Dr. Markus Heckel

Research Fellow at the Professorship for Economic Institutions, Innovation and East Asian Development

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Empirical Study: Employee Well-Being

Goethe-University
Faculty 02, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
Institute for Management and Microeconomics
Professorship for Economic Institutions, Innovation and East Asian Development

Goethe University Frankfurt
Campus Westend / RuW Building / Room  RuW 4.242
PO Box RuW 56
Theodor-W.-Adorno-Platz 4
60323 Frankfurt/Main
GERMANY

Tel.: +49 (69) 798-34813
Fax: +49 (69) 798-35019
Email: mheckel@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de

Consultation hours:
only by appointment

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RESEARCH  |  VITA  |  TEACHING  |  PUBLICATIONS  |  TALKS |

RESEARCH

My research interests include monetary economics, central banking, Bank of Japan, political economy, Japanese economy and labour economics.

Project related research

One of my general research interests is labor economics. In the case study of the project, we analyze employee well-being in Japan and China. This includes general discussions about labor markets and labor productivity, but also issues related to subjective well-being, including job satisfaction rate, stress, and burnout.

Other research interests

  • Japanese economy
  • Political economy
  • Central banking
  • Institutional economics

VITA

Employment history

Since 2014

Post Doctoral Research Fellow, “Protecting the Weak” Project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, Goethe University Frankfurt

Since 2014

Post Doctoral Research Assistant at the Department of Management and Microeconomics

2012 - 2014

Research Assistant at the Department of Management and Microeconomics, Chair for the Study of Economic Institutions, Innovation and East Asian Development, Goethe University Frankfurt

Jul 2008 -
Sep 2008

Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for International Monetary Affairs (Tôkyô)


 Academic background

2007 -
2014

University of Duisburg-Essen, Department of Economics, Dr. rer. oec (PhD equivalent), 2014

1999 -
2006

University of Bonn, Regional Studies of Japan and economics. Diploma (Master equivalent), 2006

 
Scholarships

Feb 2007 –
Jan 2009

Courtesy of a Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for Doctoral Students in Japan

May 2005 –
Sep 2005

Research for Diploma Thesis at the Kyôto University with Courtesy of a Scholarship from DAAD


Memberships

Since 2013

European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS)

Since 2013

German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF)

Since 2012

Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)

Since 2009

Japan Society of Monetary Economics (JSME)

TEACHING

“Management”, Bachelor, Tutorial, 2013, 2016

“Organization and Human Resource Management in Japanese Companies”, Tutorial, 2013

“Institutions and Innovation”, Master, Tutorial, 2013

“Management and Institutions”, Bachelor, Tutorial, 2014

“Colloquium Bachelor Thesis” 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017

“Labor Markets and Institutions“ (Seminar), Bachelor, 2015

“Monetary Macroeconomics: Central Banking, Monetary Policy and Deflation” (Seminar), Bachelor, 2016

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

2017

(forthcoming 2017), “Negative Interest Rate Policy of the Bank of Japan and Central Banks in Europe” in: Ripe for Cooperation? EU-Japan Partnership in the Shadow of China and the Crisis of Liberalism by Axel Berkofsky, Chris Hughes, Paul Midford and Marie Söderberg (Eds.)

2016

Book Review of “The Evolution of Central Banking and Monetary Policy in the Asia-Pacific” by by Akhand Akhtar Hossain (author), East Asian Integration Studies, 2016, Vol. 9, no. 11.

2015

“The Independence of the Bank of Japan in the Light of Statutory Rules and Central Bank Independence Indices” (with Moritz Bälz), in Rövekamp, Bälz and Hilpert (eds.): Central Banking and Financial Stability in East Asia. Springer International Publishing, pp. 25-44.

2014

“The Bank of Japan – Institutional Issues of Delegation, Central Bank Independence and Monetary Policy”, PhD Thesis. University Duisburg-Essen

2011

Book review: Modern Monetary Policy in Theory and Practice - Central Banking and Financial Markets [Gendai no Kinyū Seisaku - Riron to Jissai]. Shirakawa Masaaki (2008). Electronic Journal of Contemporary Japanese Studies, Vol. 11, Issue 2, Book Review No. 4 / 2011.

2010

“The Bundesbank Executive Sarrazin – Implications for the German and European Central Bank”, Institute for International Monetary Affairs, Newsletter No. 33, 2010.

2008

“The Separation of Monetary and Fiscal Policy - A Golden Rule for the Bank of Japan?” Institute for International Monetary Affairs, Newsletter No. 20, 2008.


TALKS

Talks at academic Conferences, Seminars, Workshops

June 29 - July 1, 2017

“Negative Interest Rate Policy and the Role of Central Bank Accountability: The Case of the Bank of Japan” paper presented at the 29th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), University Claude Bernard 1, Lyon, France

June 9 -10, 2017

Presentation of paper “Uncertainty over Labor Contract Duration: Evidence from Japanese and Spanish Micro Data” and conference co-organizer (with Cornelia Storz), EJARN conference: Monetary Policy in Japan and Europe, Goethe University Frankfurt

June 2, 2017

“Who Does not Know Their Labor Contract Term? Implications for Working Conditions: Evidence from Japanese and Spanish Micro Data”, International Workshop „Calls for Protecting the Weak in East Asia: Empirical Findings and New Theoretical Insights“, Goethe-University Frankfurt

Mar 13, 2017

“Uncertainty over Labor Contract Duration: Evidence from Japanese and Spanish Micro Data”, workshop for young economists, Hitotsubashi University, Institute of Economic Research

Mar 8, 2017

“Uncertainty over Labor Contract Duration: Evidence from Japanese and Spanish Micro Data”, 5. Duisburg-Frankfurt Workshop “Institutionen in der Entwicklung Ostasiens, Goethe-University Frankfurt

Jan 19, 2017

“Monetary Policy and Central Bank Transparency of the Bank of Japan”, guest lecture for the lecture „Central Bank Transparency” (Per Nymand-Andersen, European Central Bank),

Oct 7 - 8, 2016

“Uncertainty over Labor Contract Duration: Evidence from Japanese Micro Data”, paper presented at the conference “Protecting the Weak – Concepts and East Asian Evidence”, Lingnan University, Hong Kong

June 24 - 26, 2016

“Uncertainty over Labor Contract Duration: Evidence from Japanese Micro Data”, SASE 2016 Conference at the University of California, Berkeley, at the session (organized by Markus Heckel and Ioan Trifu) "Protecting the Weak": Social Justice and Wellbeing in China and Japan

June 17, 2016

“Negative Interest Rates at the Bank of Japan and Central Banks in Europe”, EJARN Annual Conference”, University of Warwick

Aug 26 - 28, 2015

Auf dem Weg zur Arbeit. Das tägliche Pendeln zwischen Wohn- und Arbeitsort in Japan”, 16. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag, LMU München

July 2-4, 2015

Time and risk preference in Japan” (with Na Zou), SASE 27th Annual Conference, London School of Economics

Mar 2015

(with Na Zou) “Risk preference, subjective wellbeing and consumption behavior. A cross-country comparison between China, Japan and the US”, Duisburg-Frankfurt Workshop, Goethe-University Frankfurt

Aug 2014

Employee Well-Being in Japan: A Media Content Analysis”, paper presented at the 14th international conference organized by the European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS), Ljubljana / Slovenia,

2014

Employee well-being in Japan”, 14th EAJS International Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Aug. 27 - Aug 30, 2014