Higuchi Yuki

(樋口裕城)

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics, Sophia University

Degree: 学士（文学）(京都大学)
修士（国際開発研究）(政策研究大学院大学)
博士（開発経済学）(政策研究大学院大学)

Researcher number: 60757269
J-GLOBAL ID: 201701020960258420
researchmap Member ID: B000282043

External link: https://sites.google.com/site/yukihiguchipage/

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Economic policy / Development Economics

Awards

Jun, 2024

カトリック学術奨励金研究奨励賞, Impact of studying abroad on language skill development: Regression discontinuity evidence from Japanese university students, 日本カトリック大学・短期大学連盟

樋口裕城

Major Papers

Disentangling anti-refugee sentiment: An empirical investigation of the Rohingya crisis

Yuki Higuchi, Keisaku Higashida, Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, Ryo Takahashi

Economics Letters, 252(112341), Jun, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities

Yuki Higuchi, Keisaku Higashida, Mosharraf M. Hossain, Mohammad Sujauddin, Ryo Takahashi, Kenta Tanaka

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 73(3), Mar, 2025 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
FDI, Production Networks, and Firm Behavior: Evidence from the South African Automotive Industry

Yuki Higuchi, Justin Barnes, Anthony Black, Keijiro Otsuka

World Economy, 47(3) 1247-1273, Apr, 2024 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Impact of Studying Abroad on Language Skill Development: Regression discontinuity evidence from Japanese university students

Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 70 101284, Dec, 2023 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Medium-Run Impacts of Management Training in Garment Clusters

Yuki Higuchi, Edwin P. Mhede, Vu Hoang Nam, Tetsushi Sonobe

World Bank Economic Review, 34 S68-S71, Feb, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Short- and Medium-Run Impacts of Management Training: An Experiment in Tanzania

Yuki Higuchi, Edwin P. Mhede, Tetsushi Sonobe

World Development, 114 220-236, Feb, 2019 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author

Major Misc.

経済教室：アフリカの将来像(中) 製造業の発展成長に不可欠

樋口裕城

日本経済新聞, Aug, 2025 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
開発経済学的フィールドワーク

樋口裕城

国際開発研究, 33(1) 103-108, Jul, 2024 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
経済学で読み解く現代社会のリアル：｢対難民感情｣は危機的､難民受け入れ地域の困難

樋口裕城

東洋経済, Jun, 2024 Lead authorCorresponding author
経済学で読み解く現代社会のリアル：海外留学希望の学生を後押し､奨学金受給の効果

樋口裕城

東洋経済, Sep, 2023 Lead authorCorresponding author
絶望を希望に変える経済学：社会の重大問題をどう解決するか（アビジット・Ｖ・バナジー，エステル・デュフロ著）を読んで

樋口裕城

行動経済学, 14 6-9, May, 2021 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author

Major Books and Other Publications

Next-Generation of Empirical Research in Economics

Keijiro Otsuka, Yuki Higuchi, Aya Suzuki (Role: Contributor, Challenges in Empirical Research in Economics: The Way Forward)

Springer, May, 2024 (ISBN: 9789819718870)
次世代の実証経済学

大塚, 啓二郎, 黒崎, 卓, 澤田, 康幸, 園部, 哲史 (Role: Contributor, 第3章：これからの実証経済学における課題)

日本評論社, Jun, 2023 (ISBN: 9784535540507)
進化する経済学の実証分析

経済セミナー編集部 (Role: Contributor, 86-90)

日本評論社, Aug, 2020 (ISBN: 9784535559769)

Presentations

Does social capital mitigate natural disaster risk?: Evidence from voluntary disaster prevention organizations in Japan

Yuki Yoshida

Japanese Economic Association 2025 Autumn Meeting, Sep 13, 2025
Communication and Coordination in Firms: A Lab-in-the-field Experiment with Small Manufacturers in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

Vietnam Symposium in Global Economic Issues (VSGE), Oct 28, 2024
Communication and Coordination in Firms: A Lab-in-the-field Experiment with Small Manufacturers in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

International Conference on Innovation and Development (VIID), Oct 25, 2024
From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities

Yuki Higuchi

Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries (SEEDEC), Sep, 2023
From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities

Yuki Higuchi

2nd Asian Economic Development Conference, Jul, 2023
From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities

樋口裕城

日本経済学会2023年春季大会, May, 2023
From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities

Yuki Higuchi

Asian Society of Agricultural Economists (ASAE) 11th International Conference, Mar, 2023
From Hospitality to Hostility: Impact of the Rohingya Refugee Influx on the Sentiments of Host Communities

