SAWADA, Yasuyuki

- Sep, 1999PhD, Department of Economics, Stanford University
- 1996Food Research Institute, MA (International Development Policy), Stanford University
- Mar, 1994Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, MA (International Relations), The University of Tokyo
- Mar, 1992Graduate School of Economics, MA (Economics), Osaka University
- Mar, 1990Faculty of Economics, Keio University

Jan, 2012 - PresentProfessor, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
Mar, 2017 - Aug, 2021Chief Economist and Director General of Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department (ERCD), Asian Development Bank
Apr, 2012 - May, 2012Stanford University, Visiting Professor
2011 - 2012Visitng Research Scholar, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies
Apr, 2007 - Dec, 2011Associate Professor (jyunkyoujyu 准教授）, Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
2010 - 2011Visiting Scholar, BRAC Research and Evaluation Department (RED), BRAC Bangladesh
Apr, 2002 - Apr, 2007Associate Professor (Jyokyoujyu 助教授), Graduate School of Economics, University of Tokyo
Oct, 1999 - Oct, 2002Associate Professor (Jyokyoujyu 助教授), Department of Advanced Social and International Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
1997 - 1998Visiting Research Fellow, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
1997Consultant, DECRG, World Bank
1996Intern, FCND, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Bambang Susantono, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Cyn-Young Park, eds. (2020). Navigating COVID-19 in Asia and the Pacific , Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Yasuyuki Sawada, Minhaj Mahmud, and Naohiro Kitano, eds. (2018). Economic and Social Development of Bangladesh: Miracle and Challenges , Palgrave Macmillan.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Michiko Ueda, and Tetsuya Matsubayashi (2017). Economic Analysis of Suicide Prevention: Towards Evidence-Based Policy-making , Springer.
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Daniel P. Aldrich, Sothea Oum, and Yasuyuki Sawada, eds. (2015). Resilience and Recovery in Asian Disasters: Community Ties, Market Mechanisms, and Governance , Series: Risk, Governance and Society Vol. 18, Springer.

Yasuyuki Sawada and Sothea Oum, eds. (2015), Disaster Risks, Social Preferences, and Policy Effects: Field Experiments in Selected ASEAN and East Asian Countries ’, ERIA Research Project Report FY2013, No.34.Jakarta: ERIA.

Akihiko Matsui, Osamu Nagase, Alison Sheldon, Dan Goodley, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Satoshi Kawashima, eds. (2011). Creating a Society for All: Disability and Economy , the Disability Press, Leeds, United Kingdom.

Keijiro Otsuka, Jonna P. Estudillo, and Yasuyuki Sawada, eds. (2009). Rural Poverty and Income Dynamics in Asia and Africa , Routledge.

Tanaka, Tomoaki, Junichi Yamasaki, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Khaliun Dovchinsuren (2024). "Barriers to Public Pension Program Participation in a Developing Country," conditionally accepted at Journal of Political Economy: Microeconomics .

Yasuyuki Sawada, Minhaj Mahmud, Mai Seki, and Hikaru Kawarazaki (2023), "Fighting the Learning Crisis in Developing Countries: A Randomized Experiment of Self-Learning at the Right Level," accepted at Economic Development and Cultural Change .

Hikaru Kawarazaki, Minhaj Mahmud, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Mai Seki (2023). "Haste Makes No Waste: Peer Effects of a Speed Competition on Math Score," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics , published online on 16 February 2023, https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12545.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Takeshi Aida, Andrew S. Griffen, Eiji Kozuka, Haruko Noguchi, and Yasuyuki Todo (2022), "Democratic Institutions and Social Capital: Experimental Evidence on School-Based Management from a Developing Country," Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Volume 198, 267-279.

Keitaro Aoyagi, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Masahiro Shoji (2022), "Irrigation Infrastructure and Trust: Evidence from Natural and Lab-in-the-Field Experiments in Rural Communities," World Development Volume 156, 105906.

Minhaj Mahmud, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Mari Tanaka (2022) "Microfinance Competition and Multiple Borrowing: Evidence using Panel Data from Bangladesh," Review of Development Economics Volume26, Issue2, Pages 1164-1188.

Shoji, M. K. Aoyagi, R. Kasahara, and Y. Sawada (2020) “Motives behind Community Participation: Evidence from Natural and Artefactual Field Experiments in Sri Lanka,” Pacific Economic Review Volume25, Issue5, Pages 577–600.

