| 1996 | Summer Intern, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Washington, D.C. Office |
| 1999- 2000 | Research Assistant, Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office of Japan |
| 2001- 2002 | Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Economics, UCLA |
| 2002 | Summer Intern, The World Bank |
| 2003- 2004 | Research Assistant, Dept. of Public Policy, UCLA |
| 2005 | Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, Los Angeles |
| 2005- 2010 | Research Fellow, Australian National University |
| Jan-Sept 2010 | Post-doctoral Fellow, GRIPS |
| Oct 2010-present | Assistant Professor, GRIPS |
| Jan 2010-present | Adjunct Professor, Australian National University |
Referee and review activities
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Economic Record, International Migration Review, Journal of Asian Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Population Economics, Women's Studies International Forum, World Development, Australian Agency for International Development (Australian Development Research Awards)
Survey activities
The 2007-2010 Rural-Urban Migration in China and Indonesia (RUMICI) Study
Conference organization activities
・Workshop on New Techniques in Development Economics, June 2008, Canberra
・The 4th Annual Australian Development Economics Workshop, June 2008, Canberra
・Workshop on the Economics of Childcare, March 2009, Canberra