Miura, Ken(Graduate School of Agriculture, Division of Natural Resource Economics) | Activity Database on Education and Research, Kyoto University

Miura, Ken

Graduate School of Agriculture, Division of Natural Resource Economics Associate Professor

Last Updated :2025/05/02

Basic Information

Faculty

農学部

Email Address

Email Address
miura.ken.3ekyoto-u.ac.jp

Professional Memberships

From 2020, To Present
Japanese Economic Association

From 2019, To Present
Japanese Association for Development Economics

From 2011, To Present
Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Academic Degree

MA in Economics(Hitotsubashi University)

MA in Economics(Brown University)

Ph.D. in Economics(Brown University)

Academic Resume (Graduate Schools)

Brown University, Graduate Program, Department of Economics, 修了

Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics, 修了

Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Economics, 退学

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Social Sciences, 卒業

High School

High School
神奈川県私立栄光学園高等学校

Research History

From Apr. 2023, To Present
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Agriculture, Associate Professor

From Mar. 2020, To Mar. 2023
Kyoto University, Graduate School of Agriculture, Assistant Professor

Language of Instruction

Japanese

English

ID,URL

ORCID ID
0000-0003-0496-4686
J-Global ID
202001005668808776
Researcher number
00876097
External link
https://kenmiura.com/

Website(s) (URL(s))

https://kenmiura.com/

researchmap URL

https://researchmap.jp/ken_miura

Last Updated :2025/05/02

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

Research Topics
1. Household Behavior in Developing Countries, 2. Public Goods Management in Developing Countries, 3. Economics of Traditional Institutions in Rural Africa

Research Interests

Political Economy

Development Economics

Research Areas

Humanities & social sciences, Economic policy, Development Economics

Papers

Do Zambian Farmers Manage Climate Risks?
Soyoka Okamura; Ken Miura; Chieko Umetsu
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 29 Jan. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Corresponding author

Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Focusing on Small-Scale Farmers
Chieko Umetsu; Ken Miura
Journal of Rural Problems, 25 Mar. 2023, Invited
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Social Status and Signaling in the Rural Society of Pre-war Japan: With a Focus on Social Expenses and Ceremony Expenses
Daisuke Yamazoe; Atsuyuki Asami; Ken Miura
Nogyo Keizai Kenkyu, Mar. 2022, Peer-reviewed

Incomplete Information Sharing within the Household: Evidence from Participation in Agricultural Training in Zambia
Ken Miura; Yoko Kijima; Takeshi Sakurai
Japanese Journal of Agricultural Economics, Mar. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author, Corresponding author

Who Purchases Weather Index Insurance? : Results from a Field Experiment in Rural Zambia
MIURA Ken; SAKURAI Takeshi
農業経済研究. 別冊, 日本農業経済学会論文集, 15 Dec. 2012, Peer-reviewed

Shock and Livestock Transactions in Rural Zambia : a Re-examination of the Buffer Stock Hypothesis
MIURA Ken; KANNO Hiromitsu; SAKURAI Takeshi
The Japanese Journal of Rural Economics, 31 Mar. 2012, Peer-reviewed

Measuring Resilience of Household Consumption : The Case of the Southern Province of Zamhia
SAKURAI Takeshi; NASUDA Akiko; KITSUKI Akinori; MIURA Ken; YAMAUCHI Taro; KANNO Hiromitsu
農業経済研究. 別冊, 日本農業経済学会論文集, 15 Dec. 2011, Peer-reviewed

Vulnerability and resilience of households: the case of Zambia
櫻井武司; 那須田晃子; 木附晃実; 三浦憲; 山内太郎; 菅野洋光
The Economic review, Apr. 2011, Peer-reviewed

Misc.

Gendered Access to Resources, Preferences, and Crop Choices in Arid Regions: A Focus on Oasis Agriculture in Southeastern Morocco
Khadija Kaffa; Ken Miura
NRE Discussion Papers, Oct. 2024, Last author
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Sorghum as Insurance against Changing Climate Risk
Ken Miura
JADE Letter, Mar. 2024, Invited, Lead author, Last author, Corresponding author

