Published Papers
"Policy preferences for medical access in Japan’s remote aging municipalities: Insights from a randomized conjoint experiment," (with Azusa Matsumoto, Hisamitsu Saito, Ghulam Dastgir Khan, Keisuke Kawata, Kenji Oku, Ichiro Oki, Tatsuya Atsumi, Yuichiro Yoshida), Social Science Japan Journal, jyae022, 2024.
"Do People Accept Different Cultures?" (with Yasuhiro Sato, Takatoshi Tabuchi and Kazuhiro Yamamoto), Journal of Urban Economics, 130, 103455, 2022.
"Linguistic Distance and Economic Development: A Cross-Country Analysis," (with Shonosuke Sugasawa), Review of Development Economics, 26(2), pp.793-834, 2022.
"Skill transferability and migration: A theoretical analysis of skilled migration under frictional skill transfer," International Economic Journal, 34(2), pp.202-237, 2020.
"Segregation Patterns in Cities: Ethnic Clustering without Skill Differences," Annals of Regional Science, 55(2), pp.453-483, 2015.
"Which Has Stronger Impacts on Regional Segregation: Industrial Agglomeration or Ethnolinguistic Clustering?" Spatial Economic Analysis, 10(4), pp.428-450, 2015.
Working Papers
"Foreign-Native Wage Differentials and the Role of Visa Regime in Japan: Evidence from the Linked Employer-Employee Data, 2020-2023," (with Yuki Hashimoto, Ryo Kambayashi, Masao Manjome, Chiaki Moriguchi, Yasutaka Saeki) IZA Discussion Paper No. 18762, 2026.
"Attracting attention: Case of Corona beer after the COVID-19 shock," (Preliminary) CSRDA Discussion Paper No. 116, 2025.
"When stigma meets information gaps: Divergent housing market reactions in sales and rentals," (with Takeru Sugasawa, Taisuke Sadayuki, Naonari Yajima) CSRDA Discussion Paper No. 72, 2024.
Previously circulated as "In-home death: Impact on housing prices and rents in Tokyo Metropolitan Area"
"Heat as a Measure of Living Standards: Exploring Social Interaction Benefits in Squatter Communities," (with Kotaro Iizuka) CSRDA Discussion Paper No. 10, 2021 (revised in 2025), CSIS Discussion Paper #167, 2020.
Previously circulated as "Residential Agglomeration of the Homeless and Its Effects on Their Living Standards"
"Segregation and public spending under social identification," (with Yasuhiro Sato and Kazuhiro Yamamoto) RIETI Discussion Paper 19-E-096, CIRJE Discussion Paper-F-1132, 2019.
"International Migration, Linguistic Friction, and Industrial Agglomeration," CSIS Discussion Paper #151, 2018.
Work in Progress
Other Writings
"Wages, Overtime Pay, and Bonuses for Foreign Workers in Japan: An Analysis Using Official Statistics," Kakehashi JITCO, vol.162 (in Japanese), 2025.
"The Economics of Stigmatized Properties: Psychological Stigma and Its Spillover Effects on Real Estate Prices within the Same Apartment Building," Toyo Keizai Online (in Japanese), 2024.
Presentations
39th Applied Regional Science Conference, Toyama University, November 2025
Kyoto Summer Workshop on Applied Economics 2025, Doshisha University, August 2025
UTokyo-MIT Real Estate Workshop 2025, University of Tokyo, June 2025
Tohoku University Modern Economics Seminar, Tohoku University, May 2025
14th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Humboldt University, March 2025
Regional Science Workshop, Tohoku University, March 2025
Urban / Spatial / Real Estate Research Workshop 2024, Hitotsubashi University, December 2024
U. Amsterdam and Hitotsubashi-U Joint Workshop on Urban Economics and Real Estate Studies 2024, Hitotsubashi University, December 2024
1st Sino-Japanese SPACE Workshop, Osaka University, December 2024
IER Regular Research Meeting, Hitotsubashi University (Online), November 2024
Regional Science Workshop, Tohoku University, November 2024
2024 Mini-Conference on Machine Learning, Urban Economics & Economic History, Sogang University, November 2024
Japan-Netherlands Joint Conference---Economic Insights for Creating Inclusive Labor Markets: Learning from Europe and Japan, University of Tokyo, October 2024
Kyoto Summer Workshop on Applied Economics 2024, Doshisha University, June 2024
Sustainable Infrastructure Seminar (SIX Seminar), NRI&MLIT, December 2023
Musashi Economics Seminar, Musashi University, December 2023
17th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, University of Toronto, October 2023
ADB Urban/Development Economics Conference, University of Tokyo, August 2023
12th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Bocconi University, May 2023
IER Regular Research Meeting, Hitotsubashi University (Online), April 2023
Regional Science Workshop, Tohoku University, March 2023
Applied Economics Workshop, Keio University, July 2022
Joint Usage Research Center Projects Seminar, Hitotsubashi University (Online), March 2022