Minhaj Mahmud, Yasuyuki Sawada (2018). “Infrastructure and well-being: employment effects of Jamuna bridge in Bangladesh.” Journal of Development Effectiveness 10(3) 327-340.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Masahiro Shoji, Shinya Sugawara and Naoko Shinkai, "The Role of Infrastructure in Mitigating Poverty Dynamics: The Case of an Irrigation Project in Sri Lanka," B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Topics) Volume 14, Issue 3. Pages 1117-1144, 2014.

Akiko Hagiwara, Mika Ueyama, Asad Ramlawi, Yasuyuki Sawada (2013). “Is the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) handbook effective in improving health-related behavior? Evidence from Palestine.” Journal of Public Health Policy 34(1) 31-45.

Sawada, Y., R. Kasahara, K. Aoyagi, M. Shoji and M. Ueyama (2013) “Modes of Collective Action in Village Economies: Evidence from Natural and Artefactual Field Experiments in a Developing Country,” Asian Development Review 30(1), 31–51.

Sonali Senaratna Sellamuttu, Takeshi Aida, Ryuji Kasahara, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Deeptha Wijerathna (2013), “How Access to Irrigation Influences Poverty and Livelihoods: A Case Study from Sri Lanka,” Journal of Development Studies Volume 50, Issue, 5, 2014, Pages 748-768.

Masahiro Shoji, Keitaro Aoyagi, Ryuji Kasahara, Mika Ueyama, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2012), “Social Capital Formation and Credit Access: Evidence from Sri Lanka” World Development Vol. 40, No. 12,

Aida, T., K. Kajisa., and Y. Sawada (2024) Paddy Cultivation as an Origin of Cooperative Norms: Evidence from Natural and Artefactual Experiments, mimeographed.

Hisaki Kono, Minhaj Mahmud, Naoko Mitsuyama, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Tomomi Tanaka (2023) "Nudging by Beauty: Improving Women’s Health Decisions and Well-being in the Field," mimeographed .

Aida, T. and Y. Sawada (2016) “Altruism or Exchange? Experimental Evidence on the Motives behind Private Transfers in Sri Lanka,” JICA Research Institute Working Paper No. 132.

Yasuyuki Sawada and Takaharu Ishii (2012), “Do Community-Managed Schools Facilitate Social CapitalAccumulation? Evidence from the COGES Project in Burkina-Faso,” JICA Research Institute Working Paper No.42

Keiko Osaki, Mika Ueyama, Tomoko Hattori, Soewarta Kosen, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2011), “Positive effect of use of the Maternal and Child Health Handbook on maternal, newborn, and child health outcomes: evidence from Indonesia,” mimeographed , JICA Research Institute, 2010.

Zhou, Xiaolan, Yasuyuki Sawada, Matthew Shum and Elaine S. Tan. (2024) "COVID-19 containment policies, digitalization and sustainable development goals: Evidence from Alibaba’s administrative data." (Nature) Humanities and Social Sciences Communications 11, 75 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-02547-4.

Kasahara, Hiroyuki, Yasuyuki Sawada and Michio Suzuki (2024). The Effect of Bank Recapitalization Policy on Credit Allocation, Investment, and Productivity: Evidence from a Banking Crisis in Japan, Journal of Banking & Finance 158, 107047.

Yusuke Kuroishi & Yasuyuki Sawada (2024) "On the Stability of Preferences: Experimental Evidence from Two Disasters," European Economic Review 161, 104632.

He, Guojun, Yuhang Pan, Albert Park, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Elaine S. Tan. (2023) "Reducing Single-Use Cutlery with Green Nudges: Evidence from China’s Food Delivery Industry," Science Vol 381, Issue 6662, DOI: 10.1126/science.add9884, 8 Sep 2023.

Takeshi Aida, Emi Kiyota, Yasuhiro Tanaka, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2023) "Building Social Capital with Elders’ Leadership through a Community Hub “Ibasho” in the Philippines and Nepal," (Nature) Scientific Reports 13: 3652. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-30724-7

Yasuyuki Sawada, Toyo Ashida, and Keiko Iwasaki (2023). "Heterogenous Effects of the Great East Japan Earthquake on Prosociality of People Depending on Their Age." (Nature) Scientific Reports 13: 3211. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-29536-6

Daisuke Adachi, Hiroyuki Nakata, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Kunio Sekiguch (2023). "Adverse Selection and Moral Hazard in Corporate Insurance Markets: Evidence from the 2011 Thailand Floods." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Volume 205, January 2023, Pages 376-386.

