Seminar program: Social policies on aging, family, social inclusion, and poverty in Japan and Lithuania (23rd-25th October)
Link for remote participants: click here. Time zone: GMT+9
Day 1: Individual Research Reports
Reports on social security and policy along four themes: ageing, health, retirement; family, gender, birth; social exclusion and poverty; and the impact analysis of social spending. Researchers from Japan and Lithuania will present their findings alternately and discuss them. In this segment, each researcher will report on their specific area of expertise.
Date and time: 23rd October, 9:00-16:00
| Place: Rikkyo University (Rikkyo Educational corporation access to Ikebukuro) (Rikkyo Educational corporation Ikebukuro campus map) |
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| 9:00-9:05 | Opening remark |
| 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. Basic needs, absolute poverty and benefit non-take-up: method and estimation. Evaluating the progressivity and level of social expenditure in Lithuania. |
| 9:55-10:00 | Extended Q&A and coffee break |
| 10:00-10:50 | Intersectionality and Employment Policies: Women with Health Problems. Yurie Momose, Univ. of Tokyo |
| 10:50-11:00 | Extended Q&A and coffee break |
| Session 2: Family, Gender, 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 | Lunchtime |
| 13:00-13:50 |
The short run effects of childbirth on parents’ earnings in the Baltics. The probability of poverty after childbirth and divorce in Europe: the role of social stratification and tax-benefit policies. Jekaterina Navickė, Vilnius university |
| 13:50-14:00 | Extended Q&A and coffee break |
| Session 3: Aging, Health, Retirement | |
| 14:00-14:50 | Income Receipt, Economic Activities, and Health: Evidence from Ambulance Transport Patterns. Yoko Ibuka, Keio Univ. |
| 14:50-15:00 | Extended Q&A and coffee break |
| 15:00-15:50 |
To work or not to work: factors affecting bridge employment beyond retirement in Lithuania. The role of unmet healthcare needs in mental health among older adults in Europe. Healthy and active aging? Aging concepts and tensions of personal practices in Lithuania and the EU. |
| 15:50-16:00 | Closing remark |
Day 2: Frontier of International Comparative Research on Social Security (Joint conference with Rikkyo Institute of Economic Research)
Reports on the specific features of cross-country and interdisciplinary research in economics, sociology, and social policy will be presented, and discussions about journals for English paper submissions will take place. Reports from researchers outside the project team are also being considered, therefore, a hybrid seminar, including online presentations, is being contemplated.
Date and time: 24th October, 9:00-16:30
| Place: Rikkyo University (Rikkyo Educational corporation access to Ikebukuro) (Rikkyo Educational corporation Ikebukuro campus map) |
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| 10:00-10:05 | Opening remark |
| Session ４: On Social Policy in Japan and Lithuania | |
| 10:05-10:50 | Welfare state expansion and policy outcomes in Japan. Michihito Ando, Rikkyo Univ. |
| 10:50-11:00 | Extended Q&A and coffee break |
| 11:00-12:00 | The Baltic Tiger? Social policy in Lithuania in the EU context. Jekaterina Navickė, Kristina Zitikytė, Vilnius university |
| 12:00-13:00 | Lunchtime |
| 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 Motegi, Pompeu Fabra Univ. & Univ. of Southern Denmark |
| 13:45-13:50 | Extended Q&A and 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 | Extended Q&A and 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 | Extended Q&A and coffee break |
| 15:35-16:15 |
Combining social and biomedical perspectives: the differences in well-being and social participation across multimorbidity patterns. Eco-social State in the European Union: the Relationship Between the Social and Climate Policy of the Member States. |
| 16:15-16:25 | Discussion |
| 16:25-16:30 | Closing remarks |
Day 3: The Frontier of Cross-Country and Interdisciplinary Research on Social Security (Joint conference with IPSS)
A seminar on research reports and methodologies using micro and macro data that enable international comparisons.
Additionally, collaboration with the National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, which Ando previously belonged to and where Fukai and Momose have research experience, is being explored.
Date and time: 25th October, 9:00-16:00
| Place: IPSS (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research) (National Institute of Population and Social Security Research map) |
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| 9:00-9:10 | Opening remark (Reiko Hayashi, Director-General of IPSS) |
| 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 | Extended Q&A and coffee break |
| 10:20-11:20 | EUROMOD: Tax-benefit microsimulation model for the European Union. Nerijus Černiauskas, Vilnius university |
| 11:20-12:30 | Lunchtime |
| Session 8: Other micro-data for international comparisons | |
| 12:30-13:20 | Social-policy-related statistics in Japan. Nobuyuki Izumida (TBC), IPSS |
| 13:20-13:30 | Extended Q&A and coffee break |
| 13:30-14:20 |
European statistics and comparative survey data. Using administrative records for analysis and research: possibilities and challenges. |
| 14:20-14:30 | Extended Q&A and 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 | The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE): limitations and opportunities. Olga Zamalijeva, Antanas Kairys, Vilnius university |
| 15:30-15:55 | Discussion on SHARE and JSTAR |
| 15:55-16:00 | Closing remarks |
