Linus Yamane
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Department of Economics
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Pitzer College
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1050 North Mills Avenue
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Claremont, California 91711
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Phone: (909) 607-3769
E-mail: lyamane@aya.yale.edu
Education:
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Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut
Doctor of Philosophy in Economics, May 1991
Dissertation titled "The Persistence of Shocks to Employment" demonstrates
the persistence of shocks to employment and examines its implications for
macroeconomic theories.
Yale University Fellowship, 1981-1986
Master of Philosophy in Economics, May 1984
Master of Arts in Economics, December 1982
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bachelor of Science in Economics, June 1981, Phi Beta Kappa
Teaching Experience:
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Pitzer College - Claremont, California
Professor of Economics and Asian American Studies, 2000 - present
Associate Professor of Economics, 1996-2000
Courses: Statistics, Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Asian American Experiences.
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Doshisha University - Kyoto, Japan
Visiting Faculty Fellow, Spring 2017, Spring 2020
Courses: Japanese Economy.
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Wellesley College - Wellesley, Massachusetts
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, 1994-1996
Courses: Japanese Economy, Macroeconomics, Statistics, Microeconomics.
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Harvard University - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, Summer 1995
Courses: Macroeconomic Theory, Econometrics.
Resident Tutor in Economics, Leverett House, 1994-1996
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Pitzer College - Claremont, California
Assistant Professor of Economics, 1988-1994
Courses: Macroeconomic Theory, Microeconomic Theory, Statistics, Econometrics,
Labor Economics, Japanese Economy, Economic Development, Asian American
Experiences.
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Yale University - New Haven, Connecticut
Lecturer in Economics, 1986-1988
Courses: Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Mathematics for Economists.
Teaching Assistant in Graduate Econometrics, 1983-1984
Research Experience:
- Kwansei Gakuin University - Nishinomiya, Japan
Visting Research Professor in the School of Economics, 2019
- Japan Development Bank - Tokyo, Japan
Shimomura Research Fellow in the Research Institute of Capital
Formation, 1993
Conducted research on macroeconomic and labor market differences between
Japan and the United States.
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The World Bank - Washington, D.C.
Economist in the Brazil Division, 1984-1985
Developed a computable general equilibrium model to forecast Brazilian
national debt.
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AT&T Bell Laboratories - Murray Hill, New Jersey
Member of Technical Staff, Summers 1980-82, 1984
Empirically analyzed consumer survey data on telecommunications services.
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National Bureau of Economic Research - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Research Assistant for Professor Laurence Kotlikoff, Summer
1983
Publications:
"Bias in the Academy: Counting Coauthors," Insider Higher Ed, December 12, 2019.
"Biracial Asian and White: Demographic and Labor Market Status," Theoretical and Applied Economics, Winter 2018, pp. 47-62.
"Asian Americans, Glass Ceilings, and Ph.D.s," Asian American Policy Review, Vol. 22, 2012.
"Labor Market Discrimination: Vietnamese Immigrants," The Journal of Southeast Asian American Education & Advancement, Vol. 7, 2012.
"Brazilian Americans at Pitzer," The Participant, Spring 2006.
"Model Minority," The Other Side, Spring 2006.
"Native Born Filipina/o Americans and Labor Market Discrimination," Feminist
Economics, July 2002.
"The Importance of Diversity: The City of Claremont," The Other Side, April 2000.
"Racial chasm exists on police, judicial issues," Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, December 12, 1999, op-ed article.
"The Insider-Outsider Model and Japanese Labor Unions," Japan and the
World Economy, Spring 1998.
"The Juglar Cycle," in D. Glaser, ed., Business Cycles and
Depressions, Garland Publishing, 1997.
"The Kitchin Cycle," in D. Glaser, ed., Business Cycles and Depressions,
Garland Publishing, 1997.
"Unions and the Persistence of Shocks to Employment," Journal of
Macroeconomics, Fall 1993.
"Why Do People Make Fun of Economists," The Other Side, February
1992.
"Where Are You From?," The Participant, Spring
1992.
"Relative Price Changes and the Real Distribution of Income: The Case
of Brazil," Economics Letters, February 1986.
Working Papers:
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"Biracial Asian Americans: Demographic and Labor Market Status," June
2015, mimeo.
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"The Labor Market Experience of Vietnamese and East European Immigrants," June
2011, mimeo.
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"Asian Americans, Glass Ceilings, and PhDs," June
2007,mimeo.
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"The Labor Market Status of Foreign Born Vietnamese Americans," August
2001, mimeo.
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"Racial Discrimination: Worker Perceptions and Statistical Measures," October
2000, mimeo.
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"The Insider-Outsider Model and Japanese Labor Unions," Wellesley College
Department of Economics Working Paper #96-2, January 1996.
"A Stylized Macroeconomic Comparison of the U.S. and Japan," The
Japan Development Bank Discussion Paper #9310, June 1993.
"Differences in Economic Fluctations in Japan and the Untied States:
A New Keynesian Perspective," The Japan Development Bank Discussion
Paper #9308, April 1993.
Presentations:
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"Labor Market Status of Mixed Race Asian Americans," Asian Growth Research Institute, Fukuoka, Japan, April 2017.
"Biracial Asian and White: Demographic and Labor Market Status," Western Economic Association Meetings, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2015.
"The Labor Market Experience of Vietnamese and East European Immigrants," Western Economic Association Meetings, San Diego, California, June 2011.
"Asian Americans, Glass Ceilings, and PhDs," Western Economic Association Meetings, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 2008.
"Why do People Make Fun of Economists?" Scripps Economics Society, Scripps College, March 2006.
"The Labor Market Status of Foreign Born Vietnamese Americans," Western
Economic Association Meetings, Seattle, Washington, July 2002.
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"Native Born Filipina/o Americans and Labor Market Discrimination," Western
Economic Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA, July 2001.
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"The Insider-Outsider Model and Japanese Labor Unions," Eastern Economic
Association Meetings, Boston, Massachusetts, March 1996.
"Differences in Economic Fluctations in Japan and the United States:
A New Keynesian Perspective," Claremont Graduate School of Economics Seminar,
Claremont, California, October 1993.
Print Work:
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"The Russian Thistle Crisis," Michael Honer and Kathryn Miller, Upland, CA, September 1997.
Film:
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"Madman Escapes the Reactor," Larry Rosen, Director, Random 3rd Productions, 1983.
Personal:
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1st degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. AYSO Soccer Intermediate Referee. USSF Grade 8 Referee. Proficient in Japanese. Enjoy playing
violin, cooking, skiing, tennis and soccer. Traveled throughout North America,
Latin America, Europe and Asia.
References:
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Available upon request.