Basic Information

Faculty

• Faculty of Economics

Email Address

• Email Address

  yamasaki.yoko.2mkyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 20 Nov. 2017

  MSc (University of Warwick)
• 11 Aug. 2025

  PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
• 26 Mar. 2018

  神戸大学修士（経済学）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 創価大学, 経済学部経済学科, 卒業

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  202601017575676049

Website(s) (URL(s))

• https://sites.google.com/view/yokoyamasaki

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/yokoyamasaki

Research

Research Topics, Overview of the research

• Research Topics

  Impact of agricultural production and development on conflict and human capital in developing countries.

Papers

• Labor intensity, market structure, and the effect of economic activities on civil conflict

  Benjamin Crost; Joseph H. Felter; Yoko Yamasaki

  JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, May 2025, Peer-reviewed

  
• Altruism and Social Distance in Hilly and Mountainous Villages in Nepal

  山崎, 陽子; 伊藤, 高弘; 伊藤, 豊; 金子, 慎治; 小松, 悟

  國民經濟雜誌, Feb. 2020, Lead author

  

Presentations

• Plantations and Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Indonesian Palm Oil Boom

  Yoko Yamasaki; Benjamin Crost

  American Economic Association (AEA) Annual Meeting, Jan. 2026, American Economic Association

  
• Plantations and Civil Conflict: Evidence from the Indonesian Palm Oil Boom

  Yoko Yamasaki

  2025 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, Jul. 2025, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

  
• Plantations and Civil Conflict: Evidence from Indonesian Palm Oil Boom

  Yoko Yamasaki; Benjamin Crost

  53rd Annual Meeting of the Illinois Economics Association, 25 Oct. 2024, Illinois Economics Association

  
• The impact of commercial crop expansion on the local people: The cavendish banana industry in the Philippines

  Yoko Yamasaki

  2022 AAEA Annual Meeting, 02 Aug. 2022, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

  
• The Impact of Commercial Crop Expansion on the Local People: The Cavendish Banana Industry in the Philippines

  Yoko Yamasaki

  Sustainability and Development Initiative Conference, 28 Jan. 2022, Sustainability and Development Initiative

  
• Determinant of charitable donation -understanding its relation with psychological preferences-

  Yoko Yamasaki

  11th Annual Conference of the Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance, 10 Dec. 2017, Association of Behavioral Economics and Finance

  

Awards

• 01 Jan. 2026

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ACES, Outstanding PhD Dissertation Award
• 31 May 2025

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Teachers Ranked as Excellent Award
• 01 Apr. 2024

  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Outstanding PhD Student Award

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Introduction to Microeconomics

  6000, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Introduction to Microeconomics

  6000, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Introduction to Macroeconomics

  6010, Spring, Faculty of Economics, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2026, To 31 Mar. 2027

  Introduction to Macroeconomics

  6010, Fall, Faculty of Economics, 2