The different roles of public and private schools across the region and resulting educational disparities
Independent research project
Funding: JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 21K13315
Overview:
Exploit regional and temporal variation in private high school tuition reductions in Japan.
Examine regional differences in the academic balance between public and private schools.
Analyze how lower tuition is linked to improved middle school performance in regions where private high schools are academically stronger than public schools.
An economic analysis of teachers' overwork
Joint work with: Shinpei Sano
Funding: JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 23K17556
Overview:
Use detailed attendance records to analyze teachers’ working conditions.
Investigate factors influencing teachers’ working hours.
Examine effects on teachers’ health and students’ educational outcomes.
The impact of educational accountability and school competition
Joint work with: Shinpei Sano
Funding: JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 23H00832
Overview:
Examine regional variation in competitive pressure and accountability demands among elementary and junior high schools.
Investigate educational achievement, misconduct, and unintended consequences.
Spatial and temporal changes in preferences for commuting costs during the COVID-19 pandemic
Joint work with: Takaki Sato, Yasumasa Matsuda
Overview:
Use location data to analyze commuting elasticity.
Estimate commuting distance elasticity during COVID-19 with a gravity model.
The Impact of Rental Housing Costs on University Choice
Joint work with: Tsubasa Hemmi
Overview:
Capture interregional migration associated with university enrollment using high school–level university acceptance data.
Use large-scale real estate data to analyze how housing costs affect the choice of university destination.
Negative externalities of airplane noise
Joint work with: Takeru Sugasawa, Kai Nomura, Shohei Yasuda, Jun Yoshida
Funding:
Aviation Policy Research Association
Joint Usage and Research Center Programs at the Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
JSPS KAKENHI
Overview:
Exploit exogenous variation in Haneda Airport flight paths as a natural experiment.
Investigate the comprehensive impacts of aircraft noise exposure on migration, health, and productivity.
An empirical study of the returns to non-selective universities
Joint work with: Yuta Kikuchi
Funding: JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 24K16385
Overview:
Focus on non-selective universities in Japan with undersubscribed enrollment.
Analyze perceptions from both employers and students.
Test biases in beliefs about university returns.
Heterogeneity of avoidance behavior in response to extreme weather and temperature
Independent research project
Overview:
Employ panel data on consumption including individual health status.
Analyze heterogeneous responses to weather, temperature, pollen, and pollution.