Information
- Time and Date: 9:00-18:10, Monday, May 25 and 9:30-11:20, Tuesday, May 26, 2015
- Venue: RIETI's seminar room (METI Annex 11th floor, 1121), 1-3-1 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
- Language: English
- Hosts: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) and Institute of Labor (IZA)
- Organizers:
KAWAGUCHI Daiji (RIETI / Hitotsubashi University / IZA)
Núria RODRÍGUEZ-PLANAS (Queens College, CUNY / IZA)
Program and Handouts (Monday, May 25)
9:15 - 9:20 Welcome and Opening Remarks
NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)
9:20 - 9:30 Opening Remarks
KAWAGUCHI Daiji (RIETI / Hitotsubashi University / IZA)
9:30 - 11:10 Session A: Labor Supply
Chair:
KAWAGUCHI Daiji (RIETI / Hitotsubashi University / IZA)
9:30 - 10:20 "Does Temporal and Locational Flexibility of Work Increase the Labour Supply of Part-timers?"
Daniel POSSENRIEDE (Utrecht School of Economics / IZA)
Wolter HASSINK (Utrecht University / IZA)
Janneke PLANTENGA (Utrecht University)
Discussant:
Lorenzo BURLON (Bank of Italy)
10:20 - 11:10 "Too Friendly For Too Long? The Consequences of Parents' Right to Request Part-time Work"
Núria RODRÍGUEZ-PLANAS (Queens College, CUNY / IZA)
Daniel FERNANDEZ-KRANZ (IE Business School, Madrid)
Discussant:
Yan LAU (Reed College)
11:10 - 11:40 Coffee Break
11:40 - 13:20 Session B: Retirement Issues 1
Chair:
Núria RODRÍGUEZ-PLANAS (Queens College, CUNY / IZA)
11:40 - 12:30 "Access to Retirement Savings and Its Effects on Labor Supply Decisions"
Yan LAU (Reed College)
Discussant:
Joanna TYROWICZ (Warsaw University)
12:30 - 13:20 "A New Look at Technical Progress and Early Retirement"
Lorenzo BURLON (Bank of Italy)
Montserrat VILALTA-BUFÍ (University of Barcelona)
Discussant:
Elena G.F. STANCANELLI (CNRS, Sorbonne Economics Research Center (CES) / IZA)
13:20 - 14:20 Lunch
14:20 - 16:00 Session C: Retirement Issues 2
Chair:
David NEUMARK (University of California, Irvine / IZA)
14:20 - 15:10 "The Shadow of Longevity - Does Social Security Reform Reduce Gains from Increasing the Retirement Age?"
Joanna TYROWICZ (Warsaw University)
Karolina GORAUS (Warsaw University)
Krzysztof MAKARSKI (Warsaw School of Economics)
Discussant:
KONDO Ayako (Yokohama National University)
15:10 - 16:00 "Partners' Leisure Time Truly Together upon Retirement"
Elena G.F. STANCANELLI (CNRS, Sorbonne Economics Research Center (CES) / IZA)
Arthur VAN SOEST (Tilburg University / IZA)
Discussant:
USUI Emiko (Hitotsubashi University / IZA)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
16:30 - 18:10 Session D: Demographics and the Labor Market
Chair:
OWAN Hideo (RIETI / University of Tokyo)
16:30 - 17:20 "Effects of Increased Elderly Employment on Other Workers' Employment and Elderly's Earnings in Japan"
KONDO Ayako (Yokohama National University)
Discussant:
Karine ISHII (Université Paris-Dauphine)
17:20 - 18:10 "Efficient Supply of Human Capital: Role of College Major"
Soohyung LEE (University of Maryland)
Sungjin CHO (Seoul National University)
Jihye KAM (University of Wisconsin at Madison)
Discussant:
YAMAGUCHI Shintaro (McMaster University, Canada)
Program and Handouts (Tuesday, May 26)
9:30 - 11:10 Session E: Gender and Labor Supply
Chair:
Juan F. JIMENO (Bank of Spain / IZA)
9:30 - 10:20 "How to Share Housework between Husbands and Wives: Improving Marital Satisfaction for Working Wives in Japan"
USUI Emiko (Hitotsubashi University / IZA)
KOBAYASHI Mayu (JA Bank Aichi)
KOBAYASHI Miki (Saga University)
OKUMURA Tsunao (Yokohama National University)
Discussant:
Soohyung LEE (University of Maryland)
10:20 - 11:10 "Informal Care and Employment Status of Japanese Middle Aged Women: A Study Using JSTAR"
Karine ISHII (Université Paris-Dauphine)
Discussant:
Daniel POSSENRIEDE (Utrecht School of Economics / IZA)
11:10 - 11:20 Closing Remarks
Núria RODRÍGUEZ-PLANAS (Queens College, CUNY / IZA)
