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IWATE University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Regional Policy |
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Associate Professor |
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〒0208550 3-18-34 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8550 JAPAN |
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+81-19-621-6758 |
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PIAO XIANGDAN
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Research Interests 【 display / non-display 】
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Environmental economics
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Applied Econometrics
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Household Economics
Graduate School 【 display / non-display 】
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-2018.03
Hitotsubashi University Graduate School, Division of Economics Doctor's Course Completed
Degree 【 display / non-display 】
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Hitotsubashi University - Ph.D. (Economics) 2018.03
Campus Career 【 display / non-display 】
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2021.10-Now
IWATE University Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Department of Regional Policy Associate Professor [Duty]
External Career 【 display / non-display 】
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2019.04-2021.09
Kyushu University Departments of Urban and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering Assistant Professor
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2018.08-2019.03
Kyushu University Departments of Urban and Environmental Engineering School of Engineering Research Fellow
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2017.07-2018.08
Hitotsubashi University Institute of Economic Research Reseach Assistant
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2017.04-2017.07
Hitotsubashi University Advanced Macroeconomics (Core Course in Graduate School) Teaching Assistant
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2015.04-2019.03
Hitotsubashi University Institute of Economic Research Visiting young Scholar
Research Areas 【 display / non-display 】
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Environmental economics, Household Economics, Well-being,Sustainable
Course Subject 【 display / non-display 】
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2021
Environmental Economics 1
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2024
Seminar in Environmental Science
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2024
Basic Synthetic Sciences(Regional Policy)B
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2024
Perspectives on the Environment
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2024
Topics in Environmental Economics
Published Papers 【 display / non-display 】
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Human capital and regional disparities: Advancing accounting frameworks with education, health, and population dynamics.
Shuning Chen ,Xiangdan Piao ,Jun Xie ,Shunsuke Managi
PloS one 2025.03 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
This study advances the inclusive wealth accounting of human capital (HC) to improve global research on the valuation of HC for sustainability. By innovatively integrating complex population dynamics, including schooling and labor force participation, and using a net present value (NPV) valuation method aligned with capital budgeting principles, we quantitatively measure HC in 165 countries. As a methodological advancement, we use a unified framework that incorporates education, health and economic participation via the measurement of life expectancy in different life stages to inform sustainable development investments. Our analysis from 1990 to 2020 reveals significant differences in HC development across countries. While education is strongly correlated with GDP growth, disparities in health and economic participation are critical barriers to long-term HC accumulation. Our findings argue for a comprehensive policy approach that goes beyond investing in education for its financial benefits and includes substantial improvements in health and economic opportunities to promote more equitable HC growth. We emphasize the need to incorporate complex population dynamics into HC assessments to better understand and strengthen the interdependencies between these critical factors, with the aim of reducing global development gaps.
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Continuous worsening of population emotional stress globally: universality and variations.
Xiangdan Piao, Jun Xie & Shunsuke Managi
BMC Public Health ( Springer nature ) 24 ( 1 ) 3576 2024.12 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
Background
Understanding emotional stress stability in populations is crucial because stress is a key factor in causing depression, and it worsens well-being.
Method
In this study, using repeated cross-sectional data from 149 countries from 2007 to 2021 (N = 2,450,043), we examined time trends of psychological stress in populations worldwide.
Results
Over half of the population experienced emotional stress in 20 countries, and 85% of the countries reported worse psychological stress in 2020 compared with 2008. We found that psychological well-being declined most rapidly among young people compared with other age groups. Individuals living and working in all types of locations (rural/farm, town/village, large city, and suburban areas) and employment (full-time, self-employed, part-time, and unemployed), respectively, experienced continuously worsening emotional stress when comparing three time periods (2008–2011, 2012–2019, and 2020–2021). Furthermore, reducing physical pain and increasing income were noted to be more important than solving health problems for the purpose of decreasing stress.
Conclusion
Emotional stress continuously worsened worldwide over the past few decades, but the trend varied among countries. Our findings highlight the significance of improving people’s living environments to reduce their likelihood of experiencing emotional stress. -
Determinants of pro-environmental behaviour: effects of socioeconomic, subjective, and psychological well-being factors from 37 countries.
Xiangdan Piao, Shunsuke Managi
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications ( Springer nature ) 1 1 - 17 2024.09 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
The investigation of the relationship between pro-environmental behaviour and the determinants of natural environment sustainability is increasing; however, the heterogeneous effects of these determinants remain unclear. Based on large-scale original cross-sectional data (100,804 observations) from 37 countries, this study investigated the average and heterogeneous effects of socioeconomic, demographic, subjective, and psychological well-being characteristics on individuals’ pro-environmental behaviour using quantile regression. The results confirmed that, on average, a positive association existed between subjective well-being, knowledge of environmental issues, educational attainment, life satisfaction, mental health, positive emotions, and pro-environmental behaviour engagement. Importantly, heterogeneous effects were confirmed in the majority of determinants, including knowledge of environmental issues, education, number of children, life satisfaction, income, negative and positive emotions, and mental health. Given the heterogeneous effect of the determinants, the results suggest that overall better characteristics, including knowledge level, educational attainment, well-being, and family structure, are associated with better pro-environmental behaviour engagement among individuals, contributing to creating an eco-surplus society.
