RIETI-JER Workshop

Economics of Aging in Japan and Other Societies

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Announcement

As of December 5, 2014

Information

  • Time and Date: 9:20-18:10, Saturday, December 13, 2014
  • Venue: Hall A-3+4, Toranomon Hills Forum
    Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 5th Floor, 1-23-3 Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo
    http://forum.academyhills.com/toranomon/en/access/index.html
  • Hosts: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / Japanese Economic Review (JER)
  • Language: English (no interpretation available)

Program

09:20 - 09:30

Opening Remarks

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

Introduction by Editors

ICHIMURA Hidehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)

SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Research Fellow, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)

09:30 -

Chair

SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

09:30 - 10:00 Presentation "Health Expectancy of the Chinese Elderly: Current trends and future projection" (with Bertrand MELENBERG)

ZHENG Jie (Junior Fellow, Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging, and Retirement (Netspar))

10:00 - 10:10 Q&A

10:10 - 10:40 Presentation "How Informal Caregivers' Health Affects Recipients" (with LEE Jinkook)

YUDA Michio (Associate Professor, School of Economics, Chukyo University)

10:40 - 10:50 Q&A

10:50 - 11:20 Presentation "Does Retirement Change Life Style Habits?" (with MOTEGI Hiroyuki and NISHIMURA Yoshinori)

TERADA Kazuyuki (Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

11:20 - 11:30 Q&A

11:30 - 11:40 Coffee Break

11:40 - 12:10 Presentation "Work Capacity of Older Adults in Japan" (with SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi and OSHIO Takashi)

USUI Emiko (Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

12:10 - 12:20 Q&A

12:20 -

Chair

ICHIMURA Hidehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)

12:20 - 12:50 Presentation "The Well-Being of Elderly Survivors after Natural Disasters: Measuring the impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake"

SUGANO Saki (Postdoctoral Associate, Department of Economics, University of Southern California (visiting) / Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

12:50 - 13:00 Q&A

13:00 - 13:50 Lunch Break

13:50 - 14:20 Presentation "Does Taking Care of Grandchildren Affect Grandparents' Cognition?"

MAO Shangyi (Postdoctoral Research Fellow, National School of Development, Peking University)

14:20 - 14:30 Q&A

14:30 - 14:50 Presentation "What Can We Learn from JSTAR about the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Depression?"

SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

14:50 - 15:00 Q&A

15:00 - 15:20 Presentation "Who are Protected in the Public Assistance Act? Evidence from JSTAR"

NAKATA Daigo (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

15:20 - 15:30 Q&A

15:30 - 15:50 Coffee Break

15:50 -

Chair

SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Research Fellow, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)

15:50 - 16:20 Presentation "Does Retirement Make you Happy? A simultaneous equations approach" (with Raquel FONSECA, Arie KAPTEYN, and Gema ZAMARRO)

LEE Jinkook (Professor, University of Southern California / RAND Corporation)

16:20 - 16:30 Q&A

16:30 - 17:00 Presentation "Japanese Long-term Care Insurance: Equal services for equal needs?"

ISHII Karine (Ph.D candidate in economics, PSL, Université Paris-Dauphine)

17:00 - 17:10 Q&A

17:10 - 17:40 Presentation "Health Consequences of Transitioning to Retirement and Social Participation: Evidence from JSTAR panel data"

HASHIMOTO Hideki (Research Associate, RIETI / Professor, School of Public Health, The University of Tokyo)

17:40 - 17:50 Q&A

17:50 - 18:10 Discussions and Wrap up by Editors

ICHIMURA Hidehiko (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Economics, Graduate School of Public Policy, The University of Tokyo)

SAWADA Yasuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

SHIMIZUTANI Satoshi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Research Fellow, Gender Equality Bureau, Cabinet Office, Government of Japan)

*Agenda is subject to change