Yoko Ibuka, Ph.D.
Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
Email: ibuka[at]econ.keio.ac.jp
Address: 2-15-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345, Japan
2002-2008 Rutgers University, New Jersey, Ph.D. in Economics, May 2008
(Dissertation) Models in Finance and Medicine Using Bayesian Inference
(Thesis committee) Prof. Hiroki Tsurumi (Co-chair), Prof. Louise B. Russell (Co-chair), Prof. John Landon-Lane
1996 - 2002 Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
M.A. in Economics, March 2002
B.A. in Economics, March 2000
2019 - Present Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
2016 - 2019 Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan.
2013 - 2016 Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Management, Tohoku University, Miyagi, Japan.
2012 - 2013 Associate Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
2011 - 2012 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics and School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.
2008 - 2011 Postdoctoral Associate/Fellow, School of Public Health, Yale University, Connecticut. (Mentor) Prof. Alison P. Galvani
2005 - 2008 Graduate Research Assistant, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University.
2002 Research Fellow, Department of Economics, Keio University.
Affiliations
2018 - Present Research Fellow, Waseda Institute of Social and Human Capital Studies, Tokyo, Japan.
2017 - Present Research Fellow, Research Center for Health Policy and Economics, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Tokyo, Japan.
2023 - 2024 Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics, University of Hawaii at Manoa, HI, USA.
2023 Visiting Scholar, SciencesPo, Paris, France.
2018 Research Fellow, The Mitsubishi Economic Research Institute(MERI), Tokyo, Japan.
2016 - 2018 Adjunct Researcher, Graduate School of Economics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
2014 Visiting Associate Professor, IGR-IAE University of Rennes 1, Rennes, France.
2012 - 2013 Adjunct Associate Professor, School of International and Public Policy, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan.
2010 - 2011 Visiting Researcher, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan.
2015 Finalist, the 2015 William Pierskalla Award, INFORMS
2011 Outstanding Author Contribution Awards, Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence (for the paper "How much time do Americans spend seeking health care? Racial and Ethnic Differences in patient experiences.”
2009 Abe Fellowship, Social Science Research Council, New York
2005 Peter Asch Memorial Scholarship for outstanding research in applied microeconomics, Rutgers University
2002 - 2005 Yoshida Fellowship for studying overseas, Yoshida Scholarship Foundation, Tokyo
2024 - 2027 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (24K00267), Principal investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2024 Research grant, Joint Usage and Research Center, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
2022 - 2027 Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research (22H04911), Co-investigator (PI: Isamu Yamamoto), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2021 - 2025 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S), Co-investigator (PI: Hideo Aakabayashi), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2021 - 2024 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (21H04595), Co-investigator (PI: Holme Petter), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2021 - 2024 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (21H04396), Co-investigator (PI: Ryota Nakamura), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2021 - 2025 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (21H00721, 23K20607), Co-investigator (PI: Midori Wakabayashi), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2021 - 2025 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (21H00672, 23K20578), Co-investigator (PI: Hatsuru Morita),Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2021 - 2025 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (21H00725, 23K20611), Co-investigator (PI: Shinya Kajitani), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2020 - 2023 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (20K01731), Principal Investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2020 - 2022 Core-to-Core program (B) Asia-Africa Science Platform, Co-investigator (PI: Ryota Nakamura), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2019 - 2021 Open Research Area for the Social Sciences, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS, Japan), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, Germany), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC, UK) and the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO, Netherlands) PI (Marjolein Broese Van Groenou & Yoko Ibuka).
2018 - 2020 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (18H00862), Co-investigator (PI: Ryota Nakamura), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2018 - 2020 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (18H00864), Co-investigator (PI: Chiaki Moriguchi), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2017 - 2022 Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research (17H06086), Co-investigator (PI: Yoshio Higuchi), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2016 Seimeikai Research Grant, Seimeikai.
2016 Research grant, Joint Usage and Research Center, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University.
2016 - 2018 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) (16K03694), Principal Investigator, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2016 - 2019 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (16H03564), Co-investigator (PI: Hatsuru Morita), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2015 Career development grant, Tohoku University Center for Gender Equality Promotion.
2014 Career development grant, Tohoku University Center for Gender Equality Promotion.
2014 - 2015 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) (26780168) , Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2014 Grant for research on emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, Co-investigator (PI: Hiroshi Nishiura), Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.
