Expertise
Labor economics, Development economics, International economics
Research Projects
- Analysis on policies to improve firm productivity: the case of Lao Textile industry and initial analysis on Japanese firms’ foreign study tours (August 8, 2022 - October 31, 2025)
Education
2016 Ph.D. in Economics, Stanford University, USA
2010 MA. in Economics, University of Tokyo
Experience
2024.4 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
2021.4 Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University
2016.4 Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
Selected Publications and Papers
- Tanaka, Mari, Taisuke Kameda, Takuma Kawamoto, Shigeru Sugihara, and Ryo Kambayashi. “Managing Long Working Hours: Evidence from a Management Survey,” forthcoming at Journal of Human Resources.
- Molina, Teresa and Mari Tanaka, “Globalization and Female Empowerment: Evidence from Myanmar,” forthcoming at Economic Development and Cultural Change.
- Tanaka, Mari, Nicholas Bloom, Joel David, and Maiko Koga. 2020. “Firm Performance and Macro Forecast Accuracy,” Journal of Monetary Economics, 114: 26-44.
- Tanaka, Mari. 2020. “Exporting Sweatshops? Evidence from Myanmar,” Review of Economics and Statistics, 102(3): 442-456.
