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Oshio, T. and S. Shimizutani (2019). “Health Capacity to Work and its Long-term Trend among the Japanese Elderly," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 51, pp. 76-86.

Oshio, T. and E. Usui (2018). How Does Informal Caregiving Affect Daughters Employment and Mental Health in Japan?, Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, 49, pp 1-7.

Ahn, H, H. Ichimura, J. L. Powel and P. A. Ruud (2018). "Rejoinder for Simple Estimators for Invertible Index Models", Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 36(1), pp. 22-23.

Ahn, H, H. Ichimura, J. L. Powel and P. A. Ruud (2018). "Simple Estimators for Invertible Index Models", Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, 36(1), pp. 1-10.

Matsukura, R. and N. Ogawa (2018). "Asias Rapid Population Aging and Its Impact on the Changing Pattern of Intergenerational Transfer".  In N. Miyazato (ed.). The Future of Welfare State in East Asia, Tokyo: Yachiyo Publishing.

Arai, Y. and H. Ichimura (2018). "Simultaneous Selection of Optimal Bandwidths for the Sharp Regression Discontinuity Estimator", Quantitative Economics, 9(1), pp. 441-482.

Matsukura, R., S. Shimizutani, N. Mitsuyama, S-H. Lee and N. Ogawa (2018). "Untapped Work Capacity among Old Persons and Their Potential Contributions to the 'Silver Dividend' in Japan", Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 12, pp. 236-249. 

Oshio, T. and Usui, E. (2017). "Informal Parental Care and Female Labor Supply in Japan", Applied Economics Letters, 24(9), pp. 635-638.

Usui, E., S. Shimizutani and T. Oshio (2017). "Health Capacity to Work at Older Ages: Evidence from Japan". In David A. Wise (ed.). Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: The Capacity to Work at Older Ages, Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Kawaguchi, D., H. Naito and I. Yokoyama (2017). "Assessing the Effects of Reducing Standard Hours: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Japan", Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 43, pp. 59-76.

Kobayashi, M., Kobayashi M., Okumura, T. and Usui, E. (2016). "Sharing Housework between Husbands and Wives: How to Improve Marital Satisfaction for Working Wives in Japan", IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 5(18), pp. 1-15. 

Lee, S-H., N. Ogawa and R. Matsukura (2016). "Japan’s Pension Reform, Labor Market Responses and Savings", Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 8, pp. 67-75. 

Ogawa, N., R. Matsukura and S-H. Lee (2016). "Declining fertility and the rising costs of children and the elderly in Japan and other selected Asian countries: An analysis based upon the NTA approach". In Kendig, H., P. McDonald and J. Piggott (eds.). Population Ageing and Australia's Future (pp. 85-109), Canberra: ANU Press.

Shimizutani, S. and T. Oshio (2016). "Public Pension Benefits Claiming Behavior: New Evidence from the Japanese Study on Aging and Retirement", Japanese Economic Review, 67(3), pp. 235-256.

Usui, E., S. Shimizutani and T. Oshio (2016). "Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?", Japanese Economic Review, Special Issue on Economics of Aging in Japan and other Societies, 67(2), pp. 150-168.

Ichimura, H., Y. Sawada and S. Shimizutani (2016). "Conference on Economics of Ageing in Japan and Other Societies: Introduction”, Japanese Economic Review, Special Issue on Economics of Aging in Japan and other Societies, 67(2), pp. 147-149.

Okumura, T. and E. Usui (2016). "Intergenerational Transmission of Skills and Differences in Labor Market Outcomes for Blacks and Whites". In Cappellari, L., S. W. Polachek and K. Tatsiramos (eds.). Book Series: Research in Labor Economics, Vol. 43 - Inequality: Causes and Consequences, Emerald Group Publishing.

Ogawa, N. (2016). "Age Compositional Shifts and Economic Growth in Asia" (In Japanese), Toukei, 67(6), pp. 8-14. 

Arai, Y. and H. Ichimura (2016). "Optimal Bandwidth Selection for the Fuzzy Regression Discontinuity Estimator", Economics Letters, Vol. 141, pp. 103-106.

Shimizutani, S., T. Oshio and M. Fujii (2015). "Option Value of Work, Health Status, and Retirement Decisions in Japan: Evidence from the Japanese Study on Aging and Retirement (JSTAR)". In Wise, D. A. (ed.). Social Security Programs and Retirement around the World: Disability Insurance Programs and Retirement (pp. 497-535), University of Chicago Press.

Ichimura, H. and W. K. Newey (2015). "The Influence Function of Semiparametric Estimators", CeMMAP Working Papers, 44/15, pp 1-25.

Yamada, H. and S. Shimizutani (2015). "Labor Market Outcomes of Informal Care Provision in Japan", Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Vol. 6, pp. 79-88. 

Arai, Y. and H. Ichimura (2015). "Simultaneous Selection of Optimal Bandwidths for the Sharp Regression Discontinuity Estimator", CeMMAP Working Papers, 42/15, pp. 1-38.

