-12, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  7. Akkemik, K. Ali & Çiçek, Gerçek & Yuji Horioka, Charles & Niimi, Yoko, 2019. "The Impact of a Failed Coup d’État on Happiness, Life Satisfaction, and Trust: The Case of the Plot in Turkey on July 15, 2016," AGI Working Paper Series 2019-10, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  8. Charles Yuji Horioka & Yoko Niimi, 2018. "An Empirical Analysis of the Saving Behavior of Elderly Households in Japan," ISER Discussion Paper 1018, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University.
  9. Niimi, Yoko, 2018. "Do Borrowing Constraints Matter for Intergenerational Educational Mobility? Evidence from Japan," AGI Working Paper Series 2018-02, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  10. Niimi, Yoko & Horioka, Charles Yuji, 2018. "The Wealth Decumulation Behavior of the Retired Elderly in Japan:The Relative Importance of Precautionary Saving and Bequest Motives," AGI Working Paper Series 2018-08, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  11. Niimi, Yoko, 2017. "Does Providing Informal Elderly Care Hasten Retirement? Evidence from Japan," AGI Working Paper Series 2017-07, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  12. Niimi, Yoko & Horioka, Charles Yuji, 2016. "The Impact of Intergenerational Transfers on Household Wealth Inequality in Japan and the United States," AGI Working Paper Series 2016-20, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  13. Niimi, Yoko, 2016. "To Avoid or Not to Avoid Inheritance Taxes? That Is the Question for Parents: Empirical Evidence from Japan," AGI Working Paper Series 2016-13, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  14. Niimi, Yoko, 2015. "Can Happiness Provide New Insights into Social Inequality? Evidence from Japan," AGI Working Paper Series 2015-12, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  15. Fang, Zheng & Niimi, Yoko, 2015. "Do Losses Bite More than Gains? Evidence from a Panel Quantile Regression Analysis of Subjective Well-being in Japan," AGI Working Paper Series 2015-18, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  16. Niimi, Yoko, 2015. "The "Costs" of Informal Care: An Analysis of the Impact of Elderly Care on Caregivers' Subjective Well-being in Japan," AGI Working Paper Series 2015-17, Asian Growth Research Institute.
  17. Niimi, Yoko, 2009. "Gender Equality and Inclusive Growth in Developing Asia," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 186, Asian Development Bank.
  18. Zhuang, Juzhong & Gunatilake, Herath & Niimi, Yoko & Ehsan Khan, Muhammad & Jiang, Yi & Hasan, Rana & Khor, Niny & S. Lagman-Martin, Anneli & Bracey, Pamela & Huang, Biao, 2009. "Financial Sector Development, Economic Growth, and Poverty Reduction: A Literature Review," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 173, Asian Development Bank.
  19. Niimi, Yoko & Pham, Thai Hung & Reilly, Barry, 2008. "Determinants of remittances : recent evidence using data on internal migrants in Vietnam," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4586, The World Bank.
  20. Niimi, Yoko & Reilly, Barry, 2008. "Gender Differences in Remittance Behavior: Evidence from Viet Nam," ADB Economics Working Paper Series 135, Asian Development Bank.
  21. Niimi, Yoko & Ozden, Caglar & Schiff, Maurice, 2008. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less," IZA Discussion Papers 3393, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  22. Niimi, Yoko, 2007. "Household welfare and price changes in Vietnam in an era of trade liberalisation," Economics PhD Theses 0407, Department of Economics, University of Sussex Business School.
  23. Bussolo, Maurizio & Niimi, Yoko, 2006. "Do regional trade pacts benefit the poor ? An illustration from the Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua," Policy Research Working Paper Series 3850, The World Bank.
  24. Niimi, Yoko & Ozden, Caglar, 2006. "Migration and remittances : causes and linkages," Policy Research Working Paper Series 4087, The World Bank.
  25. Yoko Niimi, 2005. "An Analysis of Household Responses to Price Shocks in Vietnam: Can Unit Values Substitute for Market Prices?," PRUS Working Papers 30, Poverty Research Unit at Sussex, University of Sussex.
  26. Bussolo, Maurizio & Niimi, Yoko, 2005. "Do the Poor benefit from Regional Trade Pacts? An Illustration from the Central America Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua," Conference papers 331331, Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project.
  27. Patricia Justino & Julie Litchfield & Yoko Niimi, 2004. "Multidimensional Inequality: An Empirial Application to Brazil," PRUS Working Papers 24, Poverty Research Unit at Sussex, University of Sussex.
  28. Yoko Niimi & Puja Vasudeva Dutta & Alan Winters, 2003. "Trade Liberalisation and Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam," PRUS Working Papers 17, Poverty Research Unit at Sussex, University of Sussex.
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Articles

