KUMAGAI NARIMASA

Department of EconomicsProfessor

Degree

  • Ph.D, Hiroshima University

Research Keyword

  • Social Security
  • Econometric Analysis
  • Health Economics

Field of study

  • Humanities & social sciences, Public economics, labor economics, Health Economics

Career

  • Apr. 2019 - Present
    Seinan Gakuin University, Department of Economics, Professor
  • Apr. 2010 - Mar. 2019
    Kindai University, Faculty of Economics, 教授
  • Sep. 2009 - Aug. 2010
    Visiting Scholar, The University of Queensland (Mayne Medical School)
  • Apr. 2007 - Mar. 2010
    Kindai University, Faculty of Economics, 准教授
  • Apr. 2004 - Mar. 2007
    Kindai University, Faculty of Economics, 助教授
  • Apr. 2000 - Mar. 2004
    Fukuyama University, Faculty of Economics, 講師
  • Apr. 1992 - Feb. 1993
    The Chugoku Shimbun, 編集局経済部, Reporter

Educational Background

  • Apr. 1994 - Mar. 2000, Hiroshima University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, 経済学専攻
  • Apr. 1988 - Mar. 1992, Hiroshima University, Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics

Papers

Miscellaneous

Books and other publications

Lectures, oral presentations, etc.

  • Valuation of Health Losses among Japanese Workers with Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
    KUMAGAI,Narimasa; TAJIKA, Aran
    The 19th Annual Conference of Japan Health Economics Association, Sep. 2024
  • Random Forest Model used to Predict the Medical Out-of-Pocket Costs of Hypertensive Patients
    Kumagai, Narimasa; Jakovljević, Mihajlo
    Spring Meeting of Japanese Economic Association, May 2024
  • ★Predicting Recurrence of Depression using Lifelog Data: A Panel VAR Approach.
    KUMAGAI, Narimasa
    ISPOR Europe 2018 (Barcelona International Convention Centre), Nov. 2018
  • ★Do Health-Enhancing Behaviors Protect the Physical Health of Informal Caregivers?
    KUMAGAI, Narimasa
    12th World Congress of the International Health Economics Association (Boston University), Jul. 2017
  • ★Effects of Health Checkup Attendance on Caregivers’ Physical Health
    KUMAGAI, Narimasa
    4th International Conference on Evidence-based Policy in Long-term Care (London School of Economics and Political Science), Sep. 2016
  • ★Gender Differences in the Determinants of Mental Health of Co-residential Caregivers
    KUMAGAI, Narimasa
    3rd International Conference on Evidence-based Policy in Long-term Care (London School of Economics and Political Science), Sep. 2014
  • ★Persistence of Physical Activity in Middle Age: A Nonlinear Dynamic Panel Approach
    KUMAGAI, Narimasa; OGURA, Seiritsu
    9th World Congress International Health Economics Association (The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre), Jul. 2013

Courses

  • Economic Statistics
    Seinan Gakuin University
  • Introductory Economics
    Kindai University
  • 外国文献研究
    近畿大学
  • 社会福祉論
    近畿大学
  • 医療と福祉
    福山大学
  • 情報処理
    福山大学
  • Health Economics
    Kindai University, Seinan Gakuin University
  • Social Policy
    Kindai University
  • Public Finance
    Fukuyama University
  • Public Economics
    Fukuyama University
  • Social Security
    Fukuyama University, Kindai University, Seinan Gakuin University
  • Econometrics
    Fukuyama University

Academic society affiliations

  • Japan Institute of Public Finance
  • International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research Japan Chapter
  • Japan Health Economics Association
  • International Health Economics Association
  • The Japanese Economic Association

Research Themes

Academic Contribution Activities

  • ★Reviewer
    Peer review
    A Member of the iHEA Scientific Committee Review Panel for the 2025 World Congress, 20 Nov. 2024 - Present
  • Reviewer
    Peer review
    Journal of Market Access & Health Policy, 1 paper, 11 Nov. 2024 - Present
  • Reviewer
    Peer review
    Econometrics, 1 paper, 30 Aug. 2024 - Present
  • Reviewer
    Peer review
    BMC Health Services Research, 1 paper, 17 Jul. 2024 - Present
  • Reviewer
    Peer review
    Frontiers in Public Health (Aging and Public Health), 2 papers, 07 Jun. 2024 - Present
  • Reviewer
    Peer review
    Global Health Economics and Sustainability, 1 paper, 22 May 2024 - Present
  • Reviewer
    Peer review
    Economies, 1 paper, 06 May 2024 - Present
  • ★A Member of the Editorial Board
    Planning etc
    Global Health Economics and Sustainability, May 2023 - Present
  • ★A Member of the Senior Associate Editor
    Planning etc
    Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, Jan. 2021 - Present
  • ★Guest Editor
    Review
    Frontiers in Public Health (Health Economics), Jul. 2020 - Present
  • ★Session chair & Designated discussant
    Panel chair etc
    The 19th Annual Conference of Japan Health Economics Association, 07 Sep. 2024 - 07 Sep. 2024
  • ★Reviewer
    Peer review
    A Member of the iHEA Scientific Committee Review Panel for the 2023 World Congress, Dec. 2022 - Jan. 2023
  • Scientific Committee
    Planning etc
    A Member of the Program Committee for the 17th Annual Conference of Japan Health Economics Association, Nov. 2021 - Sep. 2022
  • ★A Member of Review Committee, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
    Peer review
    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Jul. 2020 - Jun. 2022
  • Scientific Committee
    Planning etc
    A Member of the Program Committee for the 16th Annual Conference of Japan Health Economics Association, Jan. 2021 - Sep. 2021
  • Reviewer
    Peer review
    A Member of the iHEA Scientific Committee Review Panel for the 2021 World Congress (the 1st virtual Congress), Jan. 2021 - Jan. 2021
  • Reviewer
    Peer review
    A Member of the iHEA Scientific Committee Review Panel for the 2019 World Congress, Dec. 2018 - Jan. 2019
  • Reviewer
    Peer review
    A Member of the iHEA Scientific Committee Review Panel for the 2017 World Congress, Dec. 2016 - Jan. 2017

Others

  • ★Journal Reviewer Experience
    Apr. 2006 - Present