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SEKI MAI

Department / Course College of Economics Department of Economics

Title / Position Associate Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Economics

Academic background
1.	2012/08 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Wisconsin - Madison
2.	2008/08 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Wisconsin - Madison
3.	2006/03 Degree Acquisition	│ University of Tokyo MPP
4.	2004/03 Degree Acquisition	│ International Christian University B.A.
5.	～2012/08	Doctorial Course │ Department of Economics │ University of Wisconsin-Madison │ Completed
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Business career
1.	2015/06/01 ～ 2018/09/25	Research Fellow │ │ Research Institute of Japan International Cooperation Agency
2.	2012/09/01 ～ 2015/05/31	Senior Analyst │ │ Bank of Canada

Research activities
1.		Japanese Economic Association
2.		Econometric Society

Subject of research
1.	Impact evaluation of cognitive and non-cognitive outcomes of an education intervention
2.	Econometrics analysis of college degree and labor market
3.	Impact evaluation of infrastructure projects

Research summary
Applied micro econometrics I research choices and outcomes of economic agencies (i.e., individual, household etc), mainly using micro-level data and economic models. In particular, I focus on policy relevant research questions related to human capital, which is a main theme in labor economics and economics of education. I also study impact evaluation of infrastructure. Countries/regions of study and research topics vary widely, owing to my previous jobs, co-authors, and accessibility to data. A common feature of my research; however, is the use of causal analysis based on econometrics methods.

Present specialized field
Economic statistics, Economic policy, Public finance/Public economy (Keyword：Applied micro econometrics, labor economics, economics of education, development economics)

Papers
1.	2023/05/12	Fighting the Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self-Learning at the Right Level │ Economic Development and Cultural Change │ - (-),pp.--- (Co-authored)
2.	2023/02/16	Haste Makes No Waste: Positive Peer Effects of Classroom Speed Competition on Learning │ Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics │ - (-),pp.--- (Co-authored)
3.	2020	Haste Makes No Waste:Peer Effects of a Speed Competition on Math Score │ CIRJEdiscussionpapers │ CIRJE-F-1151 (Co-authored)
4.	2020	Heterogeneous Effects of Urban Public Transportation on Employment by Gender: Evidence from the Delhi Metro │ JICA-RI Working Paper │ 207 (Co-authored)
5.	2019	Fighting Against Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self-Learning at the Right Level │ CIRJEdiscussionpapers │ CIRJE-F-1127 (Co-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2023/01/20	Self-Learning at the Right Level, COVID-19 School Closure, and Noncognitive Abilities (ADB Economists Forum 2023)
2.	2021/06	Haste Makes No Waste: Positive Peer Effects of Speed Competition on Classroom Learning (The 2021 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society)
3.	2019/05	Impact of the Proximity to the Delhi Metro on Work Participation of Female and Male (12th Trans-Pacific Labor Seminar)
4.	2018/01	Individualized Self-Learning Program to Improve Primary Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in Bangladesh (The 2018 Allied Social Sciences Association Annual Meeting AEA Session, Philadelphia)
5.	2017/06	Individualized Self-Learning Program to Improve Primary Education: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment in Bangladesh (The 2017 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Hong Kong)
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2016/04/01 ～ 2020/03/31	Analysis of Youth Unemployment, Skill Mismatch, and Degree Inflation in Egypt │ Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Research exchange preferred theme
1.	Causal analysis of micro data in the fields of education, labor, gender. or human capital related policies I am willing to join or lead a policy analysis project utilizing micro-data either in Japan or overseas. Commisioned research Joint research

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Mai Seki, Ph.D. in Economics

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ORCID ID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4463-2937