Sayaka Nakamura

Name	Sayaka Nakamura
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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 Areas

Humanities & social sciences / Economic policy /

Research History

Apr 2011

Mar 2022

Nagoya University Graduate School of Economics Department of Socio-Economic System Socio-Environmental System Associate professor

Apr 2008

Mar 2011

Associate Professor, School of International Management, Yokohama City University

Jul 2006

Mar 2008

Sid Richardson Scholar in Health Economics, Baker Institute for Public Policy, Rice University

Education

Sep 2000

Jun 2006

Northwestern University Graduate School, Division of Economics Economics

Apr 2000

Sep 2003

The University of Tokyo Graduate School, Division of Economics

Apr 1998

Mar 2000

The University of Tokyo Graduate School, Division of Economics

Apr 1994

Mar 1998

International Christian University Faculty of Liberal Arts Economics

Committee Memberships

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Sep 2023

Today

医療経済学会理事

May 2023

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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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Institute for Health Economics and Policy Research Grant Selection Committee

Feb 2020

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東京経済研究センターフェロー

Oct 2017

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日本学術会議連携委員

Papers

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Wholesome Lunch to the Whole Classroom: Short- and Longer-Term Effects on Early Teenagers’ Weight

Shiko Maruyama Sayaka Nakamura

TCER Working Paper E160 Apr 2021

Why are women slimmer than men in developed countries?

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...

Cross-sectional Analysis on Coresidence of Elderly Parents and Their Children in Japan

Sayaka Nakamura Shiko Maruyama

The Economic Science 65(1) 13-28-28 Jun 2017

Determinants of contraceptive choice among Japanese women: ten years after the pill approval

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...

The decline in BMI among Japanese women after World War II

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...