Information
- Time and Date: 9:00 - 14:00, Wednesday, December 23, 2020
- Language: Japanese
- Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
Program
9:00-9:05
Opening Remarks
YANO Makoto (Chairman, RIETI / Project Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Kyoto University / Professor by Special Appointment, Sophia University)
Special Remarks
Kei SATO (Parliamentary Vice-Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry)
9:05-9:10 Introduction
YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
Session1：Social / Economic Policy and EBPM
9:10-9:35 Family Policies and Fertility
YAMAGUCHI Shintaro (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
9:35-10:00 Evidence-Based Reform for Electricity System
ITO Koichiro (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago / Faculty Research Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research)
10:00-10:10 Q&A
Moderator
KOBAYASHI Yohei (Consulting Fellow, RIETI / Chief Analyst, Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting Co., Ltd.)
Session2：EBPM Outlook
10:10-10:35 Five reasons ｗhy evidence is so important for education?
NAKAMURO Makiko (Professor, Faculty of Policy Management & Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
10:35-11:00 What hinder rational policy-making?
UCHIYAMA Yu (Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
11:00-11:10 Q&A
Moderator
SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow & Research Coordinator (EBPM), RIETI)
11:10-11:20 Break
Session3：Preventing the Spread of the Novel Coronavirus and EBPM
11:20-11:45 Life and Death of EBPM: A Layman's Take on COVID19 Policy Responses
NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Founder CEO, Hanjuku-kaso, Inc. / Assistant Professor, Department of Economics & Cowles Foundation & Y-RISE, Yale University)
11:45-12:10 Behavioral Economics of COVID-19
OHTAKE Fumio (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
12:10-12:20 Q&A
Moderator
YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
12:20-12:50 Break
12:50-13:40 Panel Discussion
Panelists (In alphabetical order)
OHTAKE Fumio (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Osaka University)
NARITA Yusuke (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Founder CEO, Hanjuku-kaso, Inc. / Assistant Professor, Department of Economics & Cowles Foundation & Y-RISE, Yale University)
MORIKAWA Masayuki（President Chief Research Officer (CRO), RIETI / Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University)
YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
YAMAGUCHI Shintaro (Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo)
Moderator
NAKAMURO Makiko (Professor, Faculty of Policy Management & Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio University)
13:40-13:55 Q&A
13:55-14:00 Wrap-up
YAMAGUCHI Kazuo (Visiting Fellow, RIETI / Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago)