Arai, Y., H. Ichimura and D. Kawaguchi (2015). "The Educational Upgrading of the Japanese Youth, 1987-2007: Are All Japanese Youths Ready for Structural Reforms?", Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 37(C), pp. 100-126.

Clark, R. L., R. Matsukura, N. Ogawa, and S. Shimizutani (2015). "Retirement Transitions in Japan", Public Policy & Aging Report, Vol. 25, pp. 129-131.

 

PRESENTATIONS 

Ichimura, H., "What Becomes Visible When the Census Survey is Panelized", 2019 Japanese Economic Association Conference, Kobe City, Japan; October 13, 2019.

Ogawa, N. (with  H. Ichimura, T. Fukai and R. Matsukura), "Changing Cognitive Performance and the Untapped Work Capacity of Old Persons in Japan", Stanford-Hallym Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference "Demographics and Innovation in the Asia-Pacific", June 3, 2019, Chuncheon, Republic of Korea.

Matsukura, R. (with Ogawa, N. and S-H. Lee), "Untapped Work Capacity among Old Persons and Their Potential Contributions to the Silver (Longevity) Demographic Dividend in Japan", 12th Global NTA Conference, Mexico City, Mexico; July 27, 2018.

Matsukura, R., "Ageing Asia and the Three Demographic Dividends", Conference on Strenghtening the Capacity of Parlamentarians for the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals: Ageing, Fertility and Youth Empowerment", Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; June 12, 2018.

Ichimura, H., "Locally Robust Semiparametric Estimation", Conference on Advances in Econometrics, Academica Sinica Institute of Economics, Taipei, Taiwan; May 25, 2018.

Matsukura, R., "Longevity Demographic Dividend", ADB Workshop: Technology and an Aging Workforce - Maximize the Gains from Longevity and Long Working Life, Seoul, Republic of Korea; May 18, 2018. 

Fukuda, S. (with I. Sato, K. Terada, T. Toriyabe, R. Matsukura and H. Ichimura), "Household Production and Consumption over the Lifecycle in Japan: NTA Summaries by Gender, from 1999 to 2014", AGENTA Final Conference: Economic Consequences of Population Ageing and Intergenerational Equity and National (Time) Transfer Accounts Workshop, Sigmund Freud University, Vienna, Austria; November 20, 2017.

Ogawa, N., "The Prospects for Continued Low Fertility and Rapid Population Aging in Japan", 2017 Gyeonggi Province International Symposium on Population Policies, Suwon, Republic of Korea; November 3, 2017.

Ogawa, N. "Asia's Population Ageing: The Three Demographic Dividends", Third International Conference on Social Protection 2017 "Migration, Development and Social Welfare: Implications and New Insights", University of Malaya Social Security Research Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia;  October 11, 2017.

Lill, F. and R. Matsukura, "The Elderly in Ageing Societies: Cost Factor or Safety Net? A Comparison of Family Regimes and Intergenerational Transfers in Germany and Japan", Statistische Woche Conference, Rostock, Germany; September 30, 2017.

Ichimura, H., "Japanese Policies in the Aging Society", The KEIS International Conference on "Challenges and Opportunities of Population Aging and Policy Implications: An International Perspective", FKI Tower Conference Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea; September 26, 2017.

Ichimura, H., "An Outline and Characteristics of the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR)", Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; September 7, 2017. 

Ogawa, N., "Japan's Ageing Labour Force and Its Impact on Employment Structure and Government Pension Schemes", International Social Security Conference 2017 "Future of Work: Preparing for Tomorrow Today", Aloft Kuala Lumpur Sentral, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 2, 2017.

Ichimura, H., "The Influence Function of Semiparametric Estimators", The 4th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Applied Econometrics (IAAE), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan; June 28, 2017.

Ichimura, H., "Toward a System-of-National-Accounts-Consistent Structural Model Estimation Based on Micro-Data", Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan; March 28, 2017.

Ichmura, H., "Quantifying Health Shocks over the Life Cycle", Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan; March 28, 2017.

Ichimura, H. "A Report on the Ten Cities Included in the JSTAR Survey" (In Japanese), Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI), Tokyo, Japan; March 28, 2017.

Ogawa, N., "Changing Intergenerational Transfers: Are Japan and Germany in the Same Boat?", DIJ Forum "Who Pays for Whom? Intergenerational Transfers in Japan and Germany", German Institute for Japanese Studies, Tokyo, Japan; February 23, 2017.

Ogawa, N., "The Impact of Rapid Population Aging upon Economic Growth, Labor Supply, and Intergenerational Transfers in Japan and Selected Asian Countries”, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; February 17, 2017.

Ogawa, N., "Population Aging and Its Impacts on Intergenerational Transfers in Japan and Selected Asian Countries”, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; February 14, 2017.

Ogawa, N., "Rapid Population Aging, Changing Intergenerational Transfers and Increasing Demand for Lifecycle Wealth in Japan”, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; February 13, 2017.

