RIETI Workshop

Minimum Wage Reform

  • Program

Information

  • Time and Date: 10:20-17:45, Tuesday, September 11, 2012
  • Venue: RIETI's seminar room (METI Annex 11th floor, 1121) (1-3-1, Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)

Program

Chair: TSURU Kotaro's photo

Chair: TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, the Graduate School of Business & Commerce, Keio University)

Opening Remarks

Part 1

"Effects of Minimum Wages on Labor Markets and the Overall Economy: A bird's-eye view on Japanese and overseas research"

TSURU Kotaro's photo

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, the Graduate School of Business & Commerce, Keio University)

"Minimum Wages and Youth Employment in Japan: The impact of the 2007 revision of the Minimum Wage Law"

KAWAGUCHI Daiji's photo

KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)

MORI Yuko's photo

MORI Yuko (Researcher, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [JSPS])

Discussion

Part 2

"How do Firms Respond to an Increase in Minimum Wages? Direct Evidence on Firm's Internal Adjustments"

OKUDAIRA Hiroko's photo

OKUDAIRA Hiroko (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Okayama University)

OHTAKE Fumio's photo

OHTAKE Fumio (Professor, The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)

TAKIZAWA Miho's photo

TAKIZAWA Miho (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Toyo University)

TSURU Kotaro's photo

TSURU Kotaro (Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, the Graduate School of Business & Commerce, Keio University)

"Minimum Wages and Regional Disparity: An analysis on the evolution of price-adjusted minimum wages and their effects on firm profitability"

MORIKAWA Masayuki's photo

MORIKAWA Masayuki (Vice Chairman & Vice President, RIETI)

Discussion

Part 3

"Minimum Wages and Workers' Motivation"

MORI Tomoharu's photo

MORI Tomoharu (Osaka Univerisity / Researcher, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [JSPS])

"Determinants of Minimum Wages and Welfare Benefits in Japan"

TAMADA Keiko's photo

TAMADA Keiko (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Fukuoka University)

MORI Tomoharu's photo

MORI Tomoharu (Osaka Univerisity / Researcher, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [JSPS])

"Minimum Wages and Anti-Poverty Policies"

OHTAKE Fumio's photo

OHTAKE Fumio (Professor, The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)

Discussion

Part 4

Comments and Reports

ARIGA Ken's photo

ARIGA Ken (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)

Comments and Reports

TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki's photo

TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki (Advisor, RIETI / Professor, Department of Economics, Doshisha University)

Preparation for Discussion

Moderator: KAWAGUCHI Daiji's photo

Moderator: KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)

Discussion

Closing Remarks