Research

Publications

1. Spatial extension of mixed models of the analysis of variance (with Takaki Sato & Yasumasa Matsuda), Spatial Economic Analysis, in Press. 【Link】【DP】

2. The value of scattered greenery in urban areas: A hedonic analysis in Japan (with Takeru Sugasawa), Environmental and Resource Economics, 85(2), 523–586, 2023. 【Link】【DP】

3. The effect of pollen exposure on consumption behaviors: Evidence from home scanner data, Resource and Energy Economics, 67, 101282, 2022. 【Link】【DP】

4. What does the disclosure of school quality information bring? The effect through the housing market, Journal of Regional Science, 62(1), 125–149, 2022. 【Link】【DP】

5. The effect of school quality on housing rents: Evidence from Matsue city in Japan, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 50, 16–25, 2018. 【Link】【DP】

Working Papers

1. What do high-achieving graduates bring to nonacademic track high schools?, DSSR Discussion Papers, No.138, 2023. 【Link】

2. How long do voluntary lockdowns keep people at home? The role of social capital during the COVID-19 pandemic (with Takaki Sato & Yasumasa Matsuda), DSSR Discussion Papers, No.125, 2022. 【Link】  (Submitted)

3. The effect of a partial relaxation of the school-district system on land prices and academic performance: An empirical analysis in Japan, DSSR Discussion Papers, No.91, 2018. 【Link】

Work in Progress

• An economic analysis of teachers' overwork using alternative data 

  • Supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 23K17556

  • Joint with Shinpei Sano

• The impact of educational accountability and school competition

  • Supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 23H00832

  • Joint with Shinpei Sano

• Elucidating heterogeneous preferences for urban greenery

  • Joint with Takeru Sugasawa

• The impact of (mis)match between individual personality and local social norms on subjective well-being

  • Joint with Yasumasa Matsuda & Takaki Sato

• Spatial and temporal changes in preferences for commuting costs during the COVID-19 pandemic 

  • Joint with Yasumasa Matsuda & Takaki Sato

• Negative externalities of airplane noise

  • Joint with Takeru Sugasawa, Kai Nomura, Shohei Yasuda, and Jun Yoshida

• Impact of changes in admissions system on school choice

  • Joint with Keisuke Takano

• The different roles of public and private schools across the region and resulting educational disparities

  • Supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 21K13315

• Heterogeneity of avoidance behavior in response to extreme weather and temperature

Seminar and Conference Presentations

Conference Presentations

• Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Online, June 2024

• Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Tokyo Keizai University, May 2024

• Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Osaka University, December 2023

• Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Kansai University, September 2023

• Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, University of Yamanashi, December 2022

• Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Keio University, October 2022

• Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Online (Kwansei Gakuin University), May 2021

• Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Online, November 2020

• Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Nanzan University, December 2018

• 21st Labor Economics Conference, Doshisha University, September 2018

• Annual Conference of the Western Economic Association International, Vancouver, June 2018

• Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, University of Hyogo, June 2018

• Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Kobe University, November 2016

• Spring Meeting of the Japanese Economic Association, Nagoya University, June 2016

Invited Seminar Presentations

• Applied Regional Economics Workshop, Kyoto Sangyo University, June 2024

• Workshop, Saga University, March 2024

• Housing Economics Workshop, Housing Research & Advancement Foundation of Japan, September 2023

• Applied Regional Economics Workshop, Nihon University, June 2023

• Kansai Labor Workshop, APIR, May 2023

• Symposium of Yotta Informatics - Research Platform for Yotta-Scale Data Science, Tohoku University, March 2023

• Joint Industry-Academia Online Symposium: “Advances in Mobile Location Information Applications”, Online (Waseda University), March 2023

• Housing Economics Workshop, Online (Housing Research & Advancement Foundation of Japan), April 2022

• CUEST Seminar, Online (Chiba University), April 2021

• Kansai Labor Workshop, Online (APIR), March 2021

• Rokko Forum, Online (Kobe University), March 2021

• Workshop, Online (Osaka City University), October 2020

• Data Science Workshop, Tohoku University, June 2020

• The 2nd Tohoku-UEA Research Symposium, University of East Anglia, September 2019

• Housing Economics Workshop, Tokyo International Forum (Housing Research & Advancement Foundation of Japan), May 2019

• Tohoku-UEA joint workshop, Tohoku University, March 2019

• Data Science Workshop, Tohoku University, October 2018

• Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop, the University of Tokyo, October 2018

• The 4th International Conference of Economics Forum of Asia Pacific Economy, National Chengchi University, September 2018

• Joint Seminar, University of Tsukuba, January 2018

• Annual Workshop in Business and Economics, National Chengchi University, December 2016

Works in Japanese

• See Japanese page