Science Council of Japan-RIETI Policy Symposium

Diversity Management and Work Life Balance

  • Program

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