“How do Classmates Matter for Class Size Effects?" (with Tong Wang), Economics of Education Review (forthcoming). Also available as RIETI Discussion Paper 24-E-004, January 2024, and IZA Discussion Paper No.18025, July 2025.
“The Rank of Socioeconomic Status within Class and the Incidence of School Bullying and School Absence” (with Atsushi Inoue), Economics of Education Review, vol.101, Article 102545, August (2024). Also available as RIETI Discussion Paper 23-E-003, January 2023, and IZA Discussion Paper No.16975, May 2024.
“The Rate of Return to Early Childhood Education in Japan: Evidence from the Nationwide Expansion” (with Hideo Akabayashi), Education Economics (2024). Also available as IZA Discussion Paper No.16946, April 2024, and Keio-IES Discussion Paper DP2024-011, April 2024.
“Do Teachers’ College Majors Affect Students’ Academic Achievement in the Sciences? A Cross Subfields Analysis with Student-Teacher Fixed Effects ” (with Atsushi Inoue), Education Economics, vol. 31(5), pages 617-631 (2023). Also available as RIETI Discussion Paper 22-E-004, February 2022, and IZA Discussion Paper No. 15101, February 2022.
“Do Class Size Reductions Protect Students from Infectious Disease? Lessons for Covid-19 Policy from Flu Epidemic in Tokyo Metropolitan Area” (with Masato Oikawa, Shun-ichiro Bessho, and Haruko Noguchi), American Journal of Health Economics, vol. 8(4), pages 449-479 (2022). Also available as IZA Discussion Papers No. 13432, July 2020.
“Fiscal Policy Changes and Labor Market Dynamics in Japan's Lost Decade” (with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Xiangcai Meng), Macroeconomic Dynamics, vol. 26(7), pages 1691-1730, October (2022).
“Gender Norms and Women's Decision to Work: Evidence from Japan” (with Nuria Rodriguez-Planas), Review of Economics of the Household, vol. 20(1), pages 15-36, March (2022).
“Monitoring Health Service Delivery: Evidence from Civil Conflict in Nepal” (with Nirmal Kumal Raut), World Development 146, 105543 (2021).
“The Effect of School Operational Assistance Program on Investment in Education by Household: Evidence from Indonesia” (with Nia Pramita Sari), Economics and Finance in Indonesia, 65, 2, 149-168 (2019).
“Evaluating Remedial Education in Elementary Schools: Administrative Data from a Municipality in Japan” (with Shun-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, and Koichi Ushijima), Japan and the World Economy, 50, 36-46 (2019). Also, in the special issue Economics of Education in Japan edited by Shin-ichi Fukuda and Ryuichi Tanaka.
“Do Teaching Practices Matter for Students' Academic Achievement? A Case of Linguistic Activity” (with Kazumi Ishizaki), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 50, 26-36 (2018).
“Parental Absence, Remittances, and Educational Investment of Children Left Behind: Evidence from Nepal” (with Nirmal Kumal Raut), Review of Development Economics, 22, 4, 1642-1666 (2018).
“Immigration, Assimilation. and the Future of Public Education” (with Lidia Farre and Francesc Ortega), European Journal of Political Economy, 52, 141-165 (2018).
“Immigration and the Public-Private School Choice” (with Lidia Farre and Francesc Ortega), Labour Economics, 51, 184-201 (2018). This paper is selected as Labour Economics Prize Winner 2019 of European Association of Labour Economists.
“Changes in Japan's Labor Market during the Lost Decade and the Role of Demographics” (with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Xiangcai Meng), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 43, 19-37 (2017).
“Estimating the Effects of Pronatal Policies on Residential Choice and Fertility” (with Ryo Nakajima), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 34, 179-200 (2014).
“On the Role of Job Assignment in a Comparison of Education Systems” (with Katsuya Takii), Canadian Journal of Economics, 46, 1, 180-207 (2013).
“Taxation Categories for Long-term Care Insurance Premiums and Mortality among Japanese Elderly: A Cohort Study” (with Yoshihisa Fujino, Tatsuhiko Kubo, and Shinya Matsuda), Journal of Epidemiology, 23, 1, 41-46 (2013).
“Testing the Incentive Effects in Tournaments with a Superstar” (with Kazutoshi Ishino), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 26, 3, 393-404 (2012).
“Are Contingent Jobs Dead Ends or Stepping Stones to Regular Jobs? Evidence from a Structural Estimation” (with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Ryo Nakajima), Labour Economics, 18, 4, 513-526 (2011).