Yesim Elhan‐Kayalar, Yasuyuki Sawada, Yana van der Meulen Rodgers (2022). “Gender, entrepreneurship, and coping with the COVID‐19 pandemic: The case of GoFood merchants in Indonesia.” Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies , Sep, 2022.

Juheon Lee, Daniel P. Aldrich, Emi Kiyota, Yasuhiro Tanaka, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2022) "Better, Together: How Social Capital Building Interventions Accelerate Post-Disaster Recovery," (Nature) Scientific Reports 12:10274. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14537-8.

Chung, I. J., Lee, J., Sawada, Y., Sim, S. G., & Son, J. (2021). "Living environments and child development: Comparing two groups of out-of-home children." Journal of Human Capital 15(2), 346-371. https://doi.org/10.1086/713568

Takuma Kunieda, Keisuke Okada, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Akihisa Shibata (2021). "On the Two Catching-Up Mechanisms in Asian Development." Asian Development Review 38(2), 31-57.

Matsuyama Y, Fujiwara T, Sawada Y, Yagi J, Mashiko H, Kawachi I, et al. (2020) Delay discounting in children exposed to disaster. PLOS ONE 15(12): e0243994. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243994

Yuki Higuchi, Nobuhiko Fuwa, Kei Kajisa, Takahiro Sato, and Yasuyuki Sawada. "Disaster Aid Targeting and Self-Reporting Bias: Natural Experimental Evidence from the Philippines," Sustainability 2019, 11(3), 771, 1-13.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Hiroyuki Nakata, and Mari Tanaka, "Short and Long Recall Errors in Retrospective Household Surveys: Evidence from a Developing Country," Journal of Development Studies 55(10), 2232-2253, 2019.

Yasuyuki Sawada and Yoshito Takasaki (2017) “Natural Disaster, Poverty, and Development,” World Development Volume 94, p.1.

Yoko Sakai, Jonna P. Estudillo, Nobuhiko Fuwa, Yuki Higuchi, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2017). "Do Natural Disasters Affect the Poor Disproportionately? Price Changes and Welfare Impact in the Aftermath of Typhoon Milenyo in the Rural Philippines." World Development 94, pp. 16–26,

Yasuyuki Sawada, Hiroyuki Nakata, and Tomoaki Kotera (2017). "Self-Production, Friction, and Risk Sharing against Disasters: Evidence from a Developing Country." World Development 94, pp. 27–37.

Hiroyuki Hikichi, Yasuyuki Sawada, Toru Tsuboya, Jun Aida, Katsunori Kondo, Shihoko Koyama, and Ichiro Kawachi (2017). “Residential relocation and change in social capital: A natural experiment from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami.” Science Advances vol. 3 no. 7, e1700426, 2017.

William duPont IV, Ilan Noy, Yoko Okuyama, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2015), “The Long-Run Socio-Economic Consequences of a Large Disaster: The 1995 Earthquake in Kobe,” PLoS ONE , October 1, 2015.

Yun Jeong Choi & Joe Chen & Yasuyuki Sawada (2015), "Life Insurance and Suicide: Asymmetric Information Revisited," B. E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy (Contributions) , 2015.

Esteban Pretel, Julen, and Yasuyuki Sawada, “On the Role of Policy Interventions in Structural Change and Economic Development: The Case of Postwar Japan,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 40(C), pages 67-83, 2014. An older version: RIETI Discussion Paper 09-E-001, 2009.

Emmanuel Jimenez and Yasuyuki Sawada (2014).‘Does Community Management Help Keep Children in Schools? Evidence from El Salvador’s Panel Data,” Economic Development and Cultural Change 62(2), 307-338.

Hiroyuki Yamada, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Xubei Luo (2013). Why is Absenteeism Low among Public Health Workers in Lao PDR? Journal of Development Studies 49(1), 125-133, 2013.

Kamal Lamichhane and Yasuyuki Sawada (2013). "Disability and Returns to Education in a Developing Country," Economics of Education Review 37, 85-94, 2013.

Hidemi Kimura, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Yuko Mori (2012). "Aid Proliferation and Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Analysis," World Development Vol. 40, No. 1, pp. 1–10, 2012 (the lead article of the volume).

Aminur Rahman and Yasuyuki Sawada (2012). “Can Donor Coordination Solve the Aid Proliferation Problem?” Economics Letters 116(3), September 2012,

Charity Gay E. Ramos, Jonna P. Estudillo, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Keijiro Otsuka, “Transformation of the Rural Economy in the Philippines,1988-2006,” Journal of Development Studies Volume 48, Issue 11, November 2012, pages 1629-1648.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Kazumitsu Nawata, Masako Ii, and Mark J. Lee (2011) “Did the Financial Crisis in Japan Affect Household Welfare Seriously?” Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 43(2-3), 297-324, 2011.

