Higuchi Yuki

(樋口裕城)

Profile Information

Affiliation: 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

Communication and coordination in firms:A lab-in-the-field experiment with small manufacturers in Vietnam

Yuki Higuchi, Vu Hoang Nam, Tetsushi Sonobe

Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 119 102470-102470, Dec, 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
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.

書評：高野久紀著『開発経済学実証経済学へのいざない』

樋口裕城

国際開発研究, 34(2) 259-260, Dec, 2025 Invited
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

Major Books and Other Publications

実証から学ぶ開発経済学

高橋, 和志, 樋口, 裕城, 牧野, 百恵 (Role: Joint editor)

有斐閣, Dec, 2025 (ISBN: 9784641184756)
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)

Major Presentations

Do Agglomeration Externalities Form Service Clusters? Evidence from a Location Lottery.

Yuki Higuchi

Econometric Society East-Southeast Asia Meeting, Aug 1, 2026
Do Agglomeration Externalities Form Service Clusters? Evidence from a Location Lottery.

Yuki Higuchi

Asian Economic Development Conference (AEDC), Jun 14, 2026
Do Agglomeration Externalities Form Service Clusters? Evidence from a Location Lottery.

Yuki Higuchi

Asian Bureau of Finance and Economic Research Conference, May 18, 2026 Invited
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

Major Professional Memberships

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
Empirical research on the development of service agglomeration using historical data and survey experiment

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2024 - Mar, 2028
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
An Empirical Analysis of the Formation and Development Patterns of Industrial Clusters

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2026 - 2028
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
携帯基地局データによる公的統計補完の実証研究：タンザニアとガンビアを事例として

人文科学研究助成, 三菱財団, Apr, 2023 - Mar, 2025

新井亜弓
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, 日本学術振興会, Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2025

樋口裕城
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
Sustainability of Rohingya Refugee Camp and Local Resources

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2025
Rohingya Refugee Camp and Resource Sustainability: Forest and Farmland Management by Tribal People and Evaluation of Environmental Impacts

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2025
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
Economic development and institutional change in rural communities: comparative institutional analysis using micro-level panel data

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2022
Proposal of Several Policies to Eliminate Information Perception Gaps on Existing Common Resources

Inamori Foundation, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2021

Yuki Higuchi
Development of evidence-based policy making in education

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Pioneering), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jun, 2018 - Mar, 2021

NAKAMURO Makiko
A Field Experiments on the Diffusion of Kaizen Management in Emerging Southeast Asian Countries

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2021

Higuchi Yuki
Research on Property Rights, Decision-making Processes, and Resource Use of Local Residents in Chittagong Hill Tract, Bangladesh

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2021

HIGASHIDA Keisaku
Proposal of Several Policies to Eliminate Information Perception Gaps on Existing Common Resources

Daiko Foundation, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2020

Yuki Higuchi
Follow-up Survey of Kaizen Management Training in Tanzania

Murata Science Foundation, Apr, 2018 - Mar, 2020

Yuki Higuchi
Short- and Medium-Run Impacts of Kaizen Management Training

Shikishima Foundation, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2019

Yuki Higuchi
Short- and Medium-Run Impacts of Management Training: An Experiment in Tanzania

Melco Foundation, Mar, 2018 - Mar, 2018

Yuki Higuchi
Research on development patterns of small and medium enterprises in Asia

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Aug, 2015 - Mar, 2017

Higuchi Yuki

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