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Joint Usage and Research Center/Industry and Labor Economics WS/Center for Research on Contemporary Economic Systems/Economic Development WS/CEI Seminar/International Seminar

Date March 22nd (Thu) 10:00-18:00
Venue Conference Room, 3rd Floor, IER
Program
Health, Development and Labor Workshop
9:40 Coffee & Welcome Remarks
Speakers and Presentation Titles:
Session I. Chair: Chiaki Moriguchi (Hitotsubashi University)
1. Kensuke Teshima (ITAM) [10:00-10:50]
   "Offshoring Health Risks: The Impact of the U.S. Lead Regulation on Infant Health in Mexico"
2. Teresa Molina (University of Hawaii, Manoa) [10:50-11:40]
   "Helping Children Catch Up: Early Life Shocks and the PROGRESA Experiment"
                             (10 min coffee break)
3. Masaru Nagashima (GRIPS) [11:50-12:40]
   "Pregnant in Haste? Evidence of Reproductive Behaviours in Uganda"
                              (Lunch 12:40-13:40 (boxed lunch for registered participants))
Session II.  Chair: Yoko Ibuka (Keio University)
4. Grant Miller (Stanford University) [13:40-14:30]
   "The Limits of Population Policy: Fertility Decline and Sex Selection in China under Mao"
5. Meng Zhao Konishi (Gakushuin University) [14:30-15:20]
   "Health-Related Income Gaps and the Effectiveness of Redistributive Policies in Japan"
                              (30 min coffee break)
Session III.  Chair: Ryo Kambayashi (Hitotsubashi University)
6. Timothy Halliday (University of Hawaii, Manoa) [15:50-16:40]
   "The Intergenerational Transmission of Health in the United States: Latent Variables Analysis"
7. Hiroaki Mori (Hitotsubashi University) [16:40-17:30]
   "Childhood Health and Lifecycle Human Capital Formation"
17:40 Concluding Remarks
Organizers Chiaki Moriguchi [IER], Ryo Kambayashi [IER], Hiroaki Mori [Faculty of Economics] and Yutaka Arimoto [IER]