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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.	2006/09/01～2012/08/26	Doctorial Course │ Department of Economics │ University of Wisconsin - Madison │ Completed PhD (Economics)
2.	2004/04/01～2006/03/31	Economics Policy Course │ University of Tokyo │ Completed MPP
3.	2000/04/01～2004/03/31	International Studies │ Liberal Arts College │ International Christian University │ Graduated B.A.

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

Committee and society
1.	2025/04/01 ～ 2026/03/31	2025 Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting Program Committee
2.	2024/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	2024 Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting Satellite Event Manager
3.	2022/04/01 ～ 2023/03/31	2022 Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting Program Committee / Harassment Prevention Committee

Research activities
1.		Japanese Economic Association
2.		Japanese Association for Development Economics
3.		Econometric Society
4.		American Economic Association

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.	2025	Mother’s Late Return Home from Work, Family Relationship, and Locus of Control of Children: Evidence from Japanese Adolescents │ Social Science Japan Journal │ (Co-authored)
2.	2024/07/15	Unethical behaviours, leadership, and gender in the village development programme: the case of rural Sri Lanka │ Public Management Review │ (Co-authored)
3.	2024/06/11	Fighting the Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self-Learning at the Right Level │ Economic Development and Cultural Change │ 72 (4),pp.1893-1921 (Co-authored)
4.	2024/04	Self-Learning at the Right Level, COVID-19 School Closure, and Non-cognitive Abilities │ ADBI Working Paper Series │ 1441 (Co-authored)
5.	2024/01/10	Potentials & Challenges of Remote Work & Remote Education │ Japan Spotlight │ (253) (Sole-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/06/29	The Effects of Flipped Classroom in Higher Education on Learning Outcomes and Efforts (Kyoto Summer Workshop on Applied Economics 2024)
2.	2023/06/09	The Effects of Flipped Classrooms in Higher Education: Identification Challenges and Implications for Classroom Implementation (Tokyo Labor Economics Workshop)
3.	2023/01/20	Self-Learning at the Right Level, COVID-19 School Closure, and Noncognitive Abilities (ADB Economists Forum 2023)
4.	2021/06	Haste Makes No Waste: Positive Peer Effects of Speed Competition on Classroom Learning (The 2021 Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society)
5.	2020/10/10	Haste Makes No Waste: Peer Effects of a Problem-Solving Speed on Math Score (2020 Japanese Economic Association Autumn Meeting)
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Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2023/04/01 ～ 2026/03/31	親の働き方が子供の学力や心理的発達に及ぼす影響：日本と途上国の比較 │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
2.	2022/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	大学学部の講義科目における反転授業の効果：ランダム化比較試験による測定 │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
3.	2020/04/01 ～ 2022/03/31	The Long-Term Effectiveness of Learning-at-the-Right-Level Interventions in Developing Countries and the Role of Non-Cognitive Skills │ Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)
4.	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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https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4463-2937