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
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 and 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 (Collaboration with Shuhei Kaneko, UCSB)
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