  1. Niimi, Yoko, 2021. "Juggling paid work and elderly care provision in Japan: Does a flexible work environment help family caregivers cope?," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 62(C).
  2. K. Ali Akkemik & Gerçek Çiçek & Charles Yuji Horioka & Yoko Niimi, 2020. "The impact of a failed coup d’état on happiness, life satisfaction, and trust: the case of the plot in Turkey on July 15, 2016," Applied Economics Letters, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(16), pages 1371-1375, September.
  3. Horioka, Charles Yuji & Niimi, Yoko, 2020. "Was the expansion of housing credit in Japan good or bad?," Japan and the World Economy, Elsevier, vol. 53(C).
  4. Yoko Niimi, 2019. "The Effect of the Recent Inheritance Tax Reform on Bequest Behaviour in Japan," Fiscal Studies, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 40(1), pages 45-70, March.
  5. Niimi, Yoko & Horioka, Charles Yuji, 2019. "The wealth decumulation behavior of the retired elderly in Japan: The relative importance of precautionary saving and bequest motives," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 52-63.
  6. Yoko Niimi & Charles Yuji Horioka, 2018. "The impact of intergenerational transfers on wealth inequality in Japan and the United States," The World Economy, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 41(8), pages 2042-2066, August.
  7. Yoko Niimi, 2018. "What Affects Happiness Inequality? Evidence from Japan," Journal of Happiness Studies, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 521-543, February.
  8. Yoko Niimi, 2018. "Do borrowing constraints matter for intergenerational educational mobility? Evidence from Japan," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(4), pages 628-656, October.
  9. Yoko Niimi, 2018. "Does providing informal elderly care hasten retirement? Evidence from Japan," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(3), pages 1039-1062, August.
  10. Charles Yuji Horioka & Peter J. Morgan & Yoko Niimi & Guanghua Wan, 2018. "Aging in Asia: Introduction to Symposium," Review of Development Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 22(3), pages 879-884, August.
  11. Charles Yuji Horioka & Peter J. Morgan & Yoko Niimi, 2018. "Public and private investment in human capital and intergenerational transfers in Asia: an overview," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(4), pages 511-514, October.
  12. Fang, Zheng & Niimi, Yoko, 2017. "Does everyone exhibit loss aversion? Evidence from a panel quantile regression analysis of subjective well-being in Japan," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 79-90.
  13. Charles Yuji HORIOKA & Yoko NIIMI, 2017. "An Empirical Analysis of the Saving Behavior of Elderly Households in Japan," Economic Analysis, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), vol. 196, pages 31-46, December.
  14. Yoko Niimi, 2016. "The “Costs” of informal care: an analysis of the impact of elderly care on caregivers’ subjective well-being in Japan," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 14(4), pages 779-810, December.
  15. Yoko Niimi & Barry Reilly, 2011. "Gender Differences In Remittance Behavior: Evidence From Vietnam," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 56(02), pages 215-237.
  16. Yoko Niimi & Caglar Ozden & Maurice Schiff, 2010. "Remittances and the Brain Drain: Skilled Migrants Do Remit Less," Annals of Economics and Statistics, GENES, issue 97-98, pages 123-141.
  17. Yoko Niimi & Thai Hung Pham & Barry Reilly, 2009. "Determinants of Remittances: Recent Evidence Using Data on Internal Migrants in Vietnam," Asian Economic Journal, East Asian Economic Association, vol. 23(1), pages 19-39, March.
  18. Bussolo, Maurizio & Niimi, Yoko, 2009. "Do Regional Trade Pacts Benefit the Poor? An Illustration from Dominican Republic--Central American Free Trade Agreement in Nicaragua," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(1), pages 146-160, January.
  19. Niimi, Yoko & Vasudeva Dutta, Puja, 2007. "Trade Liberalisation and Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam," Journal of Economic Integration, Center for Economic Integration, Sejong University, vol. 22, pages 819-851.
  20. Yoko Niimi & Puja Vasudeva-Dutta & L. Alan Winters, 2004. "Storm in a rice bowl: Rice reform and poverty in Vietnam in the 1990s," Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(2), pages 170-190.

