

Before joining Brown in 2021, he was Professor of Economics at University College London. Kitagawa was awarded a Horizon 2020 starting grant (2017-22) from European Research Council on the project of Econometrics for Public Policies. He also serves as a board member of the Review of Economic Studies and associate editors for Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Business Economics and Statistics, Journal of Econometric Methods, and Japanese Economic Review. He has published his works in major peer-reviewed journals in economics including Econometrica, Journal of Econometrics, Quantitative Economics, and Journal of Business Economics and Statistics. He also collaborates with empirical researchers in the world to conduct lab and field experiments to perform econometric analysis on human behaviors and learn better policies for real-world problems. He studies theoretical econometrics and statistics to develop quantitative methods for evidence based policy decision, with applications to a wide range of applied economics including labor, development, and environmental economics. His research projects center on how to use data to inform a better public policy.

His research and teaching interests include econometrics, causal inference, statistical decision theory, Bayesian analysis, applied microeconomics, empirical macroeconomics, and experimental economics. Toru Kitagawa is an Associate Professor of Economics at Brown University.
