Current Positions:

• PhD Candidate (Economics), Queen Mary University of London (QMUL)

• Deputy Director/ Economist, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA)

• Visiting Researcher in Economics, the University of Tokyo

Research Interests: 

• Public Economics, Development Economics, and Political Economy

Journal Articles:

• "Barriers to Saving for Retirement: Evidence from a Public Pension Program in Mongolia," with Junichi Yamasaki, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Khaliun Dovchinsuren (Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, Volume 3, Number 2, 2025) 

Working Papers:

• "Extensive and Intensive Margins of Informal Workers’ Public Pension Demand: Evidence from a Mongolian Pension Reform" (received Hayami Award at the 6th JADE Conference)

• "Pension Participation and Health-Related Behaviors: Evidence from Mongolia"

• "Participation in pension programs in low and middle income countries," with John Giles and Clement Joubert, Policy Research Working Paper, 11105 (conditionally accepted at World Bank Research Observer)

Curriculum Vitae: here

Contact: t.tanaka (at) qmul.ac.uk