Kazuki Motohashi
Hitotsubashi University
Graduate School of Economics
2-1 Naka, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601, Japan +81-42-580-8789
 kazuki.motohashi@r.hit-u.ac.jp
 https://kazukimotohashi.github.io/Current Position
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University, 2024 - presentEducation
Ph.D. in Economics and Public Policy, Tufts University, 2023.
Master of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo, 2014.
Bachelor of Laws, The University of Tokyo, 2012.

Research Fields
Environmental Economics, Development Economics, Health Economics

Previous Positions
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor, Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study (HIAS), Hitotsubashi University, 2023-2024
Short-term Consultant, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy Global Practice, The WorldBank, Jun-Dec 2021
Visiting Scholar, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Summer-Fall 2020
Researcher, Environment and Energy Division, Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc., 2014-2018
Intern, Water Team, Environment Directorate, OECD, Jan-Mar 2014

Publications
The Poverty Impacts of Labor Heat Stress in West Africa under a Warming Climate (with Wajiha
Saeed, Iman Haqiqi, Qinqin Kong, Matthew Huber, Jonathan Buzan, Shun Chonabayashi, ThomasHertel), Earth’s Future, 10, e2022EF002777, 2022 

Working Papers
Unintended Consequences of Sanitation Investment: Negative Externalities on Water Quality andHealth in India The Impact of Municipal Mergers on Pollution Control: Evidence from River Pollution in Japan (withMichiyoshi Toya) 
Extreme Temperatures and Adaptive Health Investment: Evidence from Sanitation Behaviors in India
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2Works in Progress
VIIRS and the Future of Night Lights Data in Economics (with Paul Brimble, Axel Ezimendi-Larrinaga,and Adam Storeygard)
The Holy Dip: Religion, River Pollution, and Health Consequences in India (with Moogdho MimMahzab and Sheetal Sekhri)
Does Trade with Multinationals Induce Greener Production? Evidence from the Bangladesh Fashion
Industry (with Kazi Iqbal, Moogdho Mim Mahzab, and Haruka Takayama)
Caste Segregation and Spatial Misallocation in Village India (with Michael Neubauer and ShunsukeTsuda)
Gendered and Distributional Impacts of Clean Water Access: Evidence from Tap Water Policy in India(with Marc Jeuland and YuJung Lee)

Other Work
Reducing arctic black carbon emissions: Features of national regulatory systems as a key factor (withDaiju Narita), Accepted at Polar Science Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, EC-107 Econometric Analysis (undergraduate), Tufts University, Fall 2022
Instructor, Economic Development (undergraduate), Gakushuin University, Fall 2020
Teaching Assistant, EIB E211 Microeconomics (graduate), Tufts University, Spring 2019

Research Grants
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, JPY 4,810,000,2024-2027
Project Research Program, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University (Co-PI), JPY 500,000,2024-2025
Bangladesh Transformative Economic Policy Programme, International Growth Centre (Co-PI), GBP
10,000, 2023-2024
Research Grant, Murata Science Foundation (Co-PI), JPY 2,960,000, 2022-2024
Research Grant, Murata Science Foundation, JPY 2,000,000, 2021-2022
Hitachi Center Graduate Student Summer Research Grant, The Fletcher School, USD 3,000, 2021
Environmental Research Fellowship, Tufts Institute of the Environment, USD 5,000, 2021-2022
Crowdfunding, academist, JPY 906,800, 2020-2021
Tufts Economics and Public Policy Program Summer Research Grant, USD 2,000, 2020

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3Scholarships, Honors and Awards
Neubauer Fellowship in Economics and Public Policy, 2018-2023
Moriguchi Prize, Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University, 2022
Berkeley/Sloan Summer School in Environmental and Energy Economics Diversity Fellowship, 2020
Rotary Foundation Global Grant Scholarship, 2018-2020
Outstanding Student Award, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo, 2014

Seminars and Conference Presentations (including scheduled)2024 Keio University, J-TREE Regional Workshop, JADE Conference, Kyoto University, AERE SummerConference, Kansai Labor Workshop, NBER Japan Project Meeting, JADE x JTREE Joint Workshop.
2023 Annual Conference of the Japan Economy Network, WASH Economics Conference, LSE Environment Day, Fourth SANEM-World Bank North America Discussion Forum, AERE Summer Conference, JEA Autumn Meeting, SEEPS Annual Conference, Musashi University, Young JADE Conference, 4th Asian Workshop on Econometrics & Health Economics.
2022 Tufts EPP Workshop (virtual), JADE/GRIPS Development Workshop (virtual), JEA (Japanese Economic Association) Spring Meeting (virtual, poster), J-TREE (Japan-Tokyo Resource and Environmental Economics)/Aoyama Gakuin University, AAEA (Agricultural & Applied Economics Association) Annual Meeting (poster), AMES (Asia Meeting of the Econometric Society in East and SouthEast Asia), Camp Resources XXVIII, SWELL (Seminar in Water Economics onLLine, virtual), AMIE
2nd Workshop in Applied Microeconomics (virtual), Osaka University, Hitotsubashi University (virtual), EWMES (European Winter Meeting of the Econometric Society).
2021 SEEPS (Society for Environmental Economics and Policy Studies) Camp 2021 (virtual), Waseda University (virtual), AERE (Association of Environmental and Resource Economists) Summer Conference (virtual), Tufts EPP Workshop (virtual), NEUDC (The North East Universities DevelopmentConsortium) Conference (virtual).
2020 Young JADE (Japanese Association for Development Economics) Conference (virtual), Hitotsubashi
University (virtual), Tufts EPP (Economics and Public Policy) Workshop (virtual).

Refereeing
Environment and Development Economics, Journal of African Economies, Journal of Environmental Economics
and Management, Journal of Health Economics

OthersCitizenship: Japan
Languages: Japanese (native), English (ﬂuent), Chinese (basic), French (basic)
Programming and Software Skills: Stata, R, LaTeX, Python, Matlab, ArcGIS, QGIS

Last updated: August 31, 2024