Yuko MORI （森悠子）
Associate Professor, Department of International and Cultural Studies, Tsuda University (April 2017-)
2-1-1, Tsuda-machi, Kodaira City, Tokyo, Japan
Email: y_mori [at] tsuda.ac.jp
Education:
2012 Ph.D. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
2007 M.A. in Economics, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo
2005 B.A. in Agriculture, Department of Agriculture, Hokkaido University, Hokkaido
Research Interests:
Development Economics, Labor Economics, Political Economy, Applied Econometrics
Working Papers:
"A Class of Acceptable and Practical Social Welfare Functions with Variable Populations: A Stepwise Rank-Dependent Utilitarianism and Its Application," (with Norihito Sakamoto), RCNE Discussion Paper series, No.8. Full text link
Work in Progress:
"Political Effects of Informed Voters: Empirical Evidence from India," (with Takashi Kurosaki).
"Who becomes a politician in a gender quota system?" R&R at World Development (with R Manjula, D Rajasekhar, Jun Goto and Takashi Kurosaki).
"Polarized Social Norms Against Corruption: A Social Media Experiment in India," (with Jun Goto and Takashi Kurosaki).
"Does participation in village assembly lead to improved public good allocation? Evidence from India," (with R Manjula, D Rajasekhar, and Takashi Kurosaki).
"The Roads to Hospital: Connectivity and Insurance Utilization" (with Tanika Chakraborty).
"Minimum Wage and Inequality among Women in Japan" (with Hiroko Okudaira).
"Women’s Empowerment and Voter Turnout: Evidence from Long-Term Panel Data of Assembly Elections"
Refereed Publications:
Yuko Mori, D Rajasekhar, R Manjula, Takashi Kurosaki, & Jun Goto "Do women council members allocate more public goods? Evidence from rural India," forthcoming in Economic Development and Cultural Change.
Jun Goto, Takashi Kurosaki & Yuko Mori "Distance to News: How Social Media Information Affects Bribe-Giving in India," Japanese Economic Review, 2022, Vol. 73, pp.179-209. Full text link
Daiji Kawaguchi & Yuko Mori "Estimating the Effects of the Minimum Wage Using the Introduction of Indexation," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, 2021, Vol. 184, pp. 388-408. Full text link
Yuko Mori & Norihito Sakamoto "Economic Consequences of Employment Quota System for Disabled People: Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design in Japan," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 2018, Vol. 48, pp.1-14. Full text link
Yuko Mori & Takashi Kurosaki "Does Political Reservation Affect Voting Behavior? Empirical Evidence from India," Economic and Political Weekly, 2016, Vol. 51 (20), pp. 37-46. Full text link
Daiji Kawaguchi & Yuko Mori "Why has wage inequality evolved so differently between Japan and the US? The role of the supply of college-educated workers," Economics and Education Review, 2016, Vol.52, pp.29-50. Full text link
Yuko Mori "Voter Turnout and the Principle of "One Person, One Vote": Empirical Evidence from the Constituency Freeze in India," Applied Economics, 2015, Vol.47, pp.3957-3970. Full text link
Hidemi Kimura, Yuko Mori & Yasuyuki Sawada "Aid Proliferation and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis," World Development, 2012, Vol. 40, No. 1, pp.1-10 (the lead article in this volume). Full text link
Daiji Kawaguchi & Yuko Mori "Is Minimum Wage an Effective Anti-Poverty Policy in Japan? ," Pacific Economic Review, 2009, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 532-554. Full text link
Others:
Articles in book
Yuko Mori " Gender Quotas as Catalysts for Change: A Comprehensive Review of Gender Quotas in Politics" forthcoming in Decentralised Govrnance and Women leadership
Yuko Mori ＆ Norihito Sakamoto "Does the Choice of Well-being Measures Matter in Respecting Human Dignity? Empirical Results from an Indian Slum Survey" 2024 in Dignity, Freedom and Justice Full text link (Open Access)
Media
Does Political Reservation Affect Voter Turnout?
(with Takashi Kurosaki), The Hindu (newspaper), the 6th May.
Grants and Awards:
2023-2026 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2022 Best Paper Award of Japanese Economic Review
2019-2023 Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2015-2019 Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2015-2018 Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2015. 9 Best Paper Award, 9th Applied Econometrics Conference, Osaka University, Japan
2012-2015 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2009-2011 Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Personal Details:
Married, with two sons and one daughter