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Andrew S. Griffen

Associate Professor, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

Ph.D. in Economics, University of Pennsylvania , 2012

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Research

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Publications

1. "Misfortune Seldom Comes Alone: Evidence from Typhoon Effects During Covid-19 Quarantines in the Philippines", Yingxue Jin, Makiko Nakamuro, Yasuyuki Sawada, Andrew S. Griffen, Tsend-Ayush Sosorbaram, and Yukichi Mano, Asian Development Review , forthcoming

2. "Democratic institutions and social capital: Experimental evidence on school-based management from a developing country", Yasuyuki Sawada, Takeshi Aida, Andrew S. Griffen, Eiji Kozuka, Haruko Noguchi, and Yasuyuki Todo, Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Volume 198, June 2022, Pages 267-279

3. "Evaluating the Effects of Child Care Policies on Children's Cognitive Development and Maternal Labor Supply", Andrew S. Griffen, Journal of Human Resources, 2019 54 (3), 604-655

4. "Assessing the Performance of Nonexperimental Estimators for Evaluating Head Start", Andrew S. Griffen and Petra E. Todd, Journal of Labor Economics 35, no. S1 (July 2017): S7-S63.

5. "Height and Calories in Early Childhood" Andrew S. Griffen, Economics & Human Biology, Vol. 20, March 2016, 55-59

6. "Fertility and Maternal Labor Supply in Japan: Conflicting Policy Goals?" Andrew S. Griffen, Makiko Nakamuro, and Tomohiko Inui, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 38 (2015) 52 - 72

7. "The Relationship Between Child Care Subsidies and Children's Cognitive Development" Laura E. Hawkinson, Andrew S. Griffen, Nianbo Dong, and Rebecca A. Maynard, Early Childhood Research Quarterly 28 (2013) 388 - 404

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Working papers

Democracy and Human Capital: Experimental Evidence from Burkina Faso

Null Impacts of Education and Information Interventions on Children’s Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills: Experimental Evidence from Poor Urban Households in the Philippines

School-Based Management and Social Preferences: Experimental Evidence from a Developing Economy, coming soon


Teaching

2025 S1S2

R for Empirical Economics Research* (graduate), Mondays 5th period

R for Data Science * (undergraduate zemi), Mondays 6th period


2025 A1A2

Empirical Microeconomics (graduate), Mondays 5th period

Nobel Prizes in Economics (undergraduate zemi), Mondays 6th period

Economics & Statistics (PEAK), Tuesdays 6th period


* Please install R and RStudio before the first class/zemi and please pass this message to other enrolled students. Also, don't hesitate to contact me if you are having any difficulty!



Contact

Mailing address

Economics Research Building
The University of Tokyo
7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku
Tokyo 113-0033, Japan

Office

Economics Research Building 902, Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo

Email

griffen (at) e.u-tokyo.ac.jp

© 2025 Andrew S. Griffen.