ESRI-JILPT-RIETI Joint Seminar on Women's Economic Activities

  • Program

Information

  • Time and Date: 13:20 - 16:30, Wednesday, March 5, 2014
  • Venue: JA Kyosai Building Conference Hall (2-7-9, Hirakawa-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
  • Language: Japanese
  • Admission: Free
  • Capacity: 300 (Registration closes if it reaches capacity. First-come-first-served basis.)
  • Host: Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office
  • Co-hosts: The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
  • Contact: Department of Information and Research Cooperation, ESRI (Tel: 03-3581-0457 Fax: 03-3581-1538)

Program

13:20-14:15 Presentation

"Career Interruption of Women with Children: New findings based on JILPT National Survey of Households with Children 2012"

ZHOU Yanfei's photo

ZHOU Yanfei (Vice Senior Researcher, JILPT)

"RIETI Research Findings on the Impact of Diversity and Work-Life Balance"

KODAMA Naomi's photo

KODAMA Naomi (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)

"Analyses of Factors Relating to the Declining Number of Children and Desire for Children: Empirical evidence from survey data"

ASADA Chihoko's photo

ASADA Chihoko (Executive Research Fellow, ESRI)

14:15-14:35 Break

14:35-16:30 Panel Discussion

"Achieving Women's Greater Role in the Economy and Overcoming Low Fertility—How can we change our way of working and gender-based household responsibilities?"

Moderator:

ASADA Chihoko's photo

ASADA Chihoko (Executive Research Fellow, ESRI)

Theme 1 "Women in Business"

Presentation:

HIGUCHI Yoshio's photo

HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)

Comments:

TAKEISHI Emiko's photo

TAKEISHI Emiko (Professor, Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies, Hosei University)

Theme 2 "Female Employment during Childbirth and Childcare Period"

Presentation:

TAKEISHI Emiko's photo

TAKEISHI Emiko (Professor, Faculty of Lifelong Learning and Career Studies, Hosei University)

Comments:

IWASAWA Miho's photo

IWASAWA Miho (Senior Researcher, Department of Population Dynamics Research, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)

Theme 3 "Changing Men's Way of Working"

Presentation:

HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro's photo

HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro (Senior Research Director, Department of Industrial Relations, JILPT)

Comments:

HIGUCHI Yoshio's photo

HIGUCHI Yoshio (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University)

Wrap-up Comments

SEIKE Atsushi's photo

SEIKE Atsushi (Honorary President, ESRI / President, Keio University)

Q&A