Jeong-Joon Lee and Yasuyuki Sawada (2010). "Precautionary Saving under Liquidity Constraints: Evidence from Rural Pakistan,” Journal of Development Economics 91(1), 77-86, 2010.

Joe Chen, Yun Jeong Choi, and Yasuyuki Sawada "Joint Liability Borrowing and Suicide", Economics Letters 109 (2), November 2010, Pages 69-71.

Sung Jin Kang and Yasuyuki Sawada (2009). "Did Public Transfers Crowd Out Private Transfers in Korea duing the Financial Crisis?” (with Sung Jin Kang), Journal of Development Studies 45(2), 276-294.

Yasuyuki Sawada and Michael Lokshin (2009). "Obstacles to School Progression in Rural Pakistan: An Analysis of Gender and Sibling Rivalry Using Field Survey Data," Journal of Development Economics 88(2), 2009, pp. 335-347.

Jonna P. Estudillo, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Keijiro Otsuka (2009), "The Changing Determinants of Schooling Investments and Overseas Migration: Evidence from Villages in the Philippines, 1985-1989 and 2000-2004,” Journal of Development Studies 45(3), 2009, 391-411

Yasuyuki Sawada and Satoshi Shimizutani (2008). "How Do People Cope With Natural Disasters? Evidence from the Great Hanshin-Awaji (Kobe) Earthquake," Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking 40 (2-3), 463-488, 2008.

Sung Jin Kang and Yasuyuki Sawada (2008). "Credit Crunch and Household Welfare: The Case of the Korean Financial Crisis,” Japanese Economic Review 59(4), 2008: 438-458.

Jeong-Joon Lee and Yasuyuki Sawada (2007). “The Degree of Precautionary Saving: Re-examination,” Economics Letters 96 (2), 196-201.

John Akoten, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Keijiro Otsuka (2006). “The Determinants of Credit Access and Its Impacts on Micro and Small Enterprises: The Case of Garment Producers in Kenya,” Economic Development and Cultural Change 54 (4), 927-944.

Yasuyuki Sawada (2001). 'Secondary Market Efficiency of LDC Bank Loans and International Private Lending, 1985-1993,' Journal of International Money and Finance 20, 549-562.

Emmanuel Jimenez and Yasuyuki Sawada (2001). ‘Public for Private: The Relationship between Public and Private School Enrollment in the Philippines,” Economics of Education Review 20, 2001, 389-399.

Emmanuel Jimenez and Yasuyuki Sawada (1999). 'Do Community Managed Schools Work?: An Evaluation of El Salvador’s EDUCO Program,' World Bank Economic Review 13 (3), September 1999, 415-441.

Sawada,Yasuyuki [1996] “Aid and Poverty Alleviation: An International Comparison,” IDS Bulletin Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 100-108.

Yasuyuki Sawada (1994). 'Are the Heavily Indebted Countries Solvent? Tests of Intertemporal Borrowing Constraints,' Journal of Development Economics 45, pp. 325-337.

Christopher James Cabuay, Yasuyuki Sawada, Elaine Tan, Arturo Martinez, Jr., Daniel Boller, Joseph Albert Nino Bulan, and Ron Lester Durante (2024). "COVID-19, Food Relief, and Social Distancing: Evidence from the Bayan Bayanihan Program in the Philippines,” mimeographed .

Soyoung Kim, Yuki Higuchi, Kei Kajisa, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2024). "Infrastructure Investments, Schooling, and Structural Transformation in Development: Evidence from Multi-Generation Tracking Survey in the Philippines,” mimeographed .

Md. Amzad Hossain, Mohammad Abdul Malek, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2023) “Shocks and Brave Farmers: Evidence from a Randomized Agricultural Microfinance Experiment in Bangladesh”　 CIRJE Discussion Paper F- 1219.

Jun Goto, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Takeshi Aida (2023) "Conformity of Social Preferences through Regular Interactions: Field Experiments in the Workplace," SSRN Working Paper 4366651.

Xinming Du, Elaine S. Tan, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Yesim Elhan-Kayalar (2022). "Economic Impact of COVID-19 Containment Policies: Evidence Based on Novel Surface Heat Data from the People’s Republic of China." ADB Working Paper No. 673.

