ARC welcomes Tomohiro Machikita

Tomohiro Machikita is a Research Economist at Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) in Japan.

His research interests include temporary jobs and organizations in international trade, economic history of agglomeration and globalization, knowledge creation, immigrant technologists, and immigration policy, and bargaining between manufacturer-supplier in developing economies. During his stay at ARC he will focus on the topic "Intersection of Labour and Industrial Development in Asia".

Tomohiro Machikita has a PhD in Economics from Kyoto University. The title of his dissertation is "Empirical Essays on Labor Mobility in a Developing Economy: Evidence from Thailand"