OTA, Hiroko

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  • Position:
    Professor
  • Specialty:
    Public Finance Policy
• Current research interests::
  She is currently conducting research on the public finance systems and reform of the social security system in Japan.
  
• Professional Career:
  BA (Sociology), Hitotsubashi University, 1976
  She has worked for the Japan Institute of Life Insurance as an analyst, and as an Associate Professor
  at the Faculty of Economics at Osaka University and GSPS, Saitama University.
  
  Professor, GRIPS, 2001
  Director for Economic Research, Cabinet Office, 2002
  Deputy Director General for Economic Research, Cabinet Office, 2003
  Director General for Economic Research, Cabinet Office, 2005
  Professor, GRIPS, 2005-2006
  Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, 2006-2008
  Professor, GRIPS, 2008-present
  Vice-President, GRIPS, 2009-2011
  
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