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Presence Current · Arkansas
Last published 2026
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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)

Faculty Researcher

12 h-index 50 pubs 583 cited

  • Humans
  • Female
  • Male
  • United States
  • Adult
  • Sexual and Gender Minorities
  • Abortion, Induced
  • Adolescent
  • Medicaid
  • Insurance Coverage
  • Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Gender Identity
  • Middle Aged
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  • Young Adult

Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

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

  • The Predictive Power of Educational Attainment on New Firm Creation: A Machine Learning Approach (2026)
    Journal of Quantitative Economics DOI OpenAlex
  • Casinos and Drug Crimes: Evidence from a Synthetic Control Study of Hot Springs (2026)
    Journal of Gambling Studies DOI OpenAlex
  • Casinos and House Prices: Evidence from Cities and Counties in Arkansas (2026)
    Journal of Housing Research DOI OpenAlex
  • Do Casinos Boost Local Payroll Income and Employment? A Case Study of Arkansas (2026)
    Economic Development Quarterly 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The widening mental health gap between American homeowners and renters: 2013–2023 (2026)
    Discover Mental Health DOI OpenAlex
  • Minimum wages and suicide rates in Japan: 2009–2024 (2025)
    Journal of the Japanese and International Economies DOI OpenAlex
  • Minimum wage and entrepreneurship: Evidence from U.S. counties, 2010–2023 (2025)
    Journal of the International Council for Small Business DOI OpenAlex
  • The rising predictive power of LGBT identity in mental health: An analysis of variable importance (2025)
    Annals of Epidemiology DOI OpenAlex
  • Foreign residents and public assistance in Japan (2025)
    The Japanese Political Economy DOI OpenAlex
  • Does free pre-kindergarten increase birth rates? Preliminary evidence from Vermont (2025)
    Research in Economics 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The ACA Medicaid expansions and abortion rates among young adults (2025)
    The European Journal of Health Economics 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Integrating Advertising into Duopoly Simulations for Intermediate Microeconomics Courses Using Python (2024)
    Journal of Economics Teaching 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The effect of ending public funding for abortion: evidence from West Virginia (2024)
    Public Health 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Free Pre-K and Non-Marital Childbearing: Examining the Link in Vermont (2024)
    Journal of Economics Race and Policy DOI OpenAlex
  • Integrating data science into an econometrics course with a Kaggle competition (2023)
    The Journal of Economic Education 9 citations DOI OpenAlex

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