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IZA/RIETI Workshop: Changing Demographics and the Labor Market

Organizers: Núria Rodríguez-Planas (Queens College, CUNY and IZA), Daiji Kawaguchi (RIETI, Hitotsubashi University and IZA)
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Date:May 25, 2015 - May 26, 2015

Event Manager:

Viola Hartmann (IZA)


Program

Preliminary Version: May 6

+++ presentation: 30 min +++ discussion: 10 min +++ floor discussion: 10 min +++

Monday, May 25:

 
09:00 - 09:15   Registration
 
 
09:15 - 09:20   Welcome and Opening Remarks
Atsushi Nakajima
(Chairman, RIETI)
 
09:20 - 09:30   Opening Remarks
Daiji Kawaguchi
(RIETI, Hitotsubashi University and IZA)
 
 
        Session A: Labor Supply
  Chair: Daiji Kawaguchi (RIETI, Hitotsubashi University and IZA)
 
09:30 - 10:20   Daniel Possenriede (Utrecht School of Economics and IZA), Wolter Hassink (Utrecht University and IZA), Janneke Plantenga (Utrecht University)
  "Does Temporal and Locational Flexibility of Work Increase the Labour Supply of Part-timers?"
  Discussant: Lorenzo Burlon (Bank of Italy)
 
10:20 - 11:10   Núria Rodríguez-Planas (Queens College, CUNY and IZA), Daniel Fernandez-Kranz (IE Business School, Madrid)
  "Too Friendly For Too Long? The Consequences of Parents' Right to Request Part-Time Work "
  Discussant: Yan Lau (Reed College)
 
 
11:10 - 11:40   Coffee Break
 
 
        Session B: Retirement Issues 1
  Chair: Núria Rodríguez-Planas (Queens College, CUNY and IZA)
 
11:40 - 12:30   Yan Lau (Reed College)
  "Access to Retirement Savings and Its Effects on Labor Supply Decisions"
  Discussant: Joanna Tyrowicz (Warsaw University)
 
12:30 - 13:20   Lorenzo Burlon (Bank of Italy), Montserrat Vilalta-Bufí (University of Barcelona)
  "A New Look at Technical Progress and Early Retirement"
  Discussant: Elena G. F. Stancanelli (CNRS, Sorbonne Economics Research Center (CES) and IZA)
 
 
13:20 - 14:20   Lunch
 
 
        Session C: Retirement Issues 2
  Chair: David Neumark (University of California, Irvine and IZA)
 
14:20 - 15:10   Joanna Tyrowicz (Warsaw University), Karolina Goraus (Warsaw University), Krzysztof Makarski (Warsaw School of Economics)
  "The Shadow of Longevity - Does Social Security Reform Reduce Gains from Increasing the Retirement Age?"
  Discussant: Ayako Kondo (Yokohama National University)
 
15:10 - 16:00   Elena G. F. Stancanelli (CNRS, Sorbonne Economics Research Center (CES) and IZA), Arthur Van Soest (Tilburg University and IZA)
  "Partners’ Leisure Time Truly Together upon Retirement"
  Discussant: Emiko Usui (Hitotsubashi University and IZA)
 
 
16:00 - 16:30   Coffee Break
 
 
        Session D: Demographics and the Labor Market
  Chair: Hideo Owan (University of Tokyo)
 
16:30 - 17:20   Ayako Kondo (Yokohama National University)
  "Effects of Increased Elderly Employment on Other Workers’ Employment and Elderly’s Earnings in Japan"
  Discussant: Karine Ishii (Université Paris-Dauphine)
 
17:20 - 18:10   Soohyung Lee (University of Maryland), Sungjin Cho (Seoul National University), Jihye Kam (University of Wisconsin at Madison)
  "Efficient Supply of Human Capital: Role of College Major"
  Discussant: -- to be announced --
 
 
18:30       Dinner
 
 

Tuesday, May 26:

        Session E: Gender and Labor Supply
  Chair: Juan F. Jimeno (Bank of Spain and IZA)
 
09:30 - 10:20   Emiko Usui (Hitotsubashi University and IZA), Mayu Kobayashi (JA Bank Aichi), Miki Kobayashi (Saga University), Tsunao Okumura (Yokohama National University)
  "How to Share Housework between Husbands and Wives: Improving Marital Satisfaction for Working Wives in Japan"
  Discussant: Soohyung Lee (University of Maryland)
 
10:20 - 11:10   Karine Ishii (Université Paris-Dauphine)
  "Informal Care and Employment Status of Japanese Middle Aged Women: A Study Using JSTAR"
  Discussant: Daniel Possenriede (Utrecht School of Economics and IZA)
 
 
11:10 - 11:20   Closing Remarks
Núria Rodríguez-Planas
(Queens College, CUNY and IZA)
 




List of Participants

Shota Araki (RIETI)
Yoshiyuki Arata (RIETI)
Yukiko Asai (University of Tokyo)
Niraula Baburam (Yokohama National University)
Alessio J.G. Brown (IZA)
Lorenzo Burlon (Bank of Italy)
Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam and IZA)
Phan Kim Dung (Yokohama National University)
Masahisa Fujita (RIETI)
Taiyo Fukai (Hitotsubashi University)
Hiroshi Ikari (RIETI)
Karine Ishii (Université Paris-Dauphine)
Juan F. Jimeno (Bank of Spain and IZA)
Minoru Kaneko (RIETI)
Daiji Kawaguchi (RIETI, Hitotsubashi University and IZA)
Satoshi Kawamura (RIETI)
Ayako Kondo (Yokohama National University)
Keisuke Kondo (RIETI)
Yoko Konishi (RIETI)
Yan Lau (Reed College)
Soohyung Lee (University of Maryland)
Naoko Matsuda (RIETI)
Hirokazu Matsuyama (Hitotsubashi University)
Masayuki Morikawa (RIETI)
Yuji Muranaga (RIETI)
Kiho Muroga (University of Tokyo)
Atsushi Nakajima (RIETI)
David Neumark (University of California, Irvine and IZA)
Hideo Owan (University of Tokyo)
Lihua Pang (Peking University)
Daniel Possenriede (Utrecht School of Economics and IZA)
Núria Rodríguez-Planas (Queens College, CUNY and IZA)
Akihiro Sato (Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan)
Elena G.F. Stancanelli (CNRS, Sorbonne Economics Research Center (CES) and IZA)
Joanna Tyrowicz (Warsaw University)
Tooru Ueno (RIETI)
Emiko Usui (Hitotsubashi University and IZA)
Shintaro Yamaguchi (McMaster University)
Isaac Yamikani Chilima (Yokohama National University)
Hongyong Zhang (RIETI)