Research

Selected published articles in English

Akabayashi, Hideo, Shimpei Taguchi, and Mirka Zvedelikova. 2024. “School ICT Resources, Teachers, and Online Education: Evidence from School Closures in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Education Economics. Education Economics, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2024.2362917 link.

Akabayashi, Hideo, and Ryuichi Tanaka. 2024. “The Rate of Return to Early Childhood Education in Japan: Estimates from the Nationwide Expansion.” Education Economics. https://doi.org/10.1080/09645292.2024.2346773. link.

Shigemasu, Kazuo; Kono, Masanori; Ikemoto, Shun; Akabayashi, Hideo. n.d. “Causal Effect of Parental Reading on Later Development of Children: Demonstrating a Bayesian Approach.” British Journal of Developmental Psychology. (in press) link.

Wang, Jie, Hideo Akabayashi, Masayuki Kobayashi, and Shinpei Sano. 2024. “Student Loan Debt and Family Formation of Youth in Japan.” Studies in Higher Education, DOI: 10.1080/03075079.2024.2307972. link.

Waldfogel, Jane, Sarah Jiyoon Kwon, Yi Wang, Liz Washbrook, Valentina Perinetti Casoni, Melanie Olczyk, Thorsten Schneider, Lidia Panico, Anne Solaz, Sabine Weinert, Anna Volodina, Sanneke de la Rie, Renske Keizer, Kayo Nozaki, Jun Yamashita, Yuriko Kameyama, Hideo Akabayashi. 2023. “Inequalities in Resources for Preschool-age Children by Parental Education: Evidence from Six Advanced Industrialized Countries.” European Journal of Population. 39 (1): 37.link

Akabayashi, Hideo, Tim Ruberg, Chizuru Shikishima, and Jun Yamashita. 2023. “Education-Oriented and Care-Oriented Preschools Implications on Child Development.” Labour Economics, July, 102410. link

Panico, Lidia, Cesarine Boinet, Hideo Akabayashi, Sanneke de la Rie, Sarah Jiyoon Kwon, Yuriko Kameyama, Renske Keizer, et al. 2023. “International Differences in Gradients in Early Childhood Overweight and Obesity: The Role of Maternal Employment and Formal Childcare Attendance.” European Journal of Public Health, April, ckad058. link

Hideo Akabayashi, Shimpei Taguchi, and Mirka Zvedelikova. 2023. “Access to and Demand for Online School Education during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan.” International Journal of Educational Development 96 (January): 102687. link

Naoi, Michio, Hideo Akabayashi, Ryosuke Nakamura, Kayo Nozaki, Shinpei Sano, Wataru Senoh, and Chizuru Shikishima. 2021. “Causal Effects of Family Income on Educational Investment and Child Outcomes: Evidence from a Policy Reform in Japan.” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 60 (June): 101122. Link

Nakamura, Ryosuke, Jun Yamashita, Hideo Akabayashi, Teruyuki Tamura, and Yang Zhou. 2020. “A Comparative Analysis of Children’s Time Use and Educational Achievement: Assessing Evidence from China, Japan and the United States.” Chinese Journal of Sociology 6 (2): 257–85. link

Akabayashi, Hideo, Kayo Nozaki, Shiho Yukawa, and Wangyang Li. 2020. “Gender Differences in Educational Outcomes and the Effect of Family Background: A Comparative Perspective from East Asia.” Chinese Journal of Sociology 6 (2): 315–35. link

Akabayashi, Hideo, Ryosuke Nakamura, Michio Naoi, and Chizuru Shikishima. 2016. “Toward an International Comparison of Economic and Educational Mobility: Recent Findings from the Japan Child Panel Survey.” Educational Studies in Japan International Yearbook 10 (0): 49–66. link

Akabayashi, Hideo, and Michio Naoi. 2019. “Subject Variety and Incentives to Learn: Evidence from Public High School Admission Policies in Japan.” Japan and the World Economy 52 (December): 100981. link

Sunyoun Lee, Hideo Akabayashi,Akiko Kamesaka,.Byung-Yeon Kim, Hyeog Ug Kwon, Hyoung-Seok Lim, Masao Ogaki,.Fumio Ohtake, and Xiangyu Qu. 2014. ""Worldviews and Altruistic Behavior: A Progress Report on Experimental Study. Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance. Vol. 7: 79-83. link

Akabayashi, Hideo 2015 An Equilibrium Model of Child Maltreatment , Behavioral Interactions, Markets, and Economic Dynamics: Topics in Behavioral Economics Editors: Ikeda, S., Kato, H.K., Ohtake, F., Tsutsui, Y. (Eds.) 3-41. 10.1007/978-4-431-55501-8

Akabayashi, Hideo, and Ryosuke Nakamura. 2014. “Can Small Class Policy Close the Gap? An Empirical Analysis of Class Size Effects in Japan: Can Small Class Policy Close the Gap?” Japanese Economic Review 65 (3): 253–81. link

Akabayashi, Hideo, and Hiroko Araki. 2011. “Do Education Vouchers Prevent Dropout at Private High Schools? Evidence from Japanese Policy Changes.” Journal of the Japanese and International Economies 25 (3): 183–98. link

Akabayashi, Hideo. 2006a. “An Equilibrium Model of Child Maltreatment.” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 30 (6): 993–1025. link

Akabayashi, Hideo. 2006b. “The Labor Supply of Married Women and Spousal Tax Deductions in Japan—a Structural Estimation.” Review of Economics of the Household 4 (4): 349–78. link

Akabayashi, Hideo, and George Psacharopoulos. 1999. “The Trade‐off between Child Labour and Human Capital Formation: A Tanzanian Case Study.” Journal of Development Studies 35 (5): 120–40. link

Selected working papers in English

Dräger, Jascha, Elizabeth Washbrook, Thorsten Schneider, Hideo Akabayashi, Renske Keizer, Anne Solaz, Jane Waldfogel, et al. 2023. “Cross-National Differences in Socioeconomic Achievement Inequality in Early Primary School: The Role of Parental Education and Income in Six Countries.” SocArXiv. link

Akabayashi, Hideo, Shimpei Taguchi, and Mirka Zvedelikova. 2023. “School ICT Resources, Teachers, and Online Education:Evidence from School Closures in Japan during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Keio-IES Discussion Paper Series 2023–008. Institute for Economics Studies, Keio University. link

Akabayashi, H., and R. Tanaka. 2013. “Long-term Effects of Preschooling on Educational Attainments”, GRIPS Discussion Paper, No. 12-21.link