Ryuichi Tanaka
Biographic Data
| ID | 6455670 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ryuichi Tanaka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ryuichi |
| FAMILY NAME | Tanaka |
| SIGNATURE | TANAKA R |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Tokyo |
| ORCID | 0009-0006-7051-1035 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Are Grandparents Blessings in Disguise? Evidence from Unconditional Cash Transfer and Educational Investment in Nepal
Elderly allowances for grandparents can ease household liquidity constraints in developing countries, potentially boosting investment in human capital. This study uses child-level panel data from rural-to-urban transitioning households in Nepal to examine whether such allowances enhance educational investment, with a focus on gender. It examines whether grandparents’ receipt of the allowance, particularly grandmothers’, increases household spendi…
Should School‐Level Results of National Assessments Be Made Public? Evidence From a Policy Reform in Japan
Many countries conduct national assessments of educational performance, a type of standardised test that gives schools diagnostic feedback without having high stakes for students. We examine how publication of national assessment results at the school level affects primary school student outcomes. Using a policy reform in Japan that created a variation across municipalities in the level of aggregation at which the assessment results are disclosed…
The effects of school bullying victimization on cognitive, school engagement, and friendship outcomes
This study investigated the effects of bullying victimization on cognitive, school engagement, and friendship outcomes using panel data collected from elementary school students in a Japanese city. Employing a value-added model that controls for prior outcomes, our findings revealed that bullying victimization significantly impairs both cognitive and school engagement and weakens friendship formation. Furthermore, a high prevalence of bullying vi…
How do classmates matter for the class-size effects
This paper investigates the effect of class-size reduction on students’ academic outcomes, with a particular emphasis on its heterogeneity based on classmates’ characteristics. We estimate the causal effects of class-size reduction on students’ mathematics and language test scores by controlling for student and teacher fixed effects. To address potential endogeneity, we employ the predicted class size with a cap as an instrumental variable for th…
The rank of socioeconomic status within a class and the incidence of school bullying and school absence
In this study, we examine the impact of a student's household socioeconomic status (SES) rank within a class on two critical factors affecting the accumulation of human capital: school bullying victimization and school absence. We identify the effect from the variation of a within-class SES rank of students assigned to different schools and classes, controlling the absolute level of SES and class fixed effects. Using the data from middle-school s…
Nihon no safety net no kakusa—rōdō shijo no henyō to shakai hoshō (Inequality of the Safety Net in Japan—The Transformation of the Labour Market and Social Security)
The problem of population ageing is extremely complicated. Among other issues, it affects the sustainability of social security systems such as health insurance, public pensions, long-term care insurance, and employment insurance. The problem is even more challenging because social security eligibility depends on one’s employment status in the labour market. In other words, individuals’ work status determines their coverage under social security …
Monitoring health services delivery
Recent Debates on Public-Private Cost Sharing for Higher Education in Japan
This essay reviews three books and one article about recent debates on public-private cost sharing for higher education in Japan. To mitigate the problems related to low fertility and a rapidly aging population, the Japanese government plans to implement a free tuition policy for higher education for students from less affluent households. These books and the article reveal the historical, political, and economic factors behind why Japan’s curren…
Inequality and education decisions in developing countries
Inequality and education decisions in developing countries
Recent Debates on Public-Private Cost Sharing for Higher Education in Japan
This essay reviews three books and one article about recent debates on public-private cost sharing for higher education in Japan. To mitigate the problems related to low fertility and a rapidly aging population, the Japanese government plans to implement a free tuition policy for higher education for students from less affluent households. These books and the article reveal the historical, political, and economic factors behind why Japan’s curren…
Monitoring health services delivery
Nihon no safety net no kakusa—rōdō shijo no henyō to shakai hoshō (Inequality of the Safety Net in Japan—The Transformation of the Labour Market and Social Security)
The problem of population ageing is extremely complicated. Among other issues, it affects the sustainability of social security systems such as health insurance, public pensions, long-term care insurance, and employment insurance. The problem is even more challenging because social security eligibility depends on one’s employment status in the labour market. In other words, individuals’ work status determines their coverage under social security …
The rank of socioeconomic status within a class and the incidence of school bullying and school absence
In this study, we examine the impact of a student's household socioeconomic status (SES) rank within a class on two critical factors affecting the accumulation of human capital: school bullying victimization and school absence. We identify the effect from the variation of a within-class SES rank of students assigned to different schools and classes, controlling the absolute level of SES and class fixed effects. Using the data from middle-school s…
How do classmates matter for the class-size effects
This paper investigates the effect of class-size reduction on students’ academic outcomes, with a particular emphasis on its heterogeneity based on classmates’ characteristics. We estimate the causal effects of class-size reduction on students’ mathematics and language test scores by controlling for student and teacher fixed effects. To address potential endogeneity, we employ the predicted class size with a cap as an instrumental variable for th…
Are Grandparents Blessings in Disguise? Evidence from Unconditional Cash Transfer and Educational Investment in Nepal
Elderly allowances for grandparents can ease household liquidity constraints in developing countries, potentially boosting investment in human capital. This study uses child-level panel data from rural-to-urban transitioning households in Nepal to examine whether such allowances enhance educational investment, with a focus on gender. It examines whether grandparents’ receipt of the allowance, particularly grandmothers’, increases household spendi…
Should School‐Level Results of National Assessments Be Made Public? Evidence From a Policy Reform in Japan
Many countries conduct national assessments of educational performance, a type of standardised test that gives schools diagnostic feedback without having high stakes for students. We examine how publication of national assessment results at the school level affects primary school student outcomes. Using a policy reform in Japan that created a variation across municipalities in the level of aggregation at which the assessment results are disclosed…
The effects of school bullying victimization on cognitive, school engagement, and friendship outcomes
This study investigated the effects of bullying victimization on cognitive, school engagement, and friendship outcomes using panel data collected from elementary school students in a Japanese city. Employing a value-added model that controls for prior outcomes, our findings revealed that bullying victimization significantly impairs both cognitive and school engagement and weakens friendship formation. Furthermore, a high prevalence of bullying vi…
Economics (6 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Demographic economics (3 works) · Human capital (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · School Choice and Performance (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Business (2 works) · Inequality (2 works)