“TFP Growth Slowdown and the Japanese Labor Market in the 1990s” (with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Ryo Nakajima), Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 24, 1, 50-68 (2010).
“Does the Diversity of Human Capital Increase GDP?: A Comparison of Education Systems” (with Katsuya Takii), Journal of Public Economics, 93, 7-8, 998-1007 (2009).
“Inequality and Education Decisions in Developing Countries” (with Catalina Gutierrez), Journal of Economic Inequality, 7, 1, 55-81 (2009).
“The Gender-Asymmetric Effect of Working Mothers on Children's Education: Evidence from Japan” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 22, 4, 586-604 (2008).
“Timing of Trade Liberalization” Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, 16, 4, 447-473 (2007).
“Inequality as a Determinant of Child Labor” Economics Letters, 80, 93-97 (2003).
“Additional Teacher Allocation and Problematic Behavior of Students: A Role of Households' Economic Environment" (with Atsuyoshi Morozumi, in Japanese), JCER Economic Journal (Nihon Keizai Kenkyu), Japan Center for Economic Research, 79, 93-126 (2021).
“Do Childbirth Allowances Matter for Fertility? Evidence from Japanese Health Insurance Data” (with Toshiaki Kouno, in Japanese), JCER Economic Journal (Nihon Keizai Kenkyu), Japan Center for Economic Research, 61, 94-108 (2009).
“La sfida demografica del Giappone e il suo impatto sull'economia: Lezioni per l'Italia (Japan’s Demographic Challenge and its Impact on the Economy: Lessons from and for Italy, in Italian)”, Sebastiano Maffettone and Marco Valerio Lo Prete (ed.), Italia e Giappone La sfida demografica (Italy and Japan: the Population challenge), LUISS University Press (2022).
“Accountability in Education and Recognition of Bullying: An Analysis of Municipality-Level Data in Tokyo” (with Shun-ichiro Bessho and Atsuyoshi Morozumi), Public Policy Review, Vol.16, No.6 (2020).
“Relationship between School Attendance Support and Academic Performance: An analysis of Panel Data from Adachi Ward” (with Shun-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, and Koichi Ushijima), Public Policy Review, Vol.16, No.6 (2020).
“Building an Administrative Database of Children” (with Shun-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, and Koichi Ushijima), Public Policy Review, Vol.16, No.6 (2020).
“Education Policy and Migration” (with Lidia Farre), Francesco Fasani, editor, Refugees and Economic Migrants: Facts, policies and challenges, A VoxEU.org Book, Center for Economic and Policy Research Press (2016).
“Immigration and the Political Economy of Public Education: Recent Perspectives” (with Francesc Ortega), Gary Freeman and Nikola Mirilovic, editors, Handbook of Migration and Social Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing (2016). Also in IZA Discussion Papers No. 8778, January 2015.
“Do Birth Allowances Increase the Birthrate?: An Empirical Analysis using Health-Insurance Union Panel Data” (with Toshiaki Kouno), Japanese Economy, 38, 1, 40-58 (2011).
“Book Review: Nihon no safety net no kakusa – roudou sijyo no henyo to syakai hosho (Inequality in the safety net of Japan - The transformation of the labor market and social security)" Social Science Japan Journal, Volume 25, Issue 2, Summer, 395–398 (2022).
“How Does STEM Collage Major of Teachers Affect the Academic Achievement of Their Students?" RIETI Column, May 13 (2022).
“Recent Debates on Public-Private Cost Sharing for Higher Education in Japan" Social Science Japan Journal (2019).
“Comments on “Availability of Long-term Care Facilities and Middle-Aged People's Labor Supply in Japan” Asian Economic Policy Review, 12, 1, 115-116 (2017).
“New Developments in Empirical Education Economics in Japan” Social Science Japan Newsletter, 56, 30-31 (2017).
"Less Pressure, Happier Minds: The Mental Health Impact of Relaxation-Oriented Education" (with Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, and Xinyan Liu), RIETI Discussion Paper 25-E-076, August 2025.
“An Analysis of Ordinal Rank Effects on Students' Academic and Physical Outcomes" (with Shun-ichiro Bessho, Haruko Noguchi, Akira Kawamura, and Masato Oikawa), RIETI Discussion Paper 25-E-075, August 2025.
"Are Grandparents Blessings in Disguise? Evidence from Unconditional Cash Transfer and Educational Investment in Nepal" (with Nirmal Kumal Raut and Neesha Thapa), mimeo, May 2025.
