Applied Economics Workshop

Past Seminars

Seiro Ito (Institute of Developing Economies)
"Entrepreneurial Skills, Production Technology Convexity, and Poverty Alleviation: An Assessment of Microfinance Interventions on the Ultra Poor " joint with Takashi Kurosaki (Hitotsubashi U), Abu Shonchoy (Florida International U) and Kazushi Takahashi (Sophia U)

Chair: Yukako Ono
Presentation in English
Ryo Makioka (Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry,)
"Decomposing the Effect of SNAP"
Chair: Hideo Akabayashi
Yasutora Watanabe (The University of Tokyo)
"Welfare competition and electoral cycles: the case of healthcare subsidy" (joint with Hitoshi Shigeoka)
Chair: Kimiko Terai
Presentation in English
Nada Wasi (Bank of Thailand)
"Estimating demand for a long-term care insurance in Thailand: evidence from discrete choice experiment”
Chair: Yoko Ibuka
Presentation in English
Taiju Kitano (Aoyama Gakuin University)
"Intertemporal Substitution Effects of Replacement Subsidy: Case of the Japanese Car Market"
Joint with Microeconomics Workshop and Applied Economics Workshop 
Chair: Koji Ishibashi
Presentation in Japanese
Hiroshi Ono (Hitotsubashi University)
“Redistributing Happiness: How Social Policies Shape Life Satisfaction”
Chair: Kimiko Terai
Presentation in English
Tomoya Mori (Kyoto University)
"Collaborative knowledge creation: Evidence from Japanese patent data"
Chair: Ryo Nakajima
Presentation in English
Manabu Nose (The University of Tokyo)
“Labor Market Dynamics after the Natural Disaster: Evidence from Post-tsunami Aceh Panel Data”
Chair: Hiroyuki Yamada
Presentation in English
Ryuichi Tanaka (The University of Tokyo)
"Estimating Teacher Value-added in Public Primary Schools: Evidence from Administrative Panel Data"
Chair: Ryo Nakajima
Co-organized Center for Research on Equality of Opportunity for Children
Kenichi Shiraishi (Gunma University of Health and Welfare)
"Income level of reference group and subjective welfare-Verification of the relative income hypothesis"
joint with Kazuto Sumita, Kazuki Kamimura , Shohei Okamoto and Kohei Komamura
Chair: Kimiko Terai