Research seminars with three sessions on social exclusion, family, and aging
Place: Rikkyo University
9:00-9:05 Opening remarks
Session 1: Social Exclusion, Poverty and Social Expenditure
9:05-9:55 "Distributional impact assessment of recent changes to old-age pensions, social benefits and taxes in Lithuania" (Jekaterina Navicke)
"Basic needs, absolute poverty and benefit non-take-up: method and estimation" (Vitalija Gabnyte)
"Evaluating the progressivity and level of social expenditure in Lithuania" (Nerijus Cerniauskas)
9:55-10:00 Coffee break
10:00-10:50 "Intersectionality and Employment Policies: Women with Health Problems" (Yurie Momose, Univ. of Tokyo)
10:50-11:00 Coffee break
Session 2：Family, Gender, and Birth
11:00-11:50 What Boosts Family-friendly Program Take-up and Maternal Employment?: The Policy Mediating Role of Employers (Taiyo Fukai, Gakushuin Univ.)
11:50-13:00 Lunch time
13:00-13:50 "The short run effects of childbirth on parents’ earnings in the Baltics" (Nerijus Cerniauskas, Vilunius Univ.)
"The probability of poverty after childbirth and divorce in Europe: the role of social stratification and tax-benefit policies" (Jekaterina Navicke, Vilunius univ.)
13:50-14:00 Coffee break
Session 3: Aging, Health and Retirement
14:00-14:50 "Income Receipt, Economic Activities, and Health: Evidence from Ambulance Transport Patterns" (Yoko Ibuka, Keio Univ.)
14:50-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-15:55 "To work or not to work: factors affecting bridge employment beyond retirement in Lithuania" (Kristina Zitikyte, Vilunius univ.)
"Unmet healthcare needs predict depression symptoms among older adults" (Olga Zamalijeva, Vilunius univ.)
"Healthy and active aging? Aging concepts and tensions of personal practices in Lithuania and the EU" (Ugne Gudžinskait, Vilunius univ.)
15:55-16:00 Closing remarks
Research reports and discussions on social security policy, international comparative studies, and interdisciplinary studies
Place: Rikkyo University
10:00-10:05 Opening remarks
Session 4: Social policies in Japan ad Lithuania
10:05-10:50 "Welfare state expansion and policy outcomes in Japan" (Michihito Ando, Rikkyo Univ.)
10:50-11:00 Coffe break
11:00-12:00 "Between a risk society and a welfare state? Social policy in Lithuania in the EU context" (Jekaterina Navicke, Kristina Zitikyte)
12:00-13:00 Lunch time
Session 5: Demography in Japan and Lithuania
13:00-13:45 Low fertility in Japan and the two vulnerable groups due to the consequences of low fertility (Ryohei Mogi, Pompeu Fabra Univ. & Univ. of Southern Denmark)[remote]
13:45-13:50 Coffee break
13:50-14:35 Demographic situation and trends in Lithuania in the EU context (Dovilė Galdauskaitė, Vilnius University) [remote]
14:35-14:45 Coffee break
Session 6: On Comparative and Interdisciplinary Research
14:45-15:30 "Structures and Processes of Social Exclusion Hindering Adult Health" (Yurie Momose, Univ. of Tokyo)
15:30-15:35 Coffee break
15:35-16:15 "The role of multimorbidity patterns and unmet healthcare needs in mental health and well-being of older adults in Europe" (Olga Zamalijeva)
"Eco-social State in the European Union: the Relationship Between the Social and Climate Policy of the Member States" (Ulijona Kaklauskaite) [remote]
16:15-16:25 Discussion
16:25-16:30 Closing remarks
Research reports and discussions on analyses using microdata and on international comparisons using microdata
Place: IPSS
9:00-9:10 Opening remarks
Reiko Hayashi（IPSS, Director General)
Session 7: NTA and EUROMOD
9:10-10:10 “National Transfer Accounts (NTA) in Japan: 1984-2014" (Taiyo Fukai, Gakusyuin Uiv.)
10:10-10:20 Coffee break
10:20-11:20 "EUROMOD: Tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European Union" (Nerijus Černiauskas, Vilunius univ.)
11:20-12:30 Lunch time
Session 8: Micro data for international comparisons
12:30-13:20 Some Aspects of Deprivation in Japan: using The National Survey on Social Security and People’s Life (Nobuyuki Izumida, IPSS)
13:20-13:30 Coffee break
13:30-14:20 "European statistics and comparative survey data" (Vitalija Gabnytė, Jekaterina Navickė)
"Using administrative records for analysis and research: possibilities and challenges" (Ugne Gudžinskaitė &Kristina Zitikytė, Vilunius univ.)
14:20-14:30 Coffee break
Session 9: SHARE and JSTAR
14:30-15:00 "Aging, Long-term Care, and Health: Insights from the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR)" (Yoko Ibuka, Keio Univ.)
15:00-15:30 "SHARE: the survey of health, ageing and retirement in Europe" (Olga Zamalijeva & Antanas Kairys, Vilunius univ.)
15:30-15:55 Discussion
15:55-16:00 Closing remarks