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Atsuko Tanaka

Positions

Associate Professor

Faculty of Arts, Department of Economics

Contact information

Email

atanaka@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Personal Website

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-6709

Background

Educational Background

Doctor of Philosophy Economics, University Wisconsin - Madison, 2013

M.S. Economics, University Wisconsin - Madison, 2010

M.S. Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University, 2007

B.A. Agricultural Economics, University of Tokyo, 2004

Research

Areas of Research

Female labor supply, Human capital investment , Healthcare effectiveness

Projects

College Loans and Skill Accumulation

with Chao Fu and Hsuan-Chih Lin, revision requested at International Economic Review (link)

Treatment Choices by Altruistic yet Strategic Medical Professionals

with Chao Fu, Jesse Gregory, Hsuan-Chih Lin

Awards

SSHRC Connection Grant (co-PI: Apostolos Serletis) , SSHRC. 2022
Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment Grant (2017-2024), National Science Foundation. 2021
SSHRC Insight Development Grant (2016-2018) , SSHRC. 2016
Susan Jane Blake Kocin Award , University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2011

Publications

Journal articles

Estimating the Direct and Indirect Costs of Health Reduction: Evidence from Administrative Data. Heng-Jui Chang; Chih-Han Hsueh; Hsuan-Chih Lin; Atsuko Tanaka. Canadian Journal of Economics. 1147-1178. (2025)
The Effects of Labor Market Opportunities on Education: The Case of Female Hiring Ceiling in Iran. Safoura Moeeni; Atsuko Tanaka. Journal of Public Economics. (2023)
Shifting from Pay-as-You-Go to Individual Retirement Accounts: A Path to a Sustainable Pension System. Hsuan-Chih Lin; Atsuko Tanaka; Po-Shyan Wu. Journal of Macroeconomics. (2021)
The Effects of Sudden Health Reductions on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Incidence of Stroke. Atsuko Tanaka. Health Economics. 1480-1497. (2021)