Profile_Tanaka

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

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