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Welcome to my homepage. I am an Associate Professor of Economics at Sophia University. I am also an Invited Researcher at J-PAL and a board member of JADE.
I will be visiting Foreign Trade University in Hanoi from April 2026 to March 2027, and I am available for seminar/conference presentation anywhere in Southeast Asia.
My research focuses on development economics. I am particularly interested in industrial development, structural transformation, management of private and public organizations, and human capital development. I mostly use primary data and conduct empirical analysis. I have experience collecting primary data in Vietnam, the Philippines, Bangladesh, Tanzania, South Africa, Argentina, and Japan.
My office hours are from 13:00 to 14:00 on Fridays. You can book me here. A reservation is not required, but I prioritize those with a prior reservation.
Upcoming presentation
March 6: I will present the Vietnam cluster paper at Aoyama U.
April 11-12: Mari will present the Vietnam cluster paper at the JADE conference in Kyoto.
May 18-21: I will present the Vietnam cluster paper at the ABFER conference in Singapore.
Education
Ph.D. in Development Economics, GRIPS, September 2014
M.A. in International Development Studies, GRIPS, September 2010
B.A. in Sociology, Kyoto University, March 2009
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