[Workshop] Labor Market and Consumer Issues in East Asia

 

The 11th Joint Conference of the University of Tokyo and Seoul National University

 

 

 

 

 

Labor Market and Consumer Issues in East Asia

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 14, 2014

 

Seoul National University

(Seminar Room 16-312, College of Social Sciences)

 

 

Organized by

	Institute of Economic Research and Center for Distributive Justice in Seoul National University
	Center for International Research on the Japanese Economy (CIRJE) in University of Tokyo

Program

 

 

09:40-10:00 Registration

 

10:00-10:10 Opening Remarks

Shin-ichi Fukuda (Director, CIRJE, University of Tokyo)

Keun Lee (Director, Institute of Economic Research, Seoul National University)

 

SESSION I Chaired by Biung-Ghi Ju (Director, Center for Distributive Justice, Seoul National University)

 

10:10-11:10 Paper 1 Andrew S. Griffen (University of Tokyo)

Fertility and Maternal Labor Supply in Japan: Conflicting Policy Goals?

Discussion by Chul-In Lee (Seoul National University)

11:10-11:20 Break

11:20-12:20 Paper 2 Keunkwan Ryu (Seoul National University)

Consumers are not like firms in the credit market

Discussion by Daniel Marszalec (University of Tokyo)

 

12:20-14:00 Lunch

 

SESSION II Chaired by Shin-ichi Fukuda (University of Tokyo)

 

14:00-15:00 Paper 3 Chulhee Lee (Seoul National University)

Son Preference, Sex-Selective Abortions, and Parental Investment in Girls: Evidence from South Korea

Discussion by Ryuichi Tanaka (University of Tokyo)

15:00-15:10 Break

15:10-16:10 Paper 4 Seung-Gyu(Andrew) Sim (University of Tokyo)

On-the-Job Training and On-the-Job Search: Wage-Training Contracts in a  Frictional Labor Market Discussion by Young Sik Kim (Seoul National University)

 

18:00 Dinner