Information
- Time and Date: 13:00-17:00, Tuesday, March 22, 2016
- Venue: Science Council of Japan Hall
- Language: Japanese
- Admission: Free
- Capacity: 200
- Hosts: Science Council of Japan / Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
- Co-host: Panel Data Research Center at Keio University
Program
13:00 - 13:10 Opening Remarks
YANO Makoto (Council Member, Science Council of Japan / Senior Research Advisor, RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University)
NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)
13:10 - 15:10 Part I：Presentations
13:10 - 13:30 "Impacts of Working Style Reform and Regulations on Reduced Working Hours on the Birthrate and Employment"
NAGASE Nobuko (Council Member, Science Council of Japan / Professor, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Ochanomizu University)
13:30 - 13:50 "Promotion of Female Employment and Firm Performance"
YAMAMOTO Isamu (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
13:50 - 14:10 "Effects of Diversity Management on Female Regular Employees' Workers' Wages"
YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, the University of Chicago)
14:10 - 14:30 "Multinationals and Female Employment in Japan"
KODAMA Naomi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
14:30 - 14:50 "The Multiple Roles and Health Issues of Women: From the perspectives of work-family balance"
YOSHIZAWA Toyoko (Member, Science Council of Japan/ Professor, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine)
14:50 - 15:10 Q&A Session
Moderator:
ISHIHARA Naoko (Editor in Chief of "Works", Recruit Works Institute)
15:10 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 17:00 Part II: Panel Discussion "Career and WLB: Overcoming challenges during the child-rearing period from the stances of individuals, companies, and society"
Chair:
HIGUCHI Yoshio (Member, Science Council of Japan / Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)
Panelists (alphabetical order):
ISHIHARA Naoko (Editor in Chief of "Works", Recruit Works Institute)
IWATA Kimie (President, Japan Institute for Women's Empowerment & Diversity Management / External Director, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. / Audit & Supervisory Board Member (outside), Kirin Holdings Company, Limited)
OISHI Akiko (Member, Science Council of Japan / Professor, Faculty of Law, Politics & Economics, Chiba University)
TAKEISHI Emiko (Member, Science Council of Japan / Professor, Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies, Hosei University)
FUJISAWA Hideaki (Director, Economic and Social Policy Office, Economic and Industrial Policy Bureau, METI)
Moderator
