Takashi Kurosaki's English Publications

 Last revision: April 9, 2009
This is a list of my publication in English. New additions on April 2009 are denoted with . You can read abstracts by a click. For latest papers, I include PDF files for downloading the whole paper. To see and print a PDF file on your computer, you first need to install Acrobat Reader. If you need a hard copy of my papers or further information about my publication, please contact me from my index page..

Working Papers and Background Papers for Journal Articles

Takahiro Ito and Takashi Kurosaki, "Weather Risk, Wages in Kind, and the Off-Farm Labor Supply of Agricultural Households in a Developing Country," forthcoming in American Journal of Agricultural Economics.(Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 391KB; Appendix in PDF, 564KB).

Yasuyuki Sawada, Hiroyuki Yamada, and Takashi Kurosaki, "Is Aid Allocation Consistent with Global Poverty Reduction? A Cross-Donor Comparison", mimeo, April 2009 (revised version of the RIETI Discussion Paper 08-E-025). (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 200KB).

Takashi Kurosaki, "Vulnerability in Pakistan, 2001 - 2004", mimeo, March 2009. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 337KB).

Takashi Kurosaki and Hidayat Ullah Khan, "Vulnerability of Microfinance to Strategic Default and Covariate Shocks: Evidence from Pakistan" March 2009.(Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 275KB).

Nobuhiko Fuwa, Seiro Ito, Kensuke Kubo, Takashi Kurosaki, and Yasuyuki Sawada, "How Does Credit Access Affect Children's Time Allocation in a Developing Country? A Case Study from Rural India", IDE DISCUSSION PAPER No. 183, January 2009. (Abstract). (Access to the full paper in PDF).

Takashi Kurosaki, "Wages in Kind and Economic Development: Their Impacts on Labor Supply and Food Security of Rural Households in Developing Countries", mimeo. August 2008.(Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 515KB).

Takashi Kurosaki, "Land-Use Changes and Agricultural Growth in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, 1901-2004", mimeo, January 2008 (revised version of the paper presented at the International Conference on Comparative Development, Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, 18-20 December, 2007). (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 203KB).

Takashi Kurosaki, "Compilation of Agricultural Production Data for India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh Areas, c.1900-2004", mimeo, November 2007 (Revised and extended version of ``Compilation of Agricultural Production Data for India and Pakistan Areas, c.1900-1990," COE Discussion Paper No.D99-24, February 2000, Hitotsubashi University). (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 1040KB).

Kyosuke Kurita and Takashi Kurosaki, "The Dynamics of Growth, Poverty, and Inequality: A Panel Analysis of Regional Data from the Philippines and Thailand," COE Discussion Paper no.223, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. October 2007.(Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 837KB).

Fuwa, Nobuhiko, Seiro Ito, Kensuke Kubo, Takashi Kurosaki, and Yasuyuki Sawada. "Is There a Mothers' Dilemma?: Credit Constraint, Mothers' Work and Gender Disparity in Intrahousehold Time Allocation in Rural India." Mimeo, August 2007. A completely-revised version of the paper previously titled "Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, Child Labor, and School Enrollment: Evidence from Rural India" (paper presented at the NEUDC 2006 Conference, Cornel University, September 29-30, 2006) (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 522KB).

Kurosaki, T. "Targeting the Vulnerable and the Choice of Vulnerability Measures: Review and Application to Pakistan." Mimeo, September 2007. A revised version of the paper previously titled "Vulnerability and Poverty: Concept, Measurement, and Implications to Poverty Reduction Policies in Asia," paper presented at the plenary session on ``Community Development and Poverty Alleviation," ASAE 2005 Conference, Zahedan, Iran, August 2005. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 235KB).

Kurosaki, Takashi, Yasuyuki Sawada, Asit Banerji, and S.N. Mishra "Rural-Urban Migration and Urban Poverty: Socio-Economic Profiles of Rickshaw Pullers and Owner-Contractors in North-East Delhi." COE Discussion Paper no.205, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. February 2007. (Full paper in PDF, 816KB).

Kurosaki, T. "Labor Contracts, Incentives, and Food Security in Rural Myanmar", January 2005 (revised from the August 2005 and July 2005 versions). COE Discussion Paper no.134, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 1384KB).

Kurosaki, T. "Dynamics of Livelihood Structure and Assets in Village India, 1975-2004: Literature Survey and Research Agendas," February 2005. (Full paper in PDF, 658KB).

Kurosaki, T., and Humayun Khan "Effects of Human Capital on Farm and Non-Farm Productivity and Occupational Stratification in Rural Pakistan", COE Discussion Paper no.46, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo. November 2004. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 479KB).

Kurosaki, Takashi, Ikuko Okamoto, Kyosuke Kurita, and Koichi Fujita "Rich Periphery, Poor Center: Myanmar's Rural Economy under Partial Transition to a Market Economy." COE Discussion Paper no.23, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, March 2004. A revised version of the paper presented at the Northeast Universities Development Consortium Conference, Yale University, October 17-19, 2003. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 521KB).

