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Mayo Morimoto

Division Department of Comparative Contemporary Economics
Research Fields Japanese economic history
E-mail morimotoiss.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Homepage https://sites.google.com/site/mayomorimoto/

Teaching and Research Appointments

April 2017 -
March 2021		 Assistant Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo
April 2021 - Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo

Topics of Research

1An organizational transition of the intermediary management system in the Japanese coal mining industry
2Referral hiring in the Japanese coal mining industry
3Monitoring workers in the Japanese coal mining industry

Selected Publications

  • “Inkan Seals as Tools of Labor Selection in Early 20th Century Mining,” Social Science Japan Journal, 23(2), Summer 2020, pp. 225–257
  • “Effects of Electrification on the Coal Industry’s Production and Distribution: Evidence from 1900s Japan,” The Singapore Economic Review, forthcoming

Educational Activities

Graduate School of Economics,
The University of Tokyo		 Economic History of Japan I ( Advanced Economic History of Japan I (Graduate Level))/
Labor and Organization in Modern Japan
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