Yuki Higuchi

開発経済学会（JADE）若手会議, Nov, 2022
Impact of stays abroad on skills development and career choice: Evidence from Japanese high-school and university students

Yuki Higuchi

Japan Economic Association 2021 Spring Meeting, May, 2021
The Impact of Localized Consulting Services on Small Manufacturers: An Experiment in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

Young JADE 2019, Nov, 2019
Management and innovation: Evidence from randomized experiments and repeated surveys in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

INFORMS annual meeting, Oct, 2019
Management and innovation: Evidence from randomized experiments and repeated surveys in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

UNU-WIDER/ESCAP Conference in Bangkok, Sep, 2019
Management and innovation: Evidence from randomized experiments and repeated surveys in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

Japan Economic Association 2019 Spring Meeting, Jun, 2019
Incentives, Self-selection, and Social Norms in the Labor Contract: A Two-stage Field Experiment in the Philippines

Yuki Higuchi

Advanced with Field Experiment Conference, Oct, 2018
Incentives, Self-selection, and Social Norms in the Labor Contract: A Two-stage Field Experiment in the Philippines

Yuki Higuchi

Summer Workshop on Economic Theory, Aug, 2018
Incentives, Self-selection, and Social Norms in the Labor Contract: A Two-stage Field Experiment in the Philippines

Yuki Higuchi

International Association for Applied Econometrics, Jun, 2018
Short- and Medium-Run Impacts of Management Training: An Experiment in Tanzania and Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

Centre for the Study of African Economies Conference, Mar, 2018
Management as a basis for innovation: Evidence from randomized experiments and repeated surveys in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

American Economic Association Annual Meeting, Jan, 2018
Management skill, entrepreneurial mindset, and enterprise survival: Evidence from randomized experiments and repeated surveys in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

Empirical Management Conference, Dec, 2017
Management skill, entrepreneurial mindset, and firm survival: Evidence from randomized experiments and repeated surveys in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

Hayami Conference, Dec, 2017
Incentives, Self-selection, and Social Norms in the Labor Contract: A Two-stage Field Experiment in the Philippines

Yuki Higuchi

North East Universities Development Consortium, Oct, 2017
Impacts of Kaizen Management Training: Experiments in Tanzania and Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

Summer Workshop on Economic Theory, Aug, 2017
Impacts of Kaizen Management Training: Experiments in Tanzania and Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi

World Congress of the International Economic Association, Jun, 2017
Impacts of Skype English Learning on Attitudes and English Communicative Abilities: An Experiment in a Japanese High School

Yuki Higuchi

Japan Economic Association 2016 Autumn Meeting, Sep, 2016
Disaster Aid Targeting and Political Connection: Evidence from the Philippines

Yuki Higuchi

International Conference of the Association of Korean Economic Studies, Aug, 2016
Short- and Longer-Run Impacts of Management Training: An Experiment in Tanzania

Yuki Higuchi

Asian Meeting of Econometric Society, Aug, 2016
Short and Longer Run Impacts of Kaizen Management Training: The Case in Tanzania

Yuki Higuchi

NOVAFRICA Conference on ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA, Jul, 2016
Aid Targeting and Political Connection

Yuki Higuchi

The 6th Spring Meeting of The Japan Society of International Economics, Jun, 2016
Short- and Longer-Run Impacts of Management Training: An Experiment in Tanzania

Yuki Higuchi

Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, Jun, 2016
Short and Longer Run Impacts of Kaizen Management Training: The Case in Tanzania

Yuki Higuchi

Japan Economic Association 2015 Autumn Meeting, Oct, 2015
Teaching management in Asia and Africa

Yuki Higuchi

Singapore Economic Review Conference, Aug, 2015

Major Professional Memberships

Major Research Projects

Policy evaluation for productivity and workplace conditions

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2025 - Mar, 2030
Policy design to improve growth constraints of micro and small enterprises in developing countries

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2025 - Mar, 2029
震災の企業活動への長期的影響と再建に関する実証研究

科学研究費助成事業, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2028

日引聡, 樋口裕城, 吉川沙耶花, 内田真輔, 野原克仁, 吉田惇
デジタル化による中小企業の持続的発展に向けて：新興国ベトナムにおけるパイロット実験

学術研究特別推進費, 上智大学, Jul, 2023 - Mar, 2026
社会実験と行政データを用いた途上国政府の能力構築に関する実証研究

科学研究費助成事業基盤研究(B), 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025

樋口裕城
Analysis of the impacts of Rohingya refugee influx on host communities' livelihood and environment: An interdisciplinary investigation

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B)), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Oct, 2020 - Mar, 2024

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