Kurosaki, T. "Measurement of Chronic and Transient Poverty: Theory and Application to Pakistan", March 2003. Paper presented at an international conference, "Staying Poor: Chronic Poverty and Development Policy", University of Manchester, April 7-9, 2003 [Discussion Paper Series A No.436, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University]. (Abstract). (Text and table of the paper in PDF, 276KB; Figures of the paper in PDF, 56KB).

Kurosaki, T. and Mika Ueyama, "Micro Household Surveys and Development Microeconomics: With Special Emphasis on Child Health and Intrahousehold Resource Allocation in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia", In T. Sakurai, J. Furuya, and H. Takagi (eds.), Economic Analyses of Agricultural Technologies and Rural Institutions in West Africa (proceedings of JIRCAS International Workshop 12-13 July 2001, Tsukuba, Japan, published on October 2002), pp.95-106.(Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 57KB).

Kurosaki, T. "Specialization and Diversification in Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Rural Punjab, c.1900-1995, February 2001. IER Discussion Paper Series A No. 406. (Abstract). (Text of the full paper in PDF, 244KB; Figures of the full paper in PDF, 66KB). This paper was divided into two papers listed just above.

Kurosaki, T. "Human Capital and Elimination of Rural Poverty: A Case Study of the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan", (with Humayun Khan). IER Discussion Paper Series B No. 25, Hitotsubashi University. January 2001. (Abstract). (Full paper with descriptive tables, in PDF, 274KB, Appendix Tables for Data Base, in PDF, 86KB).

Kurosaki, T. "Consumption and Asset Structure in Village India 1975-84," in Economic Development and Quality of Life in South Asia, Proceedings of the International Conference on "November 27-28, 1999, at Aster Plaza, Hiroshima, Japan; Publication of Scientific Research Results No. 5, March 2000: 61-82. (Abstract). (Text of the full paper in PDF, 185KB; Figures of the full paper in PDF, 27KB).

Kurosaki, T. and Anwar Hussain. "Poverty, Risk, and Human Capital in the Rural North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan." IER Discussion Paper Series B No.24, March 1999, Hitotsubashi University. (Abstract). (Full paper without tables and data appendix, in PDF, 190KB, Summary Tables in PDF, 60KB, ).

Kurosaki, T. "Agricultural Growth and Crop Composition in India and Pakistan during the 20th Century: A Historical Retrospect in the Context of Economic Liberalization." Revised version of "Agricultural Growth, Crop Composition, and Effects of the Partition in India and Pakistan, c.1900-1995," a paper presented at the international seminar "International Economics and Development: Asian Experience," March 16-18, 1998, the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, India. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 170KB). [Its revised version has been published. See below for a reference.]

Kurosaki, T. "Risk, Household Behavior, and Poverty: A Review." Mimeo. July 1996. (Abstract).

Book Published

Tak's OPS Takashi Kurosaki, Risk and Household Behavior in Pakistan's Agriculture (Tokyo: Institute of Developing Economies. I.D.E. Occasional Papers Series No. 34., 1998, ISBN 4-258-52034-9 C3033, \3675, Overseas distributor=Maruzen Co.). (Abstract).

Journal Articles Already Published

Kurosaki, T. "Crop Choice, Farm Income, and Political Control in Myanmar", Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy 13(2) May 2008: 180-203.(Abstract).

Kurosaki, T. "Comment on 'Economic Reforms and Human Development Indicators in India'", Asian Economic Policy Review, Volume 3 Issue 2 (December 2008): 313-314. (Link to the journal's special issue on "New India").

Kurosaki, T. "Community and Economic Development in Pakistan: The Case of Citizen Community Boards in Hafizabad and Japanese Perspectives", Pakistan Development Review, Vol.45, No.4 Part II, Winter 2006: 575-585. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 89KB. As you can see from this manuscript, this paper was completed on January 2007, although its publication date is somewhat backdated.)

Kurosaki, T. "The Measurement of Transient Poverty: Theory and Application to Pakistan", Journal of Economic Inequality. Volume 4, Issue 3 (December 2006): 325-345. (Abstract).

Fuwa, Nobuhiko, Seiro Ito, Kensuke Kubo, Takashi Kurosaki, and Yasuyuki Sawada. "Introduction to A Study of Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Gender Discrimination in Rural Andhra Pradesh, India." Developing Economies 44(4) December 2006: 375-97.

Fuwa, Nobuhiko, Seiro Ito, Kensuke Kubo, Takashi Kurosaki, and Yasuyuki Sawada. "Gender Discrimination, Intrahousehold Resource Allocation, and Importance of Spouses' Fathers: Evidence on Household Expenditure from Rural India." Developing Economies 44(4) December 2006: 398-439. (Abstract).

Takashi Kurosaki, Seiro Ito, Nobuhiko Fuwa, Kensuke Kubo, and Yasuyuki Sawada. "Child Labor and School Enrollment in Rural India: Whose Education Matters?" Developing Economies 44(4) December 2006: 440-464. (Abstract).