Do Zambian Farmers Manage Climate Risks?
Okamura, Soyoka; Miura, Ken; Umetsu, Chieko
NRE Discussion Papers 2024-01, Jan. 2024, Corresponding author
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Protective Behavior against Pesticide Health Risks: The Case of Vegetable Farmers in Northern Vietnam
Vien Dinh; Ken Miura
NRE Discussion Papers 2022-02, Sep. 2022, Corresponding author
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Environmental Resource Scarcity and Peaceful Co-existence between Refugees and Host Communities in Uganda
Ken Miura; Yuki Tabata
NRE Discussion Papers 2022-01, May 2022, Lead author, Corresponding author
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Basis Risk and Low Demand for Weather Index Insurance
Wataru Kodama; Ken Miura; Takeshi Sakurai
NRE Discussion Papers 2021-02, Nov. 2021, Corresponding author
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News from the Sky: An Empirical Test of Forward-Looking Behavior Among Zambian Farmers
Ken Miura; Takeshi Sakurai
IAAE 2021 Conference Paper, Aug. 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

Incomplete Information Sharing within the Household: Evidence from Participation in Agricultural Training in Zambia
Ken Miura; Yoko Kijima; Takeshi Sakurai
GRIPS Discussion Papers, Sep. 2020, Lead author, Corresponding author

Intrahousehold Bargaining and Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Zambia
Ken Miura; Yoko Kijima; Takeshi Sakurai
GRIPS Discussion Papers, Apr. 2020, Lead author

The Impact of Formal Insurance Provision on Farmer Behavior: Evidence from Rural Zambia
Ken Miura; Takeshi Sakurai
PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series, 2015, Lead author

The Effectiveness of Community-Based Development in Poverty Reduction: A Descriptive Analysis of a Women-Managed NGO in Rural Pakistan
Hidayat Ullah Khan; Takashi Kurosaki; Ken Miura
PRIMCED Discussion Paper Series, 2011, Last author

Presentations

Hidden Actions by Wives in Contraceptive Behavior: Evidence from Zambian Couples
Ken Miura
Musashi University Research Workshop on Sustainable Society, 28 Nov. 2024, Invited

Hidden Actions by Wives in Contraceptive Behavior: Evidence from Zambian Couples
Ken Miura
Workshop on Empirical Research in Developing Countries, 01 Sep. 2024, Invited

Do Zambian Farmers Manage Climate Risks?
Ken Miura
J-tree, 24 Nov. 2022, Invited

Building Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security in Africa: Focusing on Small-Scale Farmers
Chieko Umetsu; Ken Miura
2022 ARAFE International Symposium “Transformation towards Sustainable Agriculture, Rural Communities, and Ecosystems: Reviewing Global Trends and Local Realities based on Inter-disciplinary Approaches.”, 23 Oct. 2022, The Association for Regional Agricultural and Forestry Economics, Invited

Basis Risk and Low Demand for Weather Index Insurance
Ken Miura
JADE/GRIPS Development Economics Workshops, 17 Nov. 2021, JADE/GRIPS

Basis Risk and Low Demand for Weather Index Insurance
Ken Miura
2021 KU-NTU Bilateral Symposium on Agri-Environmental Policies in Developed and Developing Countries, 15 Sep. 2021, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University and College of Bioresources and Agriculture, National Taiwan University, Invited

News from the Sky: An Empirical Test of Forward-looking Behavior among Zambian Farmers
Ken Miura
International Conference of Agricultural Economists, 19 Aug. 2021, International Association of Agricultural Economists

News from the Sky: An Empirical Test of Forward-looking Behavior among Zambian Farmers
Ken Miura
Keio Applied Economics Workshop, 07 May 2021, Institute for Economic Studies, Invited

News from the Sky: An Empirical Test of Forward-looking Behavior among Zambian Farmers
Ken Miura
JADE 3rd Conference, 17 Apr. 2021, JADE

Witchcraft and Informal Risk Sharing: The Case of Rural Zambia
Ken Miura
2021年度日本農業経済学会大会, 28 Mar. 2021, Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Intrahousehold Bargaining and Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Zambia
Ken Miura
Department Seminars, 01 Dec. 2020, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, University of Göttingen

Intrahousehold Bargaining and Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Zambia
Ken Miura
Young JADE Conference 2020, 15 Nov. 2020, Young JADE Conference

News from the Sky: An Empirical Test of Forward-Looking Behavior among Zambian Farmers
Ken Miura
Asian Economic Development Seminar, 04 Jun. 2020, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University

Information Sharing within the Household: Evidence from Participation in Agricultural Training, Zambia
Ken Miura
Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Annual Meeting 2020, 31 May 2020, Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

News from the Sky: An Empirical Test ofForward-Looking Behavior among Zambian Farmers
Ken Miura
2020 Japanese Economic Association Spring Meeting, 30 May 2020, Japanese Economic Association

