Dr. Markus Heckel
Research Fellow at the Professorship for Economic Institutions, Innovation and East Asian Development
Empirical Study: Employee Well-Being
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Goethe-University Goethe University Frankfurt Tel.: +49 (69) 798-34813 |
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Consultation hours: |
RESEARCH | VITA | TEACHING | PUBLICATIONS | TALKS |
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
Employment history
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Since 2014 |
Post Doctoral Research Fellow, “Protecting the Weak” Project, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, Goethe University Frankfurt |
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Since 2014 |
Post Doctoral Research Assistant at the Department of Management and Microeconomics |
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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 |
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Jul 2008 - |
Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute for International Monetary Affairs (Tôkyô) |
Academic background
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2007 - |
University of Duisburg-Essen, Department of Economics, Dr. rer. oec (PhD equivalent), 2014 |
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1999 - |
University of Bonn, Regional Studies of Japan and economics. Diploma (Master equivalent), 2006 |
Scholarships
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Feb 2007 – |
Courtesy of a Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for Doctoral Students in Japan |
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May 2005 – |
Research for Diploma Thesis at the Kyôto University with Courtesy of a Scholarship from DAAD |
Memberships
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Since 2013 |
European Association for Japanese Studies (EAJS) |
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Since 2013 |
German Association for Social Science Research on Japan (VSJF) |
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Since 2012 |
Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) |
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Since 2009 |
Japan Society of Monetary Economics (JSME) |
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“Management”, Bachelor, Tutorial, 2013, 2016 |
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“Organization and Human Resource Management in Japanese Companies”, Tutorial, 2013 |
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“Institutions and Innovation”, Master, Tutorial, 2013 |
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“Management and Institutions”, Bachelor, Tutorial, 2014 |
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“Colloquium Bachelor Thesis” 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 |
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“Labor Markets and Institutions“ (Seminar), Bachelor, 2015 |
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“Monetary Macroeconomics: Central Banking, Monetary Policy and Deflation” (Seminar), Bachelor, 2016 |
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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.) |
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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. |
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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. |
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2014 |
“The Bank of Japan – Institutional Issues of Delegation, Central Bank Independence and Monetary Policy”, PhD Thesis. University Duisburg-Essen |
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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. |
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2010 |
“The Bundesbank Executive Sarrazin – Implications for the German and European Central Bank”, Institute for International Monetary Affairs, Newsletter No. 33, 2010. |
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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 |
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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), |
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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 |
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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 |
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June 17, 2016 |
“Negative Interest Rates at the Bank of Japan and Central Banks in Europe”, EJARN Annual Conference”, University of Warwick |
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Aug 26 - 28, 2015 |
“Auf dem Weg zur Arbeit. Das tägliche Pendeln zwischen Wohn- und Arbeitsort in Japan”, 16. Deutschsprachiger Japanologentag, LMU München |
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July 2-4, 2015 |
“Time and risk preference in Japan” (with Na Zou), SASE 27th Annual Conference, London School of Economics |
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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 |
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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, |
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2014 |
“Employee well-being in Japan”, 14th EAJS International Conference, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Aug. 27 - Aug 30, 2014 |
