RITSU KITAGAWA

Affiliation:

• Ph.D. Candidate at Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University (website)

• Research Assistant at the Institute for Empirical Research in Organizational Economics, Waseda University (website)

• Research Assistant at the Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (website)

Contact:

• Email: ritsu.kitagawa[at-mark]fuji.waseda.jp

• Office Address: 601B, Building 121 , 513 Waseda Tsurumaki-cho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Research interests:

• Screening technologies & worker quality

• Health & productivity management

Publications:

• Kitagawa, R., Kuroda, S., Okudaira, H., & Owan, H. (2021). Working from home and productivity under the COVID-19 pandemic: Using survey data of four manufacturing firms. PloS one, 16(12), e0261761.

Work in progress:

• Screening and Sorting: Hiring Schemes and Endogenous Applicant Pools
  - A theory paper that analyzes the interactions of firms' screening policies and job seekers' endogenous applications when screening and application are both costly.

• The Effects of Workplace Mindfulness Programs on Employee Mental Health, Productivity, and Job Satisfaction
  - I am planning to run a randomized controlled trial to estimate the treatment effects of a mindfulness app in the workplace. This project is operated in close collaboration with a tech company that provides one of the most popular mindfulness meditation app in Japan.
  - This project is funded by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

• Mental Health of Japanese College Students during Their Job Search
  - I am planning to conduct an online survey to measure mental health of college students on the job market in Japan.
  - This project is funded by Sylff Association (Sylff Research Grant).

Grants, awards, and honors:

• Sylff Research Grant ($5,000[USD], October 2022 - Semptember 2023)

• JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists [Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows] (Up to ¥1,500,000[JPY] per annum with a stipend, April 2023 - March 2025)

• W-SPRING Fellowship Research Grant (¥500,000[JPY] per annum with a stipend, April 2022 - March 2025)

• Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship Research Grant ($10,000[USD] per annum, April 2022 - March 2024)

• Dean's Award (From Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University, March 2022)

• Mamoru Iijima Commemorative Academic Prize (From Graduate School of Economics, Waseda University, March 2022)

• Queen’s University Prince Takamado Visiting Student Scholarship ($36,500[CAD], September 2017 - April 2018)