Makoto Shimizu
Department of Business Economics
Professor
Email: mkshimi@tiu.ac.jp
Last updated: July 30, 2025 5:43 pm
⬛ Education
| Ph.D., Economics, 2017, Rikkyo University |
| Bachelor, Science, 1987, The University of Tokyo |
⬛ Teaching and Research Interests
Economic Statistics, Statistical System, Statistical Survey, Econometrics, Demography, Social Survey Method
⬛ Academic Appointments
| 2023, Professor, Tokyo International University |
| 2022-2023, Director-General for International Statistical Affairs, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| 2021, Officer-in-Charge, Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations |
| 2017-2022, Deputy Director, Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations |
| 2016-2018, Visiting Professor, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Research Organization of Information and Systems |
| 2015-2017,¡¡Director-General, Statistical Research and Training Institute, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
| 2000-2002, Researcher (part-time), Urban Research Center, Tokyo Metropolitan University |
| 1999-2002, Associate Professor, Institute of Social Science, The University of Tokyo |
⬛ Fellowships & Grants
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⬛ Selected Publications/Conference Papers
| "Prioritizing Food Consumption in Japan: Factors of the Upturn in Engel¡¯s Coefficient," International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (2025) |
| ¡°The World's Future from Japan,¡± PUBFUN (2024) |
| ¡°New Statistical System for Official Statistics in Japan,¡± 57th Session of ISI (2009) |
| ¡°Review for the Estimation with Regression Equations for Rent Indices in Japan,¡± 11th Ottawa Group Meeting (2009) |
| ¡°Empirical Analysis of the Difference between Measured and Perceived Inflation in Japan,¡± Joint UNECE/ILO Meeting (2008) |
| ¡°Telecommunication Indices in the Japanese CPI,¡± 10th Ottawa Group Meeting (2007) |
| ¡°Quantitative Evaluation of the 2005 Revision of the CPI in Japan,¡± 56th Session of ISI (2007) |
| ¡°Review of the Prices of Rents and Owner-occupied Houses in Japan,¡± 9th Ottawa Group Meeting (2006) |
| ¡°Methodological Developments in the 2005 Revision of the CPI in Japan,¡± Joint UNECE/ILO Meeting (2006) |
| ¡°Recent Methodological Developments of the CPI in Japan,¡± OECD Seminar Inflation Measures: Too High - Too Low - Internationally Comparable? (2005) |