Chapters

  1. Yoko Niimi & Charles Yuji Horioka, 2023. "Elderly poverty and its measurement," Chapters, in: Jacques Silber (ed.), Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, chapter 29, pages 307-315, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  2. Yoko Niimi & Puja Vasudeva Dutta & L. Alan Winters, 2015. "Trade Liberalisation and Poverty Dynamics in Vietnam," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Non-Tariff Barriers, Regionalism and Poverty Essays in Applied International Trade Analysis, chapter 16, pages 333-365, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..

Books

  1. Bussolo, Maurizio & Martínez Peria, María Soledad & Calderón, César & Mascaró, Yira & Nielsen, Mette E. & Acosta, Pablo & López, J. Humberto & Özden, Çaglar & Niimi, Yoko & Molina, Luis & Moizeszowicz, 2008. "Remittances and Development: Lessons from Latin America," IDB Publications (Books), Inter-American Development Bank, number 353, November.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 38 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-AGE: Economics of Ageing (18) 2015-11-15 2016-02-23 2016-06-18 2016-08-28 2016-10-09 2016-12-11 2017-04-23 2017-11-19 2018-02-12 2018-10-22 2018-11-26 2019-11-18 2019-11-25 2019-12-02 2020-01-27 2021-10-25 2021-12-06 2021-12-13. Author is listed
  2. NEP-HAP: Economics of Happiness (8) 2015-06-05 2015-11-15 2015-12-01 2016-02-23 2016-02-29 2016-03-06 2016-06-09 2019-11-18. Author is listed
  3. NEP-MAC: Macroeconomics (7) 2016-10-16 2017-11-19 2019-11-25 2019-12-02 2020-01-27 2020-02-10 2020-08-31. Author is listed
  4. NEP-DEV: Development (5) 2007-01-13 2008-03-25 2008-09-13 2010-04-17 2010-04-17. Author is listed
  5. NEP-HEA: Health Economics (4) 2015-11-15 2016-02-23 2017-04-23 2021-10-25
  6. NEP-BAN: Banking (3) 2020-01-27 2020-02-10 2020-08-31
  7. NEP-URE: Urban and Real Estate Economics (3) 2020-01-27 2020-02-10 2020-08-31
  8. NEP-ARA: MENA - Middle East and North Africa (2) 2019-11-18 2019-11-25
  9. NEP-DEM: Demographic Economics (2) 2016-10-09 2016-12-11
  10. NEP-FLE: Financial Literacy and Education (2) 2020-01-27 2020-02-10
  11. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (2) 2017-04-23 2021-08-09
  12. NEP-MIG: Economics of Human Migration (2) 2008-03-25 2008-09-13
  13. NEP-PBE: Public Economics (2) 2016-06-18 2016-08-28
  14. NEP-CBA: Central Banking (1) 2019-11-18
  15. NEP-EDU: Education (1) 2018-02-26
  16. NEP-FDG: Financial Development and Growth (1) 2010-04-17
  17. NEP-INT: International Trade (1) 2006-02-26
  18. NEP-KNM: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (1) 2018-07-09
  19. NEP-LMA: Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages (1) 2021-10-25
  20. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (1) 2010-04-17
  21. NEP-SEA: South East Asia (1) 2016-06-09
  22. NEP-TRA: Transition Economics (1) 2008-09-13

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