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Masato Oikawa is an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) at Waseda University's Faculty of Education and Integrated Arts and Sciences since April 2025, with concurrent appointments at Waseda University's Center for Data Science and Waseda Institute of Social and Human Capital Studies (WISH). His academic journey includes previous positions as Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track) at Waseda University from 2021-2023 and at the Waseda Institute for Advanced Study from 2023-2025.
His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Economics (2019) from the University of Tokyo, an MA in Economics (2015) from the University of Tokyo, and a BA in Economics (2013) from Yokohama National University. Prior to his current position, he was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
Oikawa's research primarily focuses on Health Economics, Economics of Education, and Applied Microeconometrics, with particular interest in how health policies affect different population segments based on education level. His work demonstrates that educational attainment significantly moderates responses to health interventions, with university graduates showing more pronounced behavioral changes following policy reforms. He has extensively studied the effects of Japan's health checkup reforms, school closures during pandemics, and the relationship between economic conditions and child welfare outcomes.
His publication record shows a clear trajectory toward increasingly sophisticated policy evaluations using natural experiments and quasi-experimental designs. Recent work has expanded into analyzing pandemic-related policies across multiple domains including education, healthcare, and labor markets. His research consistently employs rigorous econometric methods to identify causal relationships in complex social phenomena.
- 12th Applied Econometrics Conference Excellent paper award (2017) - joint with Yoshinori Nishimura
- 30th Hongyo Prize (2013)
Oikawa has secured multiple competitive research grants, including JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research for projects on health policy evaluation, elderly care, and primary care sustainability in aging societies. His collaborative network includes researchers at Waseda University (particularly Haruko Noguchi and Akira Kawamura), as well as international collaborators. He teaches courses in economics, health economics, and data analysis for program evaluation, reflecting his methodological expertise in empirical economic analysis.
