The Trans Pacific Labor Seminar (TPLS) was founded by Takao Kato and Peter Kuhn in 2007 to begin a much-needed process of international academic integration of labor economists in the Pacific Rim. Since then, the TPLS has been holding annual meetings in the United States, Japan and Australia. This year we are pleased to bring the TPLS meeting back to Tokyo after six years.
Organized by Takao Kato, Peter Kuhn, Ryo Kambayashi, and Emiko Usui
Sponsored by Institue of Economic Research, Hitotosubashi University and Kambayashi Scholarship Foundation
Dates: March 16-17, 2015
Place: Hitotsubashi Hall - Room 101-103, Tokyo, Japan
PROGRAM DAY 1
(March 16, Hitotsubashi Hall - Room 101-103)
9:00 Opening remarks: Takao Kato, Colgate University
Morning Session
Chair Dainn Wie (GRIPS)
9:05 Hitoshi Shigeoka (Simon Fraser University)
“Least Restrictive Environment’ Mandate: The Effects of Mainstreaming on Cognitive and Noncognitive Development” (with Andrew McGee)
Slides (uploaded on 15th March)
9:45 Richard Freeman (Harvard University)
30 minutes Coffee Break
10:55 Peter Kuhn (University of California, Santa Barbara)
“SelfControl and Intertemporal Choice: Evidence from Glucose and DepletionInterventions” (with Michael A. Kuhn and Marie Claire Villeval)
Slides (uploaded on 11th March)
11:35 Sun Youn Lee (Meijigakuin University)
"IsBeing Agreeable a Key to the Success or Failure in the Labor Market?” (with Fumio Ohtake) Slides
Lunch at Conference Hall
Afternoon Session
Chair Jess Diamond (Hitotsubashi University)
13:15 Shintaro Yamaguchi (McMaster University)
“DynamicEffects of Parental Leave Policy on Female Labor Market Outcomes”
13:55 Izumi Yokoyama (Hitotsubashi University)
“TheImpact of Tax Reform in Japan on the Work-Hour and Income Distributions ofMarried Women”
Slides (uploaded on 14th March)
30 minutes Coffee Break
15:05 Yukiko Asai (the University of Tokyo)
“ChildcareAvailability, Household Structure, and Maternal Employment” (with Ryo Kambayashi and Shintaro Yamaguchi)
15:45 Emiko Usui (Hitotsubashi University)
“AreJapanese men of pensionable age underemployed or overemployed?” (with Satoshi Shimizutani and Takashi Oshio)
18:00 Dinner at KKR Hotel
PROGRAM DAY 2
(March 17, Hitotsubashi Hall - Room 101-103)
Morning Session
Chair Yuko Onozuka (University of Stavanger)
9:00 Jed DeVaro (California State University, East Bay)
“Internaland External Hiring: The Role of Prior Job Assignments” (with Antti Kauhanen and Nelli Valmari)
Slides (uploaded on 17th March)
9:40 Lisa Kahn (Yale University)
“IsCollege the New High School? Evidence from Vacancy Postings” (with Brad Hershbein)
30 minutes Coffee Break
10:50 Stacey Chen (Academia Sinica)
“TheImpact of Family Composition on Educational Achievement” (with Yen-Chien Chen and Jin-Tan Liu)
11:30 Ayako Kondo (Yokohama National University)
“PeerEffects in Employment Status: Evidence from Housing Lotteries for ForcedEvacuees in Fukushima” (with Masahiro Shoji)
Lunch at Latin (Gakushi-kaikan)
Afternoon Session
Chair Hiroshi Ono (Hitotsubashi University)
13:30 Takao Kato (Colgage University)
“EmployeeOwnership in Japan: New Evidence” (with Hideo Owan)
14:10 Hodaka Morita (The University of New South Wales)
“Impactsof group identity: Ex ante relation-specific investment vs. ex postopportunistic behavior” (with Maroš Servátka) Paper 1 Paper 2
Conference closing remarks: Peter Kuhn, University of California, Santa Barbara
15:30 Bus departs Hitotsubashi Hall for Hama-rikyu Gardens and Gajyoen dinner