Eugenia C. Go, Kentaro Nakajima, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Kiyoshi Taniguchi (2022) "On the Use of Satellite-Based Vehicle Flows Data to Assess Local Economic Activity: The Case of Philippine Cities." ADB Working Paper No. 652.

Sachiko Miyata, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Kazuma Takakura (2022) "Rise and Fall of New Technology: Quasi-experimental Evidence from a Developing Country" CREPE DP No. 120, University of Tokyo.

Nguyen Doan, Canh Phuc Nguyen, Ilan Noy, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2020) "The Economic Impacts of a Pandemic: What Happened after SARS in 2003? " CESifo Working Paper No. 8687.

Sawada, Yasuyuki, Keiko Iwasaki and Toyo Ashida (2018) "Disasters Aggravate Present Bias Causing Depression: Evidence from the Great East Japan Earthquake " CIRJE Discussion paper F-1100, University of Tokyo.

Hisaki Kono, Yasuyuki Sawada, and Abu S. Shonchoy (2016), "DVD-based Distance-learning Program for University Entrance Exams: RCT Experiments in Rural Bangladesh ," IDE Discussion Paper No.580, Institute for Developing Economies.

Jun Goto, Yasuyuki Sawada, Takeshi Aida and Keitaro Aoyagi (2015) "Incentives and Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence from a Seemingly Inefficient Traditional Labor Contract" CIRJE Discussion Paper F-961, University of Tokyo.

Nobuhiko Fuwa, Kei Kajisa, Eduardo Lucio, Sharon Faye Piza, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2015). “Hyperbolic Discounting and a Technology-induced Informal Credit Institution: The Case of Debit Card Pawning in the Philippines,” mimeographed .

Junichi Yamasaki, Hidehiko Ichimura, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2013) "On the Schooling Effect of Mosquito Nets," with Junichi Yamasaki and Hidehiko Ichimura," mimeographed .

Hiroyuki Nakata, Mari Tanaka, and Yasuyuki Sawada (2010) "Entropy Characterisation of Insurance Demand: Theory and Evidence" RIETI Discussion Paper 10-E-009.

Nose, Sakuya and Yasuyuki Sawada (2009), “Consumption Insurance against Unforeseen Epidemics: The Case of Avian Influenza in Vietnam,” RIETI Discussion Paper Series 09-E-023

Sawada, Yasuyukim Hiroyuki Yamada, and Takashi Kurosak (2008)i, “Is Aid Allocation Consistent with Global Poverty Reduction? A Cross-Donor Comparison,” RIETI Discussion Paper Series 08-J-065

Takashi Kurosaki & Yasuyuki Sawada & Asit Banerji & S.N. Mishra (2007). "Rural-Urban Migration and Urban Poverty: Socio-Economic Profiles of Rickshaw Pullers and Owner-Contractors in North-East Delhi," CIRJE Discussion Papers F-Series CIRJE-F-485, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Hirohisa Kohama, Hisaki Kono, and Munenobu Ikegami (2004). “Commitment to Development Index (CDI): Critical Comments,” Discussion Paper on Development Assistance No.1, FASID, Tokyo, 2004.

Yasuyuki Sawada, Hirohisa Kohama, and Hisaki Kono (2003) “Aid, Policies, and Growth: A Further Investigation,” an experts research workshop on Quantifying the Impact of Rich Countries’ Policies on Poor Countries at the Center for Global Development (CGD), October 23–24, 2003.

Sawada, Yasuyuki (2003). 'Income Risks, Gender and Human Capital Investment in a Developing Country,' CIRJE Discussion Paper F Series 198, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.

Yasuyuki Sawada (1999) 'Community Participation, Teacher Effort, and Educational Outcome in El Salvador ,' Davidson Institute Working Paper Series No. 307, William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School.

-American Economic Association
-Econometric Society
-Royal Economic Society
-Western Economic Association
-East Asian Economic Association (Editorial Board Member 2004 - )
-Japanese Economic Review (Co-Editor, 2012-2018）
-Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance (the 5th Board Member)
-Japanese Association for Development Economics　(Executive Director, 2019-)
-The Japan Society of International Economics
-The Japan Society of International Development (Board Member 2008-2011)

2013Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Scienc, Nikkei Publishing Inc. and the Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)
2011Ishikawa Prize, Japanese Economic Association
2010The Kojima Kiyoshi Prize, The Japan Society of International Economics
2009Jiro Enjoji Memorial Prize, Nikkei Publishing Inc. and the Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)
2007Masayoshi Ohira Prize, Masayoshi Ohira Foundation
1999Outstanding TA Award, Department of Economics, Stanford University, 1999.