Takao Kato
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EconomicsTakao Kato pioneered the econometric analysis of employee participation and innovative work practices of Japanese and Korean firms. While continuing to work in this area, he has also been studying corporate governance, executive compensation, and promotion tournament in Japan, Korea, China, and Denmark. Kato's most recent research involves econometric case studies of firms in the U.S., China, Finland, Denmark, and Japan, with particular focus on high-performance work practices as well as career development and promotion tournament including gender gaps in the workplace.
Kato is Research Fellow, ; Research Associate, (Columbia Business School) and (Copenhagen Business School and Aarhus University); Faculty Fellow and Mentor, ; Research Fellow, ; and Senior Fellow, (Helsinki). He has held visiting professorships in Japan (Tokyo, Hitotsubashi, Keio, Osaka, Japan Institute of Labour), Korea (KDI School of Public Policy and Management), Australia (New South Wales), Denmark (Aarhus and Copenhagen Business School), and the U.S. (Stanford and Levy Institute). Kato along with Perter Kuhn founded and has been playing a leading role in the community of mainstream labor economists in the Pacific Rim. Kato has been Series Editor of since 2008, and has been Co-Editor of also since 2008. Most recently Kato along with Richard Freeman launched a new journal with Emerald, . He received his Ph.D. in economics from Queen’s University, Canada in 1986.