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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

CV Tanaka July 2023

Research

Areas of Research

Female labor supply, Human capital investment

Courses

Course number	Course title	Semester
ECON 201 LEC 02	Principles of Microeconomics	Winter 2022
ECON 395 LEC 01	Intro to Econometrics	Winter 2022

Projects

College Loans and Post-schooling Skill Accumulation

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

Estimating the Direct and Indirect Costs of Health Reduction: Evidence from Administrative Data

with Heng-Jui Chang, Chih-Han Hsueh, and Hsuan-Chih Lin, revision requested at Canadian Journal of Economics

Strategic Medical Treatment Choice v.s. Altruism: Evidence from Physician’s Reaction to Reimbursement Reform (Tentative Title)

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

The Effects of Labor Market Opportunities on Education: The Case of Female Hiring Ceiling in Iran. Safoura Moeeni. Journal of Public Economics. (2023)
Shifting from Pay-as-You-Go to the Individual Retirement Accounts . Hsuan-Chih Lin and Po-Shyan Wu. Journal of Macroeconomics. Vol. 69. (2021)
The Effects of Sudden Health Reductions on Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Incidence of Stroke. Health Economics. 1480-1497. (2021)
Employee Investment and Screening based on Labor Force Attachment. Hsuan-Chih Lin. Economics Bulletin. 1349-1356. (2020)
Pension Reform in Taiwan: a Macroeconomic Analysis. Yu-Hsiang Cheng and Hsuan-Chih Lin. Taiwan Economic Review. 1-30. (2020)
Healthcare Utilization and Labour Market Responses to Health Shocks. Heng-Jui Chang, Chih-Han Hsueh, and Hsuan-Chih Lin. Canadian Journal of Economics. accepted.