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Infrastructure distribution in cities and the improvement of the well-being of citizens in Japan: evidence from the quantile regression.
Piao, X., Li, C., & Managi, S
Sustainable and Resilient Infrastructure ( Taylor ＆ Francis ) 1 - 15 2024.09 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
Urban construction under the aging society needs to provide efficient services for residents. We investigated the heterogenous relationship between various types of municipality-level critical infrastructure and park construction and the subjective well-being of citizens based on quantile regression using original survey data and the Japanese government statistics bureau of 2015-2017. Positive relationships were found in the low-and middle-level life satisfaction regions owing to the construction of museums or libraries, government branches, government services, health centers, police stations, fire stations, schools, hospitals, post offices, disabled and senior centers, and parks. Moreover, citizens were more likely to feel safe if the living community had comprehensive government-related institutions, including government offices, police stations, fire stations, schools, and post offices, among others. Our results indicated that the number of favorable infrastructures should be increased in areas with low levels of life satisfaction and less-safe communities to improve the citizens’ overall well-being.
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The role of female managers in enhancing employee well-being: A path through workplace resources.
Jun Xie, Xiangdan Piao, Shunsuke Managi
Gender in Management ( Emerald Publishing ) 2024.08 [Refereed]
Academic Journal Multiple authorship
Purpose
Following the job demands-resources theory, this study aims to investigate the role of female managers in enhancing employee well-being in terms of psychological health via workplace resources.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on a large-scale job stress survey of approximately 96,000 employee-year observations ranging from 2017 to 2019, this study applies structural equation modeling to construct latent workplace resources at the task, group and worksite levels and then examines the impact of female managers on employee well-being, including occupational stress, job satisfaction, work engagement and workplace cohesiveness.
Findings
The findings provide supporting evidence for the transformational leadership behaviors of female managers. The presence of women in management is associated with improved workplace resources and employee well-being, particularly workplace cohesiveness, work engagement and reduced occupational stress. These relationships are significantly mediated by workplace resources, which elucidates the underlying mechanisms involved. Notably, the positive indirect effects via workplace resources could counteract the negative direct effects of female managers. Compared with top managers, female middle managers have more substantial impacts.
Practical implications
In practice, it is recommended to promote female representation at the management level and strengthen policies that support female middle managers to ensure favorable effects on workplace resources. In a gender-diverse management team, it is important to share female managers’ experiences in improving employee psychological well-being.
Originality/value
This study provides new empirical evidence to support the transformational leadership behaviors of female managers and elucidates the mechanism of female managers’ influence on employee well-being by introducing workplace resources as mediators.
Books 【 display / non-display 】
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Inclusive Wealth Report 2023: Measuring Sustainability and Equity
Edward B, Barbier, Shuning Chen, Barbara M, Fraumeni, Pushpam Kumar, Robi Kurniawan, Gang Liu, Shunsuke Managi, Xiangdan Piao, Yogi Sugiawan
2023.08
Scholarly Book
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Ma, X., & Piao, X. ( Pages responsible : Income, Intra-household Bargaining Power and the Happiness of Japanese Married Women. )
2020.08 ISBN: 978-9811389092
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Presentations 【 display / non-display 】
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Human Capital and Pro-environmental Behavior for Sustainable Development
Poster (General) PIAO Xiangdan
TI-FRIS symposium 2025 (Tohoku University)
2025.02TI-FRIS Secretariat
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The impact of social participation on health among middle-aged and elderly adults: Evidence from longitudinal survey data in China
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International Conference Sustainable Development in China and Russia Center for Far Eastern Studies (CFES) (University of Toyama)
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Impact of Gaps in the Educational Levels between Married Partners on Health and a Sustainable Lifestyle: Evidence from 32 Countries
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The 14th Annual Conference of JHEA (International University of Heaith and Welfare)
2019.09Japan Health Economics Associetion
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Expenditures on private versus shared within families and marriage sustainability: Evidence from Japanese families
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2019 Asian meeting of the Econometric Society (Xiamen University,China)
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The effect of the education gap on health: Evidence from the couples of 32 countries
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Brownbag seminar (Research Institute of Economics and Management at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics,China)
2019.03
Association Memberships 【 display / non-display 】
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Japanese Economic Association
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SEEPS
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Western Economic Association International
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American Economic Association