Professor,Graduate school of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
【Profile】
Reo Takaku is a professor in the Graduate School of Economics. His main academic interest is in health economics and economics of the household. He holds a BA and a MA from Keio University and a PhD in the Business and Commerce from the same university. After working for the Japan Center for Economic Research as a researcher and the Institute for Health Economics and Policy as a senior researcher, he joined Hitotsubashi University in 2019 and took up his current position in 2024. He has served on several government councils.
【Selected Publications】
- Takaku, R., Takahashi, M., Ashida, T., & Ibuka, Y. (2025). Public Investment on Health and Voter Responses: Evidence from the Mass Vaccination During Covid-19. European Journal of Political Economy, Accepted.
- Takaku, R., Shobako, N. & Nakata, T. (2024).Three years of COVID-19-related school restrictions and mental health of children and adolescents in Japan. Sci Rep 14, 16707 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67138-y
- Takaku, R., Yokoyama, I., Tabuchi, T. et al. (2022). SARS-CoV-2 suppression and early closure of bars and restaurants: a longitudinal natural experiment. Sci Rep 12, 12623 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-16428-4
- Takaku, R., & Yokoyama, I. (2022). The Financial Health of “Swing Hospitals” during the First COVID-19 Outbreak. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Volume 65, 101218. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jjie.2022.101218
- Takaku, R., Yokoyama, I.(2021). What the COVID-19 school closure left in its wake: Evidence from a regression discontinuity analysis in Japan. Journal of Public Economics, Volume 195, 104364. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpubeco.2020.104364
- Takaku, R. and Bessho, S. (2018). Political Cycles in Physician Employment: A Case of Japanese Local Public Hospitals. Social Science & Medicine, 216, 97-106, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.09.034
Detailed profile (HRI: Hitotsubashi Researchers Information)
