PhD Candidate in Economics

Mingyao Wang

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Economics at Hitotsubashi University, specializing in Environmental and Health Economics. My research examines how environmental factors and policies affect population health outcomes, with a particular focus on air pollution, transboundary pollution, and environmental policy evaluation.

By integrating methodologies from Health Economics, Environmental Economics, and Development Economics, I aim to provide evidence-based insights that contribute to meaningful policy discussions.

I primarily use R for data cleaning and analysis, complemented by Stata and Python. I have extensive experience working with large-scale administrative datasets, including Japanese ambulance dispatch records and JMDC medical claims data.

Mingyao Wang
Hitotsubashi University

Graduate School of Economics

Supervisor: Prof. Reo Takaku

Tokyo, Japan

2026
Work in Progress
Cleaner Upwind Air, Healthier Downwind Lives: Health Improvements from IMO 2020 Marine Fuel Sulphur Reduction in Japanese Port Regions
Mingyao Wang
Work in Progress
Cross-Border Health Effects of Upstream Air Quality Improvements: Evidence from China–Japan Pollution Transport
Mingyao Wang
2025
SSRN
PFAS Contamination Disclosures and Declining Residential Land Prices in Polluted Areas of Japan
Mingyao Wang · 2025
RIETI
Indoor Smoking Bans and Children's Health Outcomes in Japan
Meng-Chi Tang, Mingyao Wang, and Ting Yin · RIETI Discussion Paper Series 25-E-088, 2025
2024
STOTEN
Hidden Hazards Behind Coal Cleaning Technology: Unintended Health Deteriorations Amid China's Air Quality Improvements
Mingyao Wang · Science of the Total Environment, vol. 954, 176461, 2024
2022
JSSR
On Children's School Lives After the COVID Pandemic: The Results and Preliminary Analysis of the School Life Survey in June 2022
Reo Takaku and Mingyao Wang · Journal of Social Security Research, vol. 7(3), pp. 224–235, 2022

My main teaching experience took place from March 2021 to September 2021, when I worked full-time as a private tutor at a cram school. During this period, I taught undergraduate-level introductory econometrics, microeconomics and macroeconomics, primarily in Chinese, with supplementary instruction in Japanese and English, and prepared students for university entrance examinations. I also taught high school–level mathematics, with a particular focus on preparation for the Examination for Japanese University Admission for International Students (EJU). In addition, I have accumulated part-time teaching experience since enrolling in the doctoral program.

Software R, Stata, Python, LaTeX
Languages Mandarin Chinese (native), Japanese (fluent), English (fluent)