Data

I am involved in multiple ongoing data collection processes related to (Japanese and European) government expenditures and personnel movements:

• Amakudata (with Sayumi Miyano, Diana Stanescu, and Hikaru Yamagishi): A dataset of all Japanese bureaucrats who have retired to positions in the private sector (i.e. revolving door or “amakudari” appointments) from 2009 - 2019. An R Shiny dashboard that allows users to explore the data and download filtered data for e.g., a specific year, ministry, agency, or firm is also available at Amakudashboard.
  Data visualizations

  • Flows of bureaucrats from ministries to top public corporations.
  • Flows of bureaucrats from ministries to top private sector corporations.
  • Flows of bureaucrats from ministries to publicly traded companies by industry.

• jNPO: A dataset of all subsidies and contracts from the Japanese government to nonprofit organizations (NPOs) from 2011 - 2021, including the agency or ministry which provided the subsidy or made the purchase, the NPO that received the subsidy or contract, and the value of the subsidy or contract.

• jProcurement (with Hikaru Yamagishi): A dataset of all products procured from the private sector by the Japanese government from 2003 - 2018, including the agency or ministry which made the purchase, the company the product was purchased from, and the value of the contract.