Personnel Economics Workshop (PEW)

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PEW in 2026 will be held on the fourth Saturday of each month. The workshop starts at 3:00 p.m.
Each workshop basically consists of two sessions: a 1-hour presentation and a 1.5-hour presentation.

Venue: Waseda University; classroom 3-709
Speaker: Ryohei Kashima (Japan Organization of Occupational Health & Safety)
Title: The consequences of overtime regulation for workers' well-being in labor shortage sectors: Evidence from Japan's 2024 reform
Abstract:
We examine the effects of Japan’s 2024 overtime regulation on construction workers and motor vehicle drivers. Although workers in other sectors experienced overtime regulation in 2019 or 2020, these two labor-shortage sectors were exempt and later became subject to the regulation. We use six waves of individual semi-annual panel data from January 2023 to July 2025. We use a difference-in-differences-in-reverse (DDR) design that compares post-minus-pre changes between newly regulated and already-regulated groups to identify the pre-treatment effect on three aspects for the newly regulated group: working hours, health, and subjective well-being. We find a decline in long working hours and an increase in well-being, but no clear health effect. To investigate the absence of clear health benefits, we examine potential mechanisms. Our findings suggest that reduced working hours were partially offset by increased time spent on housework and that legislation may not sufficiently change health behavior to affect health status.
Language: 日本語
Time: 15:00-16:00

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