ESRI International Conference for International
Collaboration Projects 2017/2018
Empirical Analysis on Issues toward Strengthening Japan's Potential Growth and Revitalizing the Economy

In this research project, the ESRI carries out research on various issues and prescriptions to realize Japan's sustainable, strong economic growth, from the dual aspects of economic supply and demand, on the respective topics of "strengthening potential growth: human resources, human capital, and innovation" and "revitalizing the economy: structural challenges faced by firms and households."

Interim Report Meeting

November 24, 2017 "Strengthening Japan's Potential Growth"

10:30

Opening Remarks: Fumihira Nishizaki, President of ESRI

 

Daiji Kawaguchi, the chair of the research, (The University of Tokyo)

10:40

Session1 "Change in the structure of corporate governance and human capital investment"

Presentation:

Akiomi Kitagawa (Tohoku University)

11:10

Session2 "The effects of graduate education on wages"

Presentation:

Kengo Yasui (Aoyama Gakuin University)

13:10

Session3 "Labor market mismatch in Japan: measurement and decomposition analysis"

Presentation:

Keisuke Kawata (The University of Tokyo))

13:40

Session4 "The effect of firm's provided job training -- reassessment"

Presentation:

Akihito Toda (Recruit Works Institue)

14:30

Session5 "Cognitive and Non-cognitive Skills, and Employment Outcomes in Japan"

Presentation:

Tomohiko Inui (Gakushuin University)

Naomi Kodama (Hitotsubashi University)

Tomoki Sonoda (Recruit Carrer)

15:00

Session6 "Impact of work life balance initiatives at the workplace"

Presentation:

Masako Kurosawa (National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies)

15:30

Comment by the chair of the research: Daiji Kawaguchi (The University of Tokyo)

※The title of some paper are tentative.

January 31,2018 "Revitalizing the Economy"

13:30

Opening Remarks: Fumihira Nishizaki, President of ESRI

 

Etsuro Shioji , the chair of the research (Hitotsubashi University)

13:40

Session1 "The Puzzle of the Gap between Strong Corporate Profits and Weak Capital Investment"

Presentation:

Kenji Tanaka (Deveropment Bank Of Japan,Research Institute of Capital Formation)

14:10

Session2 "CROSS-BORDER MERGERS AND CHANGING NATURE OF JAPANESE FIRMS"

Presentation:

Satoshi Koibuchi (Chuo University)

Mizuki Goto (Hitotsubashi Univesity)

14:50

Session3 "Cash Holdings: Evidence from Firm-Level Big Data in Japan"

Presentation:

Daisuke Miyakawa (Hitotsubashi University)

Kaoru Hosono (Gakushuin University)

Miho Takizawa (Toyo University)

15:20

Session4 "Uncertainty, Investment and Cash Holding: Theory and Firm-level Evidence"

Presentation:

Tatsuro Senga (Queen Mary University of London)

Aubhik Khan (The Ohio State University)

15:50

Discussion: Investment Behavior of Japanese Firms

16:20

Session5 "Bequest motives and the Saving Behavior of the Elderly People: Empirical Evidence from a Survey on Japanese Households"

Presentation:

Junya Hamaaki (Hosei University)

Masahiro Hori (ESRI)

16:50

Session6 "ABENOMICS, THE HOUSING MARKET, AND CONSUMPTION"

Presentation:

Takashi Unayama (Hitotsubashi University)

Joshua K. Hausman (University of Michigan)

Johannes F. Wieland (University of California, San Diego)

17:20

Comment by the chair of the research: Eturo Shioji (Hitotsubashi University)

※The title of some paper are tentative.