Ippei Shibata

Last Updated: December 19, 2023

Ippei Shibata

Ippei Shibata is an economist on Portugal desk in the European Department at the International Monetary Fund. He has previously worked in the Research Department, the Western Hemisphere Department and the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. His research interests are in Macro Labor Economics and Applied Macroeconomics.

Email: ISHIBATA@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/ippeishibata/home

Fluent In: Japanese.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago, 2016

M.A. in Economics, New York University, 2009

Bachelor in Liberal Arts, Soka University of America, 2007


Previous Experience:

Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 2009-2010


Referee Activities:

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Review of Economic Dynamics, European Economic Review, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Econometric Reviews


Country work or Mission Assignment:

Liberia, Suriname, and Guyana


Field of Expertise:

Labor Economics

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Gender and Employment in the COVID-19 Recession: Evidence on “She-cessions” , Working Paper No. 2021/095 , March 31, 2021

Rising Corporate Market Power : Emerging Policy Issues , Staff Discussion Notes No. 2021/001 , March 15, 2021

Rising Corporate Market Power : Emerging Policy Issues , Staff Discussion Notes No. 2021/001 , March 15, 2021

The Distributional Impact of Recessions: the Global Financial Crisis and the Pandemic Recession , Working Paper No. 20/96 , June 19, 2020

Labor Market Dynamics: A Hidden Markov Approach , Working Paper No. 19/282 , December 20, 2019

Fiscal Policy Multipliers in Small States , Working Paper No. 19/72 , March 26, 2019

Are Labor Market Indicators Telling the Truth? Role of Measurement Error in the U.S. Current Population Survey , Working Paper No. 19/40 , February 26, 2019

Spillovers from US Government Spending Shocks : Impact on External Positions , Spillover Notes No. , October 18, 2017

Is Labor Market Mismatch a Big Deal in Japan? , Working Paper No. 13/196 , September 17, 2013

Selected Issue

"Exchange Rate Passthrough in Suriname" Selected Issues Paper, IMF Country Report No. 19/392

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

"Transitioning to a Greener Labor Market: Cross-Country Evidence from Microdata" (with John C Bluedorn, Niels-Jakob H Hansen, Diaa Noureldin, and Marina M. Tavares) 2023, Energy Economics, 106836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106836

"Has COVID-19 Induced Labor Market Mismatch? Evidence from the US and the UK" (with Carlo Pizzinelli), 2023, Labour Economics, Volume 81, April 2023, 102329 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102329

"Gender and Employment in the COVID-19 Recession: Cross Country Evidence on “She-cessions" (with John C Bluedorn, Francesca G Caselli, Niels-Jakob H Hansen, and Marina Mendes Tavares); (2023), Labour Economics, Volume 81, April 2023, 102308, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102308

"Reassessing Classification Errors in the Analysis of Labor Market Dynamics" (2022) Labour Economics, 102252. doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102252

"Can Fintech Foster Competition in the Banking System in Latin America and the Caribbean?" (with P. Bejar, K. Ishi, T. Komatsuzaki, J. Sin, and S. Tambunlertchai) (2022); Latin American Journal of Central Banking, Vol 3. Issue 2:100061. doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100061

"Fiscal Policy Multipliers in Small States" (with A. Alichi and K. Tanyeri) (2021) Economía (LACEA) Vol 21. Issue 2: 69-114.

"The Distributional Impact of Recessions: the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession" (2021), Journal of Economics and Business, Vol 115:105971. doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2020.105971

"Is Labor Market Mismatch a Big Deal in Japan?" B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. (2020) Vol 20: Issue 2: 1-28 (Contributions Tier). doi.org/10.1515/bejm-2016-0179

Ippei Shibata

Ippei Shibata is an economist on Portugal desk in the European Department at the International Monetary Fund. He has previously worked in the Research Department, the Western Hemisphere Department and the Strategy, Policy, and Review Department. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago. His research interests are in Macro Labor Economics and Applied Macroeconomics.

Email: ISHIBATA@imf.org

Personal WebPage: https://sites.google.com/site/ippeishibata/home

Fluent In: Japanese.

Education:

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Chicago, 2016

M.A. in Economics, New York University, 2009

Bachelor in Liberal Arts, Soka University of America, 2007


Previous Experience:

Research Associate, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City 2009-2010


Referee Activities:

American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics, Review of Economic Dynamics, European Economic Review, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Econometric Reviews


Country work or Mission Assignment:

Liberia, Suriname, and Guyana


Field of Expertise:

Labor Economics

IMF Books and Working Papers:

Gender and Employment in the COVID-19 Recession: Evidence on “She-cessions” , Working Paper No. 2021/095 , March 31, 2021

Rising Corporate Market Power : Emerging Policy Issues , Staff Discussion Notes No. 2021/001 , March 15, 2021

Rising Corporate Market Power : Emerging Policy Issues , Staff Discussion Notes No. 2021/001 , March 15, 2021

The Distributional Impact of Recessions: the Global Financial Crisis and the Pandemic Recession , Working Paper No. 20/96 , June 19, 2020

Labor Market Dynamics: A Hidden Markov Approach , Working Paper No. 19/282 , December 20, 2019

Fiscal Policy Multipliers in Small States , Working Paper No. 19/72 , March 26, 2019

Are Labor Market Indicators Telling the Truth? Role of Measurement Error in the U.S. Current Population Survey , Working Paper No. 19/40 , February 26, 2019

Spillovers from US Government Spending Shocks : Impact on External Positions , Spillover Notes No. , October 18, 2017

Is Labor Market Mismatch a Big Deal in Japan? , Working Paper No. 13/196 , September 17, 2013

Selected Issue

"Exchange Rate Passthrough in Suriname" Selected Issues Paper, IMF Country Report No. 19/392

Publications in Journals (Refereed)

"Transitioning to a Greener Labor Market: Cross-Country Evidence from Microdata" (with John C Bluedorn, Niels-Jakob H Hansen, Diaa Noureldin, and Marina M. Tavares) 2023, Energy Economics, 106836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2023.106836

"Has COVID-19 Induced Labor Market Mismatch? Evidence from the US and the UK" (with Carlo Pizzinelli), 2023, Labour Economics, Volume 81, April 2023, 102329 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102329

"Gender and Employment in the COVID-19 Recession: Cross Country Evidence on “She-cessions" (with John C Bluedorn, Francesca G Caselli, Niels-Jakob H Hansen, and Marina Mendes Tavares); (2023), Labour Economics, Volume 81, April 2023, 102308, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102308

"Reassessing Classification Errors in the Analysis of Labor Market Dynamics" (2022) Labour Economics, 102252. doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2022.102252

"Can Fintech Foster Competition in the Banking System in Latin America and the Caribbean?" (with P. Bejar, K. Ishi, T. Komatsuzaki, J. Sin, and S. Tambunlertchai) (2022); Latin American Journal of Central Banking, Vol 3. Issue 2:100061. doi.org/10.1016/j.latcb.2022.100061

"Fiscal Policy Multipliers in Small States" (with A. Alichi and K. Tanyeri) (2021) Economía (LACEA) Vol 21. Issue 2: 69-114.

"The Distributional Impact of Recessions: the Global Financial Crisis and the COVID-19 Pandemic Recession" (2021), Journal of Economics and Business, Vol 115:105971. doi.org/10.1016/j.jeconbus.2020.105971

"Is Labor Market Mismatch a Big Deal in Japan?" B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics. (2020) Vol 20: Issue 2: 1-28 (Contributions Tier). doi.org/10.1515/bejm-2016-0179