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I am a senior fellow of the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and an associate professor (cross appointment) at the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University in Japan.

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My research interests span across a wide variety of empirical topics in spatial economics, such as agglomeration economies and diseconomies, spatial spillover effects, local labor markets, interregional labor migration, and international trade.

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Publications

February 3, 2022

Spatial dependence in regional business cycles: Evidence from Mexican states (Kondo, K.). Journal of Spatial Econometrics 3, Article number: 1 (2022)

September 24, 2021

Simulating the impacts of interregional mobility restriction on the spatial spread of COVID-19 in Japan (Kondo, K.). Scientific Reports 11, 18951 (2021).

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News

Article in Media August 11, 2024

"Municipalities at Risk of Extinction" Even Though They Are Far From Extinct Sankei Shimbun. August 11, 2024.

Interview June 28, 2024

The relationship between labor market mobility, wage growth, and innovation in our country. (Kondo, K.). WHITE PAPER ON LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM IN JAPAN, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism.

RIETI Special Report May 7, 2024

Reexamining the Eventual Extinction of Japan's Municipalities: What Do 40-years of Recent Data Tell Us? (Kondo, K.). RIETI Policy Update (en) | RIETI Special Report (jp)

Web App April 26, 2024

Percentage Change in Young Female Population 1980-2020. In response to the news "Eventual Extinction of Japan's municipalities" by the Population Strategy Council, I developed the web app that visualizes the percentage change in the female population aged 20-39. Shiny App (jp) | Web App

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