Yasuyuki Sawada, Kensuke Kubo, Nobuhiko Fuwa, Seiro Ito, and Takashi Kurosaki. "On the Mother and Child Labor Nexus under Credit Constraints: Findings from Rural India." Developing Economies 44(4) December 2006: 465-499. (Abstract).

Kurosaki, T. "Determinants of Collective Action under Devolution Initiatives: The Case of Citizen Community Boards in Pakistan", Pakistan Development Review, Vol.44, No.3 Autumn 2005: 253-270. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 670KB. As you can see from this manuscript, this paper was completed on March 2006, although its publication date is somewhat backdated.)

Kurosaki, T. "Long-term Agricultural Growth and Crop Shifts in India and Pakistan", Journal of International Economic Studies (the Institute of Comparative Economic Studies, Hosei University), No.20, March 2006: 19-35. (Abstract).

Kurosaki, T., and Humayun Khan "Human Capital, Productivity, and Stratefication in Rural Pakistan", Review of Development Economics, 10(1) February 2006: 116-134. (Abstract).

Kurosaki, T. "Consumption Vulnerability to Risk in Rural Pakistan", Journal of Development Studies, 42(1) January 2006: 70-89. (Abstract).

Kurosaki, T. "Specialization and Diversification in Agricultural Transformation: The Case of West Punjab, 1903-1992", American Journal of Agricultural Economics , May 2003, Vol.85, No.2: 373-387.(Abstract).

Kurosaki, T. "Poverty, Human Capital and Household-Level Diversification in the North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan", In S.S. Acharya, Surjit Singh, and Vidya Sagar (eds.), Sustainable Agriculture, Poverty and Food Security, Jaipur, India: Rawat Publications, 2002, pp.607-639.

Kurosaki, T. "Agriculture in India and Pakistan, 1900-95: A Further Note", Economic and Political Weekly. July 27, 2002 (Vol.37, no.30): 3149-3152. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 143KB).

Kurosaki, T. and Marcel Fafchamps, "Insurance Market Efficiency and Crop Choices in Pakistan", Journal of Development Economics, 67(2), April 2002: 419-453. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 327KB).

Kurosaki, T. "Consumption Smoothing and the Structure of Risk and Time Preferences: Theory and Evidence from Village India", Hitotsubashi Journal of Economics, 42(2) December 2001: 103-117. (Abstract). (Full paper in PDF, 140KB). Its longer DP version is "Risk Sharing Arrangements and the Structure of Risk and Time Preferences: Theory and Evidence from Village India", IER Discussion Paper Series A No.383, November 1999, full paper in PDF, 272KB)

Kurosaki, T. "Agriculture in India and Pakistan, 1900-95: Productivity and Crop Mix." Economic and Political Weekly (India), 34(52) December 25, 1999: A160-A168. (Abstract).

Kurosaki, T. "Production Risk and Advantages of Mixed Farming in the Pakistan Punjab." Developing Economies. 35(1), March 1997: 28-47. (Abstract).

Kurosaki, T. "Milk, Fodder, and the Green Revolution: The Case of Mixed Farming in the Pakistan Punjab." Pakistan Development Review. 35(4) Part II, Winter 1996: 537-548. (Abstract).

Kurosaki, T. "Government Interventions, Market Integration, and Price Risk in Pakistan's Punjab." Pakistan Development Review. 35(2), Summer 1996: 129-144. (Abstract).

Kurosaki, T. "Risk and Insurance in a Household Economy: Role of Livestock in Mixed Farming in Pakistan." Developing Economies. 33(4), December 1995: 464-485. (Abstract).

Other articles and reports

Kurosaki, T. "Land-use Changes and Agricultural Growth in India and Pakistan, 1901-2004" in Andrew Millington and Wendy Jepson (eds.), Land Change Science in the Tropics: Changing Agricultural Landscapes, New York: Springer (ISBN: 978-0-387-78863-0). 2008, pp.53-72.(Abstract). (Link to the publisher).

Kurosaki, T. "Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Gender Discrimination in Andhra Pradesh, India" in A Comparative Study of the Research Conditions of Women Scientists, Gender Isasues in S&T, and the Present Conditions of Women's/Gender Studies in Asian Countries towards Human Centered Sustainable Development, compiled by Hiroko Hara. Science Council of Asia (SCA). SCA Report March 2008. pp.103-108.

Kurosaki, T. "Poverty in Pakistan and Community Development" Presentation at JICA (DSP) Seminar Series I "Community Development and Local Government," Lahore, Pakistan. September 17, 2004. (Abstract in PDF, 30KB).

Kurosaki, T. "Wage Statistics and Rural Labor Markets in Developing Countries", Hi-Stat Newsletter, No.1, 2004.4: 3-5.

Kurosaki, T. "Pakistan: Border Changes and National Income Statistics." Newsletter of the Asian Historical Statistics Project. No.6, July 1997: 8-10. (full paper).

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