2013 Research grant, Institute for Health Economics and Policy.
2013 - 2015 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (25285089), Co-investigator (PI: Junichi Itaya), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
2013 Travel grant, Tohoku Kaihatsu Memorial Foundation.
2012 Research grant, Japan Center for Economic Research.
2011 - 2012 Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up (23830025), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
European Economic Association/ Econometric Society European Meeting (2024, 2012)
International Health Economics Association (2025, 2023, 2015, 2013)
Gerontology Society of America, Annual Scientific Meeting (2020)
Western Economics Association International, Keio University, Tokyo (2019)
Japan-Taiwan-Korea Health Economics Associations joint conference, Seoul National University, Seoul (2016)
Medical Spending across the Developing World. Institute for Fiscal Studies, London (2015)
MMW conference, Academia Sinica, Taipei (2014)
Japanese Economics Association meeting (Fall 2025, Spring 2024, Fall 2020, Spring 2018, Spring 2015, Spring 2014, Fall 2013, Spring 2012, Fall 2011)
Canadian Health Economists’ Study Group (2012)
Japan Health Economics Association (2024, 2019, 2018, 2016, 2015, 2011)
American Society of Health Economists (2010)
Society for Medical Decision Making (2009)
AcademyHealth (2009), poster session
Society for Medical Decision Making (2008), poster session
2026: Kobe University (scheduled)
2025: Kansei-gakuin University
2024: Keio University, Doshisha University
2023: Univesity of Hawaii at Manoa
2022: Hitotsubashi University, Sophia University, Kobe University, Osaka University (OSIPP), Osaka University (Workshop on Human Resource Allocation), Otaru University of Commerce
2020: GRIPS, Kansai Labor Economics Study Group
2019: Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop, Kindai University, Tohoku University
2018: Sophia University
2017: Shiga University, Tohoku University, Hitotsubashi University, The Health Care Science Institute
2016: University of Technology Sydney, Keio University
2015: Kansai Labor Economics Study Group, Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop, Tohoku University, Hitotsubashi University
2014: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
2012: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tohoku University, Kansai Public Economists’ Study Group
2011: Yokohama National University, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research
2010: Hitotsubashi University, Ritsumeikan University
2009: Yale University (School of Public Health)
2008: National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies(GRIPS)
2007: Rutgers University
2006 World Bank, Washington D.C. "Economic evaluation of nutrition intervention in Uzbekistan"
2002 Institution for International Monetary Affairs, Tokyo, Japan, and the Ministry of Finance of Japan "Policy evaluation of Japan's support to counties affected by the Asian currency crisis"
Health Economics (for Economics) (2013, 2015-2022, 2024, 2025)
Health Economics (for Public Health) (2017-2022, 2024, 2025)
Health Policy (2013-2015)
Intermediate Microeconomics (2015)
Microeconomic Analysis (2011, 2012)
Statistics for Economic Analysis (2011, 2012)
Applied Econometric Analysis (2011, 2012)
Health Economics (2014, 2016-2022, 2024, 2025)
Lecture Series on Longevity Studies (2018-2022)
Introduction to Microeconomics (2007)
National Science Foundation (USA)
Health Services Research Competitive Research Grant (National Medical Research Council, Singapore).
Economics Journals: Health Economics, Journal of Political Economy, Experimental Economics, International Economic Review, Japanese Economic Review, Japan and the World Economy, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Journal of Economic Education
Science, Health, Medical Journals: Scientific Reports, Human & Social Sciences Communications, Social Science and Medicine, Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling, BMJ Open, BMC Public Health, Frontiers in Public Health, Journal of Medical Internet Research, Health Policy, Social Science & Medicine Population Health, Vaccine, PLoS ONE, Health Care Management Science, BMC Infectious Diseases, Medical Decision Making, Journal of Infectious Diseases
The annual meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making (2010-2013)
Congress of the International Health Economics Association (2014)
Member of: The Econometric Society, Japanese Economic Association, Japan Health Economic Association, International Health Economics Association
Management committee member of Asian Workshop on Econometrics and Health Economics (2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Editorial board member of Medical Decision Making (2013-2018)
Editorial board member of BMC Public Health (2023-present)
Board member of Japan Health Economic Association (2024-presesnt)
Board member of Japan Health Policy Research Association (2024-present)