Intrahousehold Bargaining and Agricultural Technology Adoption: Experimental Evidence from Zambia
Ken Miura
Oxford CSAE Conference, 22 Mar. 2020, Oxford CSAE

Who Should We Target for Agricultural Technology Diffusion?:Experimental Evidence from Zambia
Ken Miura
Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Annual Meeting 2019, 31 Mar. 2019, Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Does Our President Make Me Attractive?: Evidence from the Marriage Market, Zambia
Ken Miura
TEA seminar 2019, 29 Mar. 2019, TEA conference

Consequences of a Natural Disaster within a Large City: Evidence from Tokyo, 1923
Ken Miura
共同利用・共同研究拠点プロジェクト研究集会「明治大正期日本における政治経済の発展に関する計量分析」, 26 Mar. 2018, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

News from the Sky: An Empirical Test of Forward-Looking Behavior among Zambian Farmers
Ken Miura
NEUDC, 04 Nov. 2017, NEUDC

Impacts of Land Distributions on Public Goods Provision in Meiji Era, Japan
Ken Miura
共同利用・共同研究拠点「戦前期日本における地方政治と地域経済発展」研究会, 16 Jan. 2017, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

News from the Sky: An Empirical Test of Forward-Looking Behavior among Zambian Farmers
Ken Miura
Ag Econ Open seminar, 12 Jan. 2017, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, the University of Tokyo

The Impact of Formal Insurance Provision on Farmer Behavior: Evidence from Rural Zambia
Ken Miura
PRIMCED international workshop, 09 Jan. 2015, PRIMCED, Hitotsubashi University

Rainfall shock and livestock transactions in rural Zambia: an empirical examination using high frequency panel data
Ken Miura
Asian Historical Economics Conference, 13 Sep. 2012, Asian Historical Economics Conference

Who Purchases Weather Index Insurance?: Results from a Field Experiment in Rural Zambia
Ken Miura
Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Annual Meeting 2012, 30 Mar. 2012, Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Shock and Livestock Transactions in Rural Zambia: a Re-examination of the Buffer Stock Hypothesis
Ken Miura
Agricultural Economics Society of Japan Annual Meeting 2011, 11 Jun. 2011, Agricultural Economics Society of Japan

Awards

Mar. 2013
Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Best Paper Award

Mar. 2012
Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, Poster Award

External funds: Kakenhi

Incentivising village heads for public goods management: A Field Experiment in Rural Zambia
Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
0107:Economics, business administration, and related fields
Kyoto University
Ken Miura
From 11 Sep. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2023, Project Closed
伝統的権威;民族;公共財;共同体;信頼;リスク;開発経済学;アフリカ;多民族;フィールド実験
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20K22119/

Food and Nutrition Security: Household and Regional Resilience
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
Medium-sized Section 41:Agricultural economics and rural sociology, agricultural engineering, and related fields
Tohoku University of Community Service and Science;Kyoto University
梅津千恵子
From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted
気候変動;食料システム;栄養;食料安全保障;アフリカ;食糧安全保障;レジリアンス;フィールド実験;貧困削減;食糧システム
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-20H00440/

Intrahousehold Bargaining and Input Misallocation in African Agriculture
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
Basic Section 41010:Agricultural and food economics-related
Kyoto University
三浦憲
From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2025, Granted
誤配分;家計内資源配分;夫婦;農業生産;開発経済学;ザンビア;農業生産性;アフリカ
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-22K14957/

Sustainable resource management and poverty alleviation for small-scale fishing communities: a field experiment in Thailand
Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))
Medium-sized Section 41:Agricultural economics and rural sociology, agricultural engineering, and related fields
Kyoto University
三谷羊平
From 07 Oct. 2021, To 31 Mar. 2026, Granted
持続的資源管理;貧困削減;零細漁民;クラブバンク;フィールド実験;共有資源;開発経済学;環境ガバナンス
https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-21KK0119/

External funds: others

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar Series
Murata Science Foundation, Grant for Seminars
From 01 Oct. 2024, To 30 Jun. 2025
Ken Miura

機械学習による古地図からの新たな歴史的データの作成 (2023年度分)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), 二国間交流事業共同研究・セミナー
From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
代表者

"Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar"
The Kyoto University Foundation, Grant for seminars
From 01 Oct. 2023, To 31 May 2024
Ken Miura

Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar Series
Murata Science Foundation, Grant for Seminars
From 01 Oct. 2023, To 30 Jun. 2024
Ken Miura

"Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar"
The Murata Science Foundation
From 01 Oct. 2022, To 30 Jun. 2023

"Kyoto Environment and Development Seminar"
村田学術振興財団
From 01 Oct. 2021, To 30 Jun. 2022
三浦憲

Public Goods Management in Rural Africa
村田学術振興財団
From 01 Apr. 2020, To 31 Mar. 2021
三浦憲

Roles of Local Elites in Agricultural Development: Evidence from Rural Africa
笹川科学研究助成
From 01 Apr. 2020, To 10 Feb. 2021
三浦憲

Does Our President Make Me Attractive?: Evidence from the Marriage Market, Zambia
Summer Research Grant, PSTC, Brown University
From May 2019, To Aug. 2019
Ken Miura

Household Survey in Zambia
Summer Research Grant, PSTC, Brown University
From May 2015, To Aug. 2015
Ken Miura

Mechanisms behind Regional Economic Development inPre-War Japan and their Implications for Contemporary Developing Countries
村田学術振興財団研究助成
From Apr. 2015, To Mar. 2016
三浦憲

Last Updated :2025/05/02

Education

Teaching subject(s)

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Development Microeconomics B
FC27, Fall, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Development Microeconomics A
FC26, Spring, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
International Rural Development Seminar
FF06, Spring, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
International Rural Development Seminar
FF06, Fall, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Development Economics
6216, Spring, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
International Rural Development Seminar I
6293, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Applied microeconomics: Introduction
6348, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
International Rural Development Seminar III
6297, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
International Rural Development Seminar II
6295, Spring, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025
Applied microeconomics: Research methods
6352, Spring, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
International Rural Development Seminar2
FB32, Year-long, Graduate School of Agriculture, 4

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
International Rural Development Seminar1
FB31, Year-long, Graduate School of Agriculture, 4

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
International Rural Development Seminar I
6293, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Agricultural Development
6215, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
International Rural Development Seminar II
6295, Spring, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Applied microeconomics: Research methods
6352, Spring, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
International Rural Development Seminar III
6297, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Development Microeconomics B
FC27, Fall, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2023, To 31 Mar. 2024
Development Microeconomics A
FC26, Spring, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
International Rural Development Seminar II
6295, Spring, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Applied microeconomics: Research methods
6352, Spring, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Special Lecture on Natural Resources Economics VIIB
FC19, Fall, Graduate School of Agriculture, 1

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
International Rural Development Seminar III
6297, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
International Rural Development Seminar1
FB31, Year-long, Graduate School of Agriculture, 4

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Special Lecture on Natural Resources Economics IXB
FC25, Fall, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
Special Lecture on Natural Resources Economics IXA
FC24, Spring, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
International Rural Development Seminar2
FB32, Year-long, Graduate School of Agriculture, 4

From 01 Apr. 2022, To 31 Mar. 2023
International Rural Development Seminar I
6293, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 2

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
International Rural Development Seminar1
Year-long, 農学研究科

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
International Rural Development Seminar2
Year-long, 農学研究科

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
International Rural Development Seminar III
Fall, 農学部

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
International Rural Development Seminar II
Spring, 農学部

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
International Rural Development Seminar I
Fall, 農学部

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Special Lecture on Natural Resources Economics IIIA
Spring, 農学研究科

From Apr. 2020, To Mar. 2021
Special Lecture on Natural Resources Economics IIIB
Fall, 農学研究科

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
International Rural Development Seminar1
Year-long, 農学研究科

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
International Rural Development Seminar2
Year-long, 農学研究科

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
International Rural Development Seminar III
Fall, 農学部

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
International Rural Development Seminar II
Spring, 農学部

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
International Rural Development Seminar I
Fall, 農学部

From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2022
Applied microeconomics: Research methods
Spring, 農学部

Participation in PhD Defenses (other than KU)

Climate-Smart Agriculture and Smallholder Farmers Nexus in the Sahelian Region of West Africa
Bello Lateef Olalekan, University of Tokyo, Japan, Sub-chief Examiner
19 Jan. 2024

Student achievements: Awards

Poster Award
Kayako Nagasawa, Agricultural Economics Society of Japan, 31 Mar. 2024

Best Thesis Award
Kayako Nagasawa, Center for Evidence Co-creation, 08 Mar. 2024

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researchmap URL

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Misc.

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External funds: Kakenhi

External funds: others

Education

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