"The Effects of School Bullying Victimization on Cognitive, Non-Cognitive, and Friendship Outcomes" (with Atsushi Inoue), RIETI Discussion Paper 25-E-077, August 2025.
"Beyond Higher Education: University Establishments and Childhood Maltreatment" (with Yanjun Li and Xinyan Liu), mimeo, January 2025.
"A Long-run Consequence of Relaxation-Oriented Education on Labor Market Performance" (with Yu Bai), RIETI Discussion Paper 24-E-003, January 2024.
"Education as a Panacea for Crime Prevention? The Heterogeneous Impact of Educational Policy on Crime in China" (with Yu Bai, Yanjun Li, and Xinyan Liu), SSRN Discussion Paper, December 2023.
“Inefficiency in School Consolidation Decisions" (with Eric Weese), RIETI Discussion Paper 23-E-002, January 2023.
“School Accountability and Student Achievement: Neighboring Schools Matter " (with Atsuyoshi Morozumi), RIETI Discussion Paper 23-E-004, January 2023.
“Should School-level Results of National Assessments be Made Public?” (with Atsuyoshi Morozumi), IZA Discussion Papers No. 13450, July 2020 (updated August 2022).
“Do Class Closures Affect Students’ Achievements? Heterogeneous Effects of Students’ Socioeconomic Backgrounds” (with Masato Oikawa, Shun-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, and Haruko Noguchi), RIETI Discussion Paper 22-E-042, May 2022.
“The Causal Effects of Education on Adult Mortality and Health: Evidence from Extension of Compulsory Education from Primary to Secondary School” (with Kazuya Masuda), mimeo, February 2021.
“How Does a Teacher’s Major Affect Students’ Achievement? The Case of Natural Science in Middle Schools” (with Atsushi Inoue), mimeo, April 2020.
“Determinants of Teacher Value-added in Public Primary Schools: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data” (with Shun-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, and Koichi Ushijima), IZA Discussion Papers No. 13146, April 2020.
“Impact of Free Health Care Policy on Health Care Utilization and Health Expenditure: Empirical Evidence from Nepal" (with Nirmal Kumal Raut), mimeo, April 2020.
“Rank within Class as a Determinant of Victimization in School Bullying” (with Atsushi Inoue), mimeo, November 2019.
“Effects of After-School Education Vouchers on Children's Academic and Behavioral Outcomes: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment” (with Hideo Akabayashi and Hiroko Araki), CREPE Discussion Paper Series 48, December 2018 (First draft: October 2016).
“Do Teachers Matter for Academic Achievement of Students? Evidence from Administrative Panel Data” (with Shun-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, and Koichi Ushijima), mimeo, May 2018.
“Long-Term Effects of Preschooling on Educational Attainments” (with Hideo Akabayashi), Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Discussion Paper Series, 2012-033, Keio/Kyoto Joint Global COE Program, February 2013.
“Japan's Labor Market Cyclicality and the Volatility Puzzle” (with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Ryo Nakajima), RIETI Discussion Paper, 11-E-040, April 2011.
“Changes in Japan's Labor Market Flows due to the Lost Decade” (with Julen Esteban-Pretel and Ryo Nakajima), RIETI Discussion Paper, 11-E-039, April 2011.
“Does Maternal Employment in Early Childhood Matter for Educational Attainment?” (with Yuzo Yamamoto), Department of Social Engineering DP 2010-02, December 2009, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
“Gender Specialization in Households: An Empirical Analysis” (with Francesc Ortega), Economics Working Papers 1021, Department of Economics and Business, January 2007, Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
“On the Role of Parental Aspiration for Children's Educational Attainment” mimeo, October 2006, Tokyo Institute of Technology.
“Financial Decentralization and Educational Performance: Evidence from State-level Panel Data for the United States” (with Nobuo Akai and Masayo Sakata), mimeo, August 2005, Osaka University.
“On the Benefits of a Mixed Educational Regime” mimeo, September 2004, Osaka University.
“School Choice and Long-run Inequality” mimeo, September 2001, New York University.
"One Laptop per Student: Digital Equity, ICT Equipment Implementation, and Students’ Academic Performance" (with Brian Jacob and Xinyan Liu)
"Gender Gap in Enrollment Rates in Economics and Business Programs" (with Atsushi Inoue)
"Fixed-Term Contracts and Research Productivity" (with Atsushi Inoue)
"Impact of Role Model Videos on Student Cognitive Outcomes through Non-Cognitive Skills" (with Tong Wang and Tatyana Avilova)
“How Do High School Students Choose Where to Go? A Role of Friendship Network" (with Ayako Kondo)