Ruru Ping
Hitotsubashi University
Ruru Ping
Ruru Ping is an Assistant Professor at the Hitotsubashi Institute for Advanced Study, Hitotsubashi University in Tokyo, Japan. Her research focuses on equity in long-term care financing and access, time use among informal caregivers, and the social determinants of healthy ageing. She applies a range of quantitative methods and analyses nationally representative longitudinal data.
Ruru holds a PhD in Economics from Hitotsubashi University, an MSc in Global Health from London School of Economics and Political Science, and a BSc in Psychology from the University of Warwick.
FURTHER INFORMATION
| Countries | China; Japan; Switzerland; |
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| Topics | Community-based LTC; Financing LTC; LTC Policy; Technology and LTC; Unpaid / informal care; |
| Methods | Causal inference in Long-Term Care; Policy analysis; Quantitative data analysis; |
| Role | Research; |
| Interest Groups | Community-based approaches to dementia care; Data Science; Economics of Long-Term Care; Employment Education and Family carers; Long-Term Care Policy; Quasi-experimental methods; Strengthening Responses to Dementia; |
| ORC.ID | 0000-0001-7946-7866 |
| http://www.linkedin.com/in/ruru-ping-4a7111a6 | |
| Research interests | Policy evaluation; early-life socioeconomic determinants of healthy ageing; financing long-term care; informal caregiving |
| Key publications | Ping, R., Hu, B., and Oshio, T. (2024). Evaluating the impact of a pilot programme for home- and community-based services on long-term care needs among older adults in China. PLoS One, 19(11): e0311616. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0311616 Ping, R. (2024). Evaluating the impacts of integrating health and social care systems on social care use among older adults with chronic diseases in China. Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus, 1(4): 100082. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aggp.2024.100082 Oshio, T. and Ping, R. (2025). Can cessation of caregiving for parents relieve family caregivers’ psychological distress? A longitudinal study using 17-wave nationwide survey data in Japan. Journal of Epidemiology, 35(4): 187-194. https://doi.org/10.2188/jea.JE20240190 Ping, R. and Hu, B. (2024). Long-term care system profile: mainland China. Global Observatory of Long-Term Care, Care Policy & Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://goltc.org/system-profile/china-mainland/ Ping, R. and Oshio, T. (2023). Long-term care system profile: Japan. Global Observatory of Long-Term Care, Care Policy & Evaluation Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science. https://goltc.org/system-profile/japan/ |