ESRI International Conference 2023 "Demographic change and Economic growth"

Economic and social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

 Summary

• International Conference(PDF-Format 311 KB)

1. Date and Time

Thursday, August 3, 2023, 9:00-18:30 (JST)

(Wednesday, August 2, 20:00-29:30 (EST))

2. Method

Hybrid (Face-to-face & Online)

3. Program

9:00-

<Opening Speech>

Yutaka Murayama, President Economic and Social Research Institute

video Opening Speech

9:05-

<Welcome Speech>

Shigeyuki Goto, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy

video Welcome Speech

9:10-10:00

<Keynote Speech>

Chair: Anil Kashyap, Professor, University of Chicago

Presenter：Jared Bernstein, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers [Online]　　　　　　　

• slides(PDF-Format 1.98 MB)

video Keynote Speech

10:15-11:30

<Session 1> The effects of countermeasures against the declining birthrate

Chair：Tomoko Hayashi, Director General for Economic Research, Cabinet Office

Presenter：Shintaro Yamaguchi, Professor, University of Tokyo(Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ESRI)

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Discussant：Jessica Pan, Professor, National University of Singapore

• slides(PDF-Format 933 KB)

video first session

12:30-13:45

<Session 2> Birthrate and female labor force participation

Chair：Anil Kashyap, Professor, University of Chicago

Presenter：Mary Brinton, Professor, Havard University

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Discussant：Daiji Kawaguchi, Professor, University of Tokyo

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video second session

14:00-15:15

<Session 3> Aging and productivity

Chair：Atsushi Seike, ESRI president emeritus

Presenter：David Bloom, Professor, Havard University

Co-Presenter：Rainer Kotschy, Postdoctoral research fellow, Havard University

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Discussant：Sachiko Kuroda, Professor, Waseda University

• slides(PDF-Format 1.20 MB)

video third session

15:30-16:45

<Session 4> Necessary fiscal adjustment due to continued aging

Chair：Alan Auerbach, Professor, University of California, Berkely

Presenter：Tomoaki Yamada, Professor, Meiji University(Visiting Senior Research Fellow, ESRI)

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Discussant：Douglas Elmendorf, Professor, Havard University

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video fourth session

17:00-18:25

<Panel discussion> Demographic change and International capital flow, long-term interest rate

Chair：Takeo Hoshi, Professor, University of Tokyo

Panelists：Alan Auerbach, Professor, University of California, Berkeley

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Charles Yuji Horioka, Professor, Kobe University

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Charles Evans, Former President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

 

Sayuri Shirai, Professor, Keio University

 

video panel discussion

18:25-18:30

<Closing Speech>

Yutaka Murayama, President Economic and Social Research Institute

video closing speech