Research

Research Interests

    Economics of Education, Health Economics, Development Economics

Working Papers / Work in Progress

    1. The gender gap in higher education in Thailand: Why are girls more likely to advance to upper schools than boys?
        (with Atsushi Yoshida)　 

    2. Are Mothers with Higher Education more Proficient at Assessing Child Health?
    〔第8回応用計量経済学コンファレンスにて優秀論文賞〕

    3. Equalization in Class(room)
        (with Shin-ichiro Bessho, Akira Kawamura, Haruko Noguchi, Ryuichi Tanaka)

    4. 自然災害による就業機会の減少と人的資本投資ー東日本大震災の事例ー

Publications

    1. Benefits of Diesel Emission Regulations: Evidence from the World’s Largest Low Emission Zone
        (with Cheolmin Kang, Mitsuru Ota), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 125:102944, 2024.
University of Tsukuba, Discussion Paper Series, No.1370, 2020. 
Earlier version: Benefits of Heavy-Duty Diesel Emission Regulations: Evidence from the World’s Largest Low Emission Zone
    *姜氏の論文として、第11回応用計量経済学コンファレンスにて優秀論文賞〕

    2. Evaluating remedial education in elementary schools: Administrative data from a municipality in Japan
        (with Shun-ichiro BESSHO, Haruko NOGUCHI, Akira KAWAMURA, Ryuichi TANAKA), Japan & The World Economy, 50:36-46, 2019.

    3. The Impact of a Universal Health Scheme on Precautionary Savings: Evidence from Thailand
        Economic Development and Cultural Change, 69(3):1203-37, 2021.
        University of Tsukuba, Discussion Paper Series, No.1321, October 2014.  〔第12回森口賞入選〕

    4. The Impact of a High-speed Railway on Residential Land Prices
      (with Hiroshi KANASUGI), Papers in Regional Science,  97(4) : 1305-1335, 2018.
        University of Tsukuba, Discussion Paper Series, No.1344, March 2016.

    5. School Choice and Student Sorting: Evidence from Adachi Word in Japan
        (with Atsushi YOSHIDA and Katsuo KOGURE), Japanese Economic Review 60(4) : 446–472, 2009.