Kansai Labor Workshop (Kansai Rodo Kenkyukai, Online), March 2022
Urban Economics Workshop, University of Tokyo (Online), February 2022
16th Applied Econometrics Conference, Hitotsubashi University (Online), November 2021
Development Workshop, Hitotsubashi University (Online), October 2021
OLS Seminar, Osaka University (Online), June 2021
Regional Science Workshop, Tohoku University (Online), December 2020
34th Applied Regional Science Conference, Online, November 2020
Regional Science Workshop, Tohoku University (Online), July 2020
Urban Economics Workshop, University of Tokyo, February 2020
2nd SMU Conference on Urban and Regional Economics, Singapore Management University, December 2018
8th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf, May 2018
IDEC Seminar, Hiroshima University, March 2018
Regional Science Seminar, Kagawa University, February 2018
Applied Economics Workshop, Keio University, January 2018
64th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver, November 2017
Urban Economics Workshop, University of Tokyo, October 2017
7th Asian Seminar in Regional Science, National Taiwan University, September 2017
Okinawa University Seminar, Okinawa University, August 2017
63rd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Marriott City Center in Minneapolis, November 2016
Policy Modeling Workshop, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), October 2016
6th Asian Seminar in Regional Science, Tohoku University, September 2016
Japanese Economic Association, 2015 Spring Meeting, Niigata University, May 2015
28th Applied Regional Science Conference, Ryukyu University, November 2014
Urban Economics Workshop, University of Tokyo, July 2014
Japanese Economic Association, 2014 Spring Meeting, Doshisha University, June 2014
Urban Economics Workshop, Kyoto University, December 2013
27th Applied Regional Science Conference, Kyoto University, December 2013
Japanese Economic Association, 2013 Autumn Meeting, Kanagawa University, September 2013
Microeconomics Workshop, University of Tokyo, January 2013
Discussions
"The Gender Dimension of Refugees’ Integration in the Labor Market" by Tobias Müller, Pia Pannatier and Martina Viarengo, 8th TRIO Conference, University of Tokyo, May 2026
"Winners and Losers of In-Situ Opportunity: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from a Low-Income Housing Lottery in the Philippines" by Andrew S. Griffen, Yukichi Mano, Tomoki Nishiyama, Yasuyuki Sawada, Ze Wang, 8th JADE Conference, Kyoto University, April 2026
"Wildfires, Pollution, and Pregnancy Outcomes: Evidence from Lightning Strikes" by Hayato Umetani, 20th Applied Econometrics Conference, Hitotsubashi University, November 2025
"Commercial Activities Before and After Urban Railway Elevation: More Spatially Fragmented or Less?" by Ashley Wan-Tzu Lo, Tatsuhito Kono, 39th Applied Regional Science Conference, Toyama University, November 2025
"Shaping Housing Decisions: The Influence of Media on Immigrant Homebuyers" by Yi Wu, Donghui Li, Alan Tidwell, 14th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Humboldt University, March 2025
"A theoretical study on the hukou system and migration" by Tang Chenxue, Ryo Itoh, 38th Applied Regional Science Conference, Kyushu-Sangyo University, November 2024
"Tolerant Cities" by Hiroyuki Matsuyama, Chigusa Okamoto, Yasuhiro Sato, 37th Applied Regional Science Conference, Osaka University, December 2023
"The Light of Life: The Effects of Sunlight on Suicide" by Shinsuke Tanaka, Tetsuya Matsubayashi, 17th North American Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, University of Toronto, October 2023
"Sea Level Rise and Urban Adaptation in Jakarta" by Allan Hsiao, ADB Urban/Development Economics Conference, University of Tokyo, August 2023
"The Lifecycle of Slums" by Paul Gertler, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Raimundo Undurraga, Joaquin A. Urrego, 12th European Meeting of the Urban Economics Association, Bocconi University, May 2023
"How should place-based policies be designed to efficiently promote retail agglomeration?" by Hiroki Aizawa, Tatsuhito Kono, 36th Applied Regional Science Conference, Yamanashi University, December 2022
"An interregional input-output analysis with agglomeration economies: Isard meets Krugman" by Ryo Itoh, 64th Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Hyatt Regency Hotel in Vancouver, November 2017
"Besides Fundamental and Proximate Causes: Intermediate Causes Have a Role in the Economic Development Process (Part II)" by Hernan Ocampo Solarte, 63rd Annual North American Meetings of the Regional Science Association International, Marriott City Center in Minneapolis, November 2016