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 (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 (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 (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)
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 (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Okayama University)
OHTAKE Fumio (Professor, The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)
TAKIZAWA Miho (Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Toyo University)
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"
Discussion
Part 3
"Minimum Wages and Workers' Motivation"
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 (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Fukuoka University)
MORI Tomoharu (Osaka Univerisity / Researcher, The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science [JSPS])
"Minimum Wages and Anti-Poverty Policies"
OHTAKE Fumio (Professor, The Institute of Social and Economic Research, Osaka University)
Discussion
Part 4
Comments and Reports
ARIGA Ken (Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
Comments and Reports
TACHIBANAKI Toshiaki (Advisor, RIETI / Professor, Department of Economics, Doshisha University)
Preparation for Discussion
Moderator: KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Hitotsubashi University)