Department of Economics, School of Political Science and Economics, Tokai University, 4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka City, Kanagawa, Japan 259-1292

東海大学　政治経済学部　経済学科　神奈川県平塚市北金目４－１－１　湘南キャンパス 　　　　　　　　　　　　　wakano.ayako.w(*)tokai.ac.jp    (Please insert the "@" instead of this mark (*))

Published paper 

[5] Ayako Wakano, and Hiroyuki Yamada, “The Impact of Terminating Universal Primary Education on Fertility: Evidence from Kenya ” (old version), International Journal of Educational Development, Vol.117, September 2025, 103361

[4] Takahiro Arai, Hiroe Tsubaki, Ayako Wakano, Yasuyuki Shimizu, “Association Between School-Related Google Trends Search Volume and Suicides Among Children and Adolescents in Japan During 2016 to 2020: A Retrospective Observational Study with a Time Series Analysis”,  Journal of Medical Internet Research, Vol.26, 2024  https://www.jmir.org/2024/1/e51710/ 

[3] Daichi Shimamoto, Hiroyuki Yamada, Ayako Wakano, “The different effects of risk preferences on the adoption of agricultural technology: evidence from a rural area in Cambodia”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol.54(10), pp.1819-1837, 2018

[2] Ayako Wakano, Hiroyuki Yamada, Daichi Shimamoto, “Does the heterogeneity of project implementers affect the program participation of beneficiaries? Evidence from rural Cambodia”, Journal of Development Studies, Vol.53(1), pp.49-67, 2017

[1] Hiroyuki Yamada, Daichi Shimamoto, Ayako Wakano, “Importance of Informal Training for the Spread of Agricultural Technologies: Farmers as in-Residence Extension Workers and Their Motivation for Sustainable Development”, Sustainable Development, Vol. 23(2), pp.124-134, 2015

Published paper  in Japanese

[3] 若野綾子(2024)「新型コロナ感染症拡大下での自殺」『統計と情報の専⾨誌「エストレーラ」』, 361, 14-19, 2024.04.

[2] 厚生労働省(2022)『令和4年版　自殺対策白書』 第２章 第２節「新型コロナウイルス感染症の感染拡大下の自殺の動向」（分担執筆）

[1]  厚生労働省(2021)『令和３年版　自殺対策白書』 第２章 第３節「新型コロナウイルス感染症の感染拡大下の自殺の動向」（分担執筆）

翻訳書（共同翻訳）

[1] G.W. インベンス・D.B. ルービン(著)、星野 崇宏・繁桝 算男(監訳)(2023)『インベンス・ルービン 統計的因果推論 （上）』朝倉出版　　　「11章　事例：労働政策プログラムの実験を用いた評価」担当

[2] G.W. インベンス・D.B. ルービン(著)、星野 崇宏・繁桝 算男(監訳)(2023)『インベンス・ルービン 統計的因果推論 （下）』朝倉出版　　　　　　　「20章　一般的な推定対象への統計的推測」担当

Works in progress　（進行中の研究）

[4] Ayako Wakano and Kei Tomita, "Heterogeneous impact of parental education on child educational investment in facing UPE primary education; Evidence from Kenya”, 2025, unpublished manuscript 

[3] Takayuki Toda, Ayako Wakano and Takahiro Hoshino, "Regression Discontinuity Design with Multiple Groups for Heterogeneous Causal Effect Estimation”, 2019, unpublished manuscript (Current version) 

[2] Ayako Wakano, “Mother’s years of schooling and their investment in early education of children” (Current version)

[1] Ayako Wakano, “The effect of locally hired teachers on school outcomes (the Dose response function estimation evidence from Kenya)”,  Discussion Papers in Economics and Business 16-15、Graduate School of Economics and Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP)、Osaka University, (Current version)