AOKI Miri
| AOKI Miri |
| [Belonging・Position] | Current Affairs Studies Group, Area Studies Center |
| [Research Field] | Taiwanese Economy, Development Economics, Political Economy |
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Previous research
After graduating from the Department of Economics at National Taiwan University, I completed a master’s program in International Studies at the University of Tokyo and joined the Institute of Developing Economies (IDE-JETRO) in October 2025. With East Asia as my primary regional focus, I have conducted empirical analyses, including impact evaluations of childcare policies in Taiwan and studies of Indonesia’s labor market during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Current research projects
I am currently working on two projects:
- Do politicians who were exposed during childhood and adolescence to a pro-democracy movement—the 1979 Kaohsiung (Formosa) Incident—subsequently support democracy more strongly? (coauthored)
- How are language-of-instruction policies in primary education across Sub-Saharan Africa shaped by ethnolinguistic composition, and how do these choices relate to learning outcomes?
- Do naming and shaming by international NGOs against authoritarian states increase the likelihood of political prisoner releases and attitude toward political activity? (coauthored)
Affiliation Society
Japanese Association for Development Economics (JADE), Japan Association for Asian Studies (JAAS), Japan Association for Taiwan Studies (JATS)