Labour Market Policy for Economic Growth

Session 1 (10:00 - 11:30)

10:00 - 10:15 Opening remarks:

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

Richard BALDWIN (Director, CEPR / Professor, Graduate Institute, Geneva)

10:15 - 10:45 Presentation: "The Impact of a Demand Shock on the Employment of Temporary Agency Workers: Evidence from Japan during the Global Financial Crisis"

Presenter

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Keio University)

• Presentation [PDF:1.0MB]
• "The Impact of a Demand Shock on the Employment of Temporary Agency Workers: Evidence from Japan during the global financial crisis," RIETI Discussion Paper 14-E-046

10:45 - 11:00 Response

Marco FRANCESCONI (Research Fellow, CEPR / Professor, University of Essex)

11:00 - 11:30 General Discussion

11:30 - 11:45 Coffee break

Session 2 (11:45 - 13:00)

11:45 - 12:15 Presentation: "Three Obstacles for Women's Advancement in Japan"

Presenter

OWAN Hideo (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, the University of Tokyo)

12:15 - 12:30 Response

Ghazala AZMAT (Research Affiliate, CEPR / Associate Professor, Queen Mary University)

12:30 - 13:00 General Discussion

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

Session 3 (14:00 - 15:15)

14:00 - 14:30 Presentation: "Consumer Confidence and Psychological Variables"

Presenter

SEKIZAWA Yoichi (Senior Fellow, RIETI)

• Presentation [PDF:330KB]
• Paper [PDF:336KB]
• "Does the Three Good Things Exercise Really Make People More Positive and Less Depressed? A study in Japan," RIETI Discussion Paper 15-E-001

14:30 - 14:45 Response

Francesco FASANI (Lecturer, Queen Mary University)

14:45 - 15:15 General Discussion

15:15 - 15:30 Coffee break

Session 4 (15:30 - 17:00)

15:30 - 16:45 Panel Discussion:

Richard BALDWIN (Director, CEPR / Professor, Graduate Institute, Geneva)

Jonathan PORTES (Director, NIESR)

NAKAJIMA Atsushi (Chairman, RIETI)

TSURU Kotaro (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor, Keio University)

16:45 - 17:00 Concluding Remarks