Sayaka SAKODA

Sayaka SAKODA is an Associate Professor at Doshisha University in Kyoto, specializing in Income Distribution, Health Economics, and Gender Issues. She previously served as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyoto University (2021) and held visiting positions at Fondation France-Japon de l’EHESS (EHESS) in Paris, including a Visiting Researcher role (2014-2015) and EHESS Visiting Scholar (2019). Her research focuses on family economics, marital inequality, and redistribution preferences. She has authored notable works like The Economics of Divorce and contributed to projects on global happiness comparisons and healthcare inequality.

Research collaborations include the FFJ’s ‘Inequalities and Preference for Redistribution’ project (2017-2019), where she delivered lectures on gender, work dynamics, and historical inequality trends. Her recent publications analyze economic fairness in Japan and healthcare disparities post-financial crisis. She remains affiliated with FFJ as an Associate Researcher.