Masanori Kuroki
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Assistant professor of economics
Also affiliated: University of California, Riverside (2010–2011); Southern Arkansas University Tech (2025–2026); Occidental College (2012–2013)
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Masanori Kuroki's research examines the intersection of socioeconomic factors and health outcomes in the United States. His work investigates the impact of policies such as state minimum wages and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on various aspects of health and economic well-being. Kuroki has published studies exploring the relationship between state minimum wages and mental health, as well as health insurance coverage. He has also analyzed the effects of health insurance expansion on homeownership and housing prices, and examined healthcare coverage in relation to out-of-pocket medical expenses following the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
His research also addresses the mental health challenges faced by specific demographic groups. Kuroki has published findings on the rise in extreme mental distress among LGBT individuals during a particular political period. Additionally, his work includes pedagogical research, focusing on the integration of data science and Python into undergraduate microeconomic theory and econometrics courses. Kuroki's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 12 and 572 total citations across 50 publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 12
- Publications: 50
- Citations: 583
Selected Publications
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The Predictive Power of Educational Attainment on New Firm Creation: A Machine Learning Approach (2026)
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Casinos and Drug Crimes: Evidence from a Synthetic Control Study of Hot Springs (2026)
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Casinos and House Prices: Evidence from Cities and Counties in Arkansas (2026)
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Do Casinos Boost Local Payroll Income and Employment? A Case Study of Arkansas (2026)
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The widening mental health gap between American homeowners and renters: 2013–2023 (2026)
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Minimum wages and suicide rates in Japan: 2009–2024 (2025)
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Minimum wage and entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. counties, 2010–2023 (2025)
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The rising predictive power of LGBT identity in mental health: An analysis of variable importance (2025)
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Foreign residents and public assistance in Japan (2025)
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Does free pre-kindergarten increase birth rates? Preliminary evidence from Vermont (2025)
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The ACA Medicaid expansions and abortion rates among young adults (2025)
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Integrating Advertising into Duopoly Simulations for Intermediate Microeconomics Courses Using Python (2024)
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The effect of ending public funding for abortion: evidence from West Virginia (2024)
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Free Pre-K and Non-Marital Childbearing: Examining the Link in Vermont (2024)
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Integrating data science into an econometrics course with a Kaggle competition (2023)
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- The Effect of Health Insurance Coverage on Homeownership and Housing Prices: Evidence from the Medicaid Expansion
- Do research universities boost regional economic development? -A case study of University of Science and Technology of China
- Do research universities boost regional economic development? -A case study of University of Science and Technology of China
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