Ogawa, N., "Junior Baby Boomer Generation: Japan's Last Fortification?" (In Japanese), Research Seminars on the 21st Century Civilization 2016, Kobe, Japan; February 3, 2017.   

Ogawa, N., "The Impact of Extended Eligibility for Childcare Leave upon Fertility in Japan",  2016 KIHASA/EWC Conference "Low Fertility, Labor Market, and Family: Factors, Outcomes, and Policy Implications", East-West Center, Honolulu, USA; December 8, 2016.

Kawaguchi, D., "Labor Market Challenges in a Rapidly Aging Society", College of Social Science - 2016NTU-Tokyo Conference, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; November 30, 2016.

Matsukura, R., "How Population Aging Affects Macroeconomy", Policy Dialogue of Asian Parlamentarians and Experts on Ageing, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; October 11, 2016.

Ogawa, N., "Changing Intra-familial Income Transfers, Family Organization and Norms regarding Filial Care for the Elderly in Japan and Selected Asian Countries",  HelpAge Asia-Pacific Regional Conference, Hanoi, Vietnam; September 7, 2016.

Usui, E., "The Effects of Providing Eldercare on Daughters' Employment and Mental Health in Japan", 2016 International Conference on Population Aging in Three East Asian Countries: Demographic Transformation and Socio-Economic Responses of Korea, China and Japan, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea; August 26, 2016.

Ogawa, N., "1. Economic Growth in Ageing Societies, 2. Older Workers and Ageing Work Force, and 3. National Transfer Accounts: Population Ageing and the Generational Economy," Regional In-situ Training Programme on Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Gerontechnology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; August 12, 2016.

Ichimura, H., "About the Possibilities for Policy Making, System Development and Policy Evaluations through the Utilization of Micro Data from the Japanese Study of Aging and Retirement (JSTAR) and the National Survey on Work and Family (NSWF)" (In Japanese), Kobe Prefectural Government, Japan; July 3, 2016.

Ichimura, H., "The Influence Function of Semiparametric Estimators", 3rd China Meeting of the Econometric Society 2016, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, China; June 27, 2016.

Shimizutani, S. "Aging in Japan: Elderly Heterogeneity", Research Challenges for Global Pension: Trends and Heteregeneity, Pension Research Council, Paris, France; June 8, 2016.

Matsukura, R. (with S. Shimizutani, E. Usui, S-H. Lee and N. Ogawa), "Untapped Work Capacity among Old Persons and Their Potential Contributions to the First Demographic Dividend and Labor Supply in Japan", 2nd Workshop on the Economics of Ageing, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; May 27, 2016. 

Matsukura, R., "The Future of Public and Private Support in Japan", 2016 Population Association of Taiwan Conference, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan; April 27, 2016.

Usui, E., "Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?", Japan Economic Seminar - An Annual Event of the Center on Japanese Economy and Business (CJEP), Columbia Business School, Columbia University, USA; March 4, 2016.

Ogawa, N., "Policy Perspectives on Population Aging" (in Japanese), Japan Retirement Roundatble, BlackRock Retirement Institute (BRI), Tokyo, Japan; March 9, 2016. 

Ogawa, N., "Rapid Population Aging and Slow Labor Market Responses in Japan", 5th Berlin Demography Forum 2016, Berlin, Germany; February 24, 2016.

Ichimura, H., "Heterogeneity in Longitudinal Medical Conditions with Respect to Socio-Economic Conditions: Some Results Based on JSTAR", Grand Challenges Symposium: Demogaphic Change and Longevity, 2015, Kyoto, Japan; December 8, 2015.

Matsukura, R., "A Step towards Overcoming Methodological Limits", UNFPA Regional Meeting on National Transfer Accounts in Asia, Bangkok, Thailand; December 3, 2015.

Lee, S-H., N. Ogawa and R. Matsukura, "Japan’s Pension Reform, Labor Market Responses and Savings", EWC-KOSTAT Conference on the Demographic Dividend and Population Aging in Asia, Honolulu, USA; October 30, 2015.

Ogawa, N. and R. Matsukura, "Rapid Population Aging, Changing Intergenerational Transfers, and Increasing Demand for Lifecycle Wealth in Japan", International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics: Asia/Oceania 2015 Congress, Chang Mai, Thailand; October 19, 2015.

Newey, W. and H. Ichimura, "The Influence Function of Semiparametric Estimators", 11th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Montreal, Canada; August 21, 2015.

Ichimura, H. and W. Newey, "Conditioning Variables in Program Evaluation Methods", 11th World Congress of the Econometric Society, Montreal, Canada; August 17, 2015.

Ichimura, H., "Are Japanese Men of Pensionable Age Underemployed or Overemployed?" RAND International Comparison Workshop, Los Angeles, USA; July 12, 2015.

Shimizutani, S., "The Work Capacity of Older Adults in Japan", NBER International Social Security Project, Taormina, Italy; May 23, 2015.

Ogawa, N., "Population Aging and Changing Intergenerational Transfers in Japan and Selected Asian Countries", 10th Shanghai Forum 2015, Shanghai, China; May 22, 2015.