Announcement
Amid ongoing demographic changes, advanced economies have increasingly relied on migration as a component of their labor supply. However, the question of how to support effective social and economic integration remains a key policy challenge. This symposium will examine recent developments in migration and their impacts on labor markets in countries such as Germany and Switzerland, which have been at the forefront of these trends. It will also explore the characteristics of foreign workers within the Japanese labor market. Drawing on recent research findings, the symposium will provide insights from the perspectives of labor markets, institutional design, and social integration, and will facilitate a multifaceted discussion on future policy directions related to migration and integration.
Information
- Time and Date: 14:00-17:20 (JST), Monday, May 11, 2026
- Venue: IINO Hall & CONFERENCE CENTER＋Online (Live Stream)
(4F IINO BUILDING, 2-1-1 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) - Languages: Japanese / English (with simultaneous interpretation)
- Admission: Free
- Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI) / Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
- Contact: Ms. MARUTAKE Conference Section, RIETI
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Program
14:00-14:05 Opening Remarks
FUKAO Kyoji (Chairman, RIETI / University Professor, IER, Hitotsubashi University)
14:05-14:40 Session 1: Whose American Dream? Intergenerational Mobility of Immigrants and Natives' Policy Preferences
Presenter
Hillel RAPOPORT (Co-director, CEPR Research and Policy Network (RPN) on Migration / Professor at Paris School of Economics (PSE))
Discussant
OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Keio University)
Session Chair
Martina VIARENGO (Professor, Department of Economics Geneva Graduate Institute / CEPR Fellow)
Q&A
14:40-15:15 Session 2: The Gender Dimension of Refugees' Integration in the Labor Market: Evidence from Switzerland
Presenter
Martina VIARENGO (Professor, Department of Economics Geneva Graduate Institute / CEPR Fellow)
Discussant
LIU Yang (Senior Fellow and Policy Advisor, RIETI)
Session Chair
HASHIMOTO Yuki (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
Q&A
15:15-15:35 Break
15:35-16:10 Session 3: Foreign-Native Wage Gap in Japan: Segregation by Visa Policy
Presenter
HASHIMOTO Yuki (Senior Fellow (Policy Economist), RIETI)
Discussant
KONDO Keisuke (Senior Fellow, RIETI / Associate Professor, Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University)
Session Chair
OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Keio University)
Q&A
16:10-17:10 Session 4: Panel Discussion "Migration and Labor Market: What Can Europe and Japan Learn from Each Other's Experience?"
Panelists (Alphabetical order)
KAMBAYASHI Ryo (Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics, Musashi University)
OKUBO Toshihiro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Keio University)
Hillel RAPOPORT (Co-director, CEPR Research and Policy Network (RPN) on Migration / Professor at Paris School of Economics (PSE))
Martina VIARENGO (Professor, Department of Economics Geneva Graduate Institute / CEPR Fellow)
Session Chair
TAMURA Akihiko (Senior Advisor, RIETI / Director General, JETRO Paris)
Discussion
Q&A
17:10-17:20 Closing Remarks
Beatrice WEDER DI MAURO (President, CEPR / Professor, Geneva Graduate Institute)
*Agenda is subject to change
