Mari TANAKA

Mari TANAKA is an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Economics and affiliated with the Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University. Her research focuses on Labor Economics, Development Economics, and International Economics, with an emphasis on how firm organizational practices, globalization, and labor market institutions influence firm performance and workers' welfare in developing countries and Japan. She has published extensively in journals such as the Japanese Economic Review, Review of Development Economics, and Review of Economics and Statistics. Her work includes studies on ethical production, microfinance competition, and the impact of policy changes on small businesses.

Mari Tanaka is an Associate Professor at the University of Tokyo and Hitotsubashi University, specializing in Labor economics, Development Economics, and International economics. Her research explores the intersection of economic development, labor markets, and global trade, with a focus on emerging economies. She investigates how macroeconomic policies, globalization, and institutional changes affect labor conditions, firm performance, and gender empowerment. Her work includes studies on Myanmar's garment sector, microfinance in Bangladesh, and the impact of global supply chains on working conditions. Tanaka's research also addresses methodological challenges in economic data collection and analysis, such as recall errors in household surveys and the measurement of firm markups.