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RIETI/IZA World of Labor Policy Symposium: Reforming Labor Market Institutions to Promote Elderly Employment

Organizers: Alessio J. G. Brown (Director of Strategy and Research Management, IZA), Daiji Kawaguchi (Faculty Fellow at RIETI, Professor of Economics at Hitotsubashi University and Research Fellow at IZA )
Location:Tokyo, Japan
Date:May 26, 2015

Event Manager:

Viola Hartmann (IZA)


Program

Preliminary Version (January 13, 2015)

Tuesday, May 26:

 
13:00 - 13:10   Opening Remarks
Masahisa Fujita (President of RIETI)
(Video)
 
13:10 - 13:30   Opening Remarks and Introduction of "IZA World of Labor"
Alessio J. G. Brownn (Director of Strategy and Research Management, IZA)
(Video)
 
 
        Keynote Speeches
 
13:30 - 14:15   David Neumark (Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine and Research Fellow at IZA )
  "Age Discrimination Laws and Age Discrimination in the United States"
 
14:15 - 15:00   Juan F. Jimeno (Head of the Research Division of the Bank of Spain and Research Fellow at IZA )
  "What/How Dismissal Regulation Affects the Elderly Employment and Youth Employment"
 
    (Video)
 
 
15:00 - 15:30   Coffee Break
 
 
        Keynote Speeches
 
15:30 - 16:15   Ayako Kondo (Associate Professor of Economics at Yokohama National University)
  "Relations between Employment Situation and Legislative Reform of Elderly Employment"
 
    (Video)
 
16:15 - 17:55   Panel Discussion "Promoting Employment of the Elderly: Evidence-Based Policy Making"
  Chair: Daiji Kawaguchi (Faculty Fellow at RIETI, Professor of Economics at Hitotsubashi University and Research Fellow at IZA )
 
    Introduction by
Kotaro Tsuru
(Chair of Employment Working Group, Council for Regulatory Reform, Faculty Fellow at RIETI and Professor at Keio University)
"Changing the Japanese Way of Working through the Introduction of Limited-type Regular Employment Practices"


Panel:
Juan F. Jimeno (Head of the Research Division of the Bank of Spain and Research Fellow at IZA)
Ayako Kondo (Associate Professor of Economics at Yokohama National University)
David Neumark (Professor of Economics at the University of California, Irvine and Research Fellow at IZA)
Kotaro Tsuru (Chair of Employment Working Group, Council for Regulatory Reform, Faculty Fellow at RIETI and Professor at Keio University)


(Video)
 






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