Contact Information

Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Keizai University (東京経済大学)

• Address: 1-7-34 Minamicho, Kokubunji, Tokyo, Japan 185-8502

• E-mail: ckang [at] tku.ac.jp

Employment

• 2021 -  present Full-time Lecturer (tenured), Faculty of Economics, Tokyo Keizai University

• 2021 -  present Adjunct Researcher, Waseda Institute of Social and Human Capital Studies, Waseda University

• 2017 - 2020 Junior Researcher, Faculty of Political Science and Economics, Waseda University

• 2017 Research Support Staff, Waseda Institue of Social and Human Capital Studies, Waseda University

• 2017 Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Engineering, Information, and Systems, University of Tsukuba

Education

• 2011 - 2016 University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

  • Ph.D. in Policy and Planning Sciences (社会工学)

  • M.S. in Economics

• 2004 - 2010 Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea

  • B.A. in Real Estate

Research Interests

Applied Microeconomics - Environmental, Health, and Urban Economics

Publications

• "Benefits of Heavy-Duty Diesel Emission Regulations: Evidence from the World’s Largest Low Emissions Zone" 

Kang, C., Ota, M., and Ushijima, K.

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 125, 102944, 2024

• "Does free healthcare improve children’s healthcare use and outcomes? Evidence from Japan’s healthcare subsidy for young children"

Kang, C., Kawamura, A., and Noguchi, H.

Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 202, 372-406, 2022

• "Do macroeconomic shocks in the local labor market lead to child maltreatment and death? Empirical evidence from Japan"

Oikawa, M., Kawamura, A., Kang, C., Yamagata, Z., and Noguchi, H.

Child Abuse & Neglect, 124, 105430, 2022

• "Benefits of knowing own health status: effects of health check-ups on health behaviours and labour participation"

Kang, C., Kawamura, A., and Noguchi, H.

Applied Economics Letters, 28(11), 926-931, 2021

• "Differences in cancer patients’ work-cessation risk, based on gender and type of job: Examination of middle-aged and older adults in super-aged Japan"

Kaneko, S,, Noguchi, H., Fu, R., Kang, C., Kawamura, A., Amano, S., and Miyawaki, A.

PLOS ONE, 15(1), e0227792, 2020

• "How do cardiovascular diseases harm labor force participation? Evidence of nationally representative survey data from Japan, a super-aged society"

Fu, R., Noguchi, H., Kaneko, S., Kawamura, A., Kang, C., Takahashi, H., and Tamiya, N. 

PLOS ONE, 14(7), e0219149, 2019

Presentations (including scheduled)

• 2022

  • Korea Empirical Applied Microeconomics Conference, Jeju Shinhwa World, July 11

• 2021

  • Applied Microeconomics Seminar, Tokyo Keizai University, August 11

• 2020

  • Conference of European Health Economics Association, University of Oslo, July Canceled due to COVID-19

• 2019

  • World Congress of International Health Economics Association, University of Basel, July 15

  • Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Xiamen University, June 16

  • Empirical Moral Science Workshop, Kyoto University, March 19

• 2018

  • Applied Econometrics Conference,  University of Tokyo, November 23

• 2017

  • Everyday Brown Bag Seminar, Waseda University, December 8

• 2016

  • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Kobe University, November 26

  • Applied Econometrics Conference, Osaka University, November 12

  • Autumn Meeting of Japanese Economics Association, Waseda University, September 10

  • Empirical Moral Science Workshop, Nihon Fukushi University, March 11

• 2015

  • Spring Meeting of Japanese Economics Association, Niigata University, May 23

  • Empirical Moral Science Workshop, Osaka Prefecture University, March 17

• 2014

  • Annual Meeting of the Applied Regional Science Conference, Okinawa Industry Support Center, November 29

Awards, Grants, and Scholarships

• 2024 - 2026 Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS

• 2020 - 2024 Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, JSPS

• 2018 - 2019 Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, JSPS

• 2017 Chair's Award, Department of Policy and Planning Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• 2016 Excellent Paper Award, 11th Applied Econometrics Conference

• 2014 - 2016 Scholarship, Kamenori Foundation (かめのり財団)

• 2012 - 2013 Scholarship, Seihou Scholarship Foundation (青峰奨学財団)

• 2010 Scholarship, JASSO