Name Sayaka Nakamura URL Affiliation Sophia University Section Faculty of Economics Department of Economics Job title Professor Degree BA in Economics(International Christian University), MA in Economics(The University of Tokyo), Ph.D. (Economics)(Northwestern University) Research funding number 20511603 J-Global ID 201101057864320137
Research Interests
regional variation in health care utilization and cost
,obesity
,underweight
,child health
,subjective probability
Research History
Apr 2011
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Mar 2022
Nagoya University Graduate School of Economics Department of Socio-Economic System Socio-Environmental System Associate professor
Apr 2008
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Mar 2011
Associate Professor, School of International Management, Yokohama City University
Jul 2006
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Mar 2008
Sid Richardson Scholar in Health Economics, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University
Education
Sep 2000
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Jun 2006
Northwestern University Graduate School, Division of Economics Economics
Apr 2000
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Sep 2003
The University of Tokyo Graduate School, Division of Economics
Apr 1998
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Mar 2000
The University of Tokyo Graduate School, Division of Economics
Apr 1994
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Mar 1998
International Christian University Faculty of Liberal Arts Economics
Committee Memberships
Sep 2023
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Today
医療経済学会 理事
May 2023
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Today
厚生労働省社会保障審議会医療保険部会 委員
Apr 2023
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Today
Institute for Health Economics and Policy Research Grant Selection Committee
Feb 2020
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Today
東京経済研究センター フェロー
Oct 2017
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Today
日本学術会議 連携委員
Papers
Shiko Maruyama   Sayaka Nakamura   
TCER Working Paper E160 Apr 2021
Shiko Maruyama   Sayaka Nakamura   
Economics and Human Biology 30 1-13 Sep 2018 [Refereed]
Women have a lower BMI than men in developed countries, yet the opposite is true in developing countries. We call this the gender BMI puzzle and investigate its underlying cause. We begin by studying time trends in Japan, where, consistent with th...
Sayaka Nakamura   Shiko Maruyama   
The Economic Science 65(1) 13-28-28 Jun 2017
Sayaka Nakamura   
REVIEW OF ECONOMICS OF THE HOUSEHOLD 14(3) 553-575 Sep 2016 [Refereed]
The Japanese government approved the use of oral contraception (OC) in 1999, but OC users remain a small minority in Japan. Using the results of an online survey conducted in 2010, I examine the factors determining Japanese women's choice of contr...
Shiko Maruyama   Sayaka Nakamura   
ECONOMICS & HUMAN BIOLOGY 18 125-138 Jul 2015 [Refereed]
The body mass index (BMI) of the Japanese is significantly lower than is found in other high-income countries. Moreover, the average BMI of Japanese women is lower than that of Japanese men, and the age-specific BMI of Japanese women has decreased...
Misc.
中村さやか   
経済セミナー 676(676) 5-8-8 2014
Meliyanni Johar   Shiko Maruyama   Sayaka Nakamura   
UNSW Australian School of Business Research Paper, No.2010-ECON-05, University of New South Wales 2010
Presentations
中村さやか   
日本経済学会2023年度秋季大会 16 Sep 2023
中村さやか   
医療経済学会第18回研究大会 2 Sep 2023
中村さやか   
第9回協会けんぽ調査研究フォーラム 6 Jun 2023 [Invited]
Sayaka Nakamura   
11th Tri-Country/Asia Pacific Health Economics Symposium: Strengthening Health Systems Resilience in Post-Pandemic Era 18 Mar 2023 [Invited]
Sayaka Nakamura   
The 17th Annual Conference of JHEA 3 Sep 2022 [Invited]
Teaching Experience
Apr 2023
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Today
Introduction to Economics (Sophia University)
Oct 2022
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Today
Economics of Social Policy (Sophia University)
Oct 2022
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Today
Introduction to Microeconomics (Sophia University)
Apr 2022
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Today
Applied Microeconomics I (Sophia University)
Apr 2022
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Today
Introduction to Statistics (Sophia University)
Professional Memberships
American Economic Association
American Society of Health Economists
International Health Economics Association
Research Projects
Project Year: Apr 2023 - Mar 2026
Project Year: Apr 2023 - Mar 2026
Project Year: Dec 2021 - Dec 2023
Project Year: Mar 2021 - Mar 2023
Project Year: Apr 2020 - Mar 2023
Social Activities
[Lecturer] 2 Aug 2023 - 2 Aug 2023
[Lecturer] 8 Dec 2022 - 8 Dec 2022
[Lecturer] 10 Aug 2021 - 10 Aug 2021
[Lecturer]名古屋大学経済学研究科 オープンカレッジ (名古屋大学経済学研究科) Sep 2019 - Sep 2019
「日本人の体型変化における男女差とその要因」と題した講演を行った
[Lecturer] (名古屋大学経済学部) Jun 2017 - Jun 2017