Announcement
Promoting employment of the elderly is a primary policy goal in Japan in face of the increasing number of elderly people. However, there are some concerns that the policy intervention to achieve this unintentionally reduces the employment of other groups such as young people. This policy symposium, jointly organized with IZA of Germany, aims to share the knowledge based on rigorous empirical research from the United States, Europe, and Japan to promote employment of the elderly without distorting that of other groups.
Information
- Time and Date: 13:00-18:00, Tuesday, May 26, 2015
- Venue: Iino Hall & Conference Center Room A
(2-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) - Languages: English / Japanese (with simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission: ¥1,000 (an official receipt will be issued) (Students ¥500; please present your student ID at the reception desk)
- Hosts: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- Seating Capacity: 250
- Contact: RIETI Minowa (Tel: 03-3501-8398)
Program
13:00 - 13:10 Opening Remarks
FUJITA Masahisa (President and CRO, RIETI / Professor, Konan University / Adjunct Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
13:10 - 13:30 Opening Remarks and Introduction of "IZA World of Labor"
Alessio J. G. BROWN (Director of Strategy and Research Management, IZA)
13:30 - 16:15 Keynote Speeches
13:30 - 14:15 "Age Discrimination Laws and Age Discrimination in the United States"
David NEUMARK (Professor of Economics, the University of California, Irvine / Research Fellow, IZA)
14:15 - 15:00 "What/How Dismissal Regulation Affects the Elderly Employment and Youth Employment"
Juan F. JIMENO (Head of the Research Division, the Bank of Spain / Research Fellow, IZA)
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 16:15 "Relations between Employment Situation and Legislative Reform of Elderly Employment"
KONDO Ayako (Associate Professor of Economics, Yokohama National University)
16:15 - 18:00 Panel Discussion: "Promoting Employment of the Elderly: Evidence-based Policy Making"
16:15 - 16:35 Introduction: "Changing the Japanese Way of Working Through the Introduction of Limited-type Regular Employment Practices"
TSURU Kotaro (Chair of Employment Working Group, The Regulatory Reform Council, Cabinet Office / Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
16:35 - 18:00 Discussion / Q&A
Panelist (in order of appearance)
David NEUMARK (Professor of Economics, the University of California, Irvine / Research Fellow, IZA)
Juan F. JIMENO (Head of the Research Division, the Bank of Spain / Research Fellow, IZA)
KONDO Ayako (Associate Professor of Economics, Yokohama National University)
TSURU Kotaro (Chair of Employment Working Group, The Regulatory Reform Council, Cabinet Office / Program Director and Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
Moderator
KAWAGUCHI Daiji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor of Economics, Hitotsubashi University / Research Fellow, IZA)
