ONLINE AGI SEMINAR ON THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10

We invite researchers who are engaged in research on Asia and hold AGI Seminars.

Your participation is more than welcome! In order to prevent the spread of the novel Coronavirus, this seminar will be held online.
*Please refer to the following for details.

Date and Time

Thursday, December 10, 2020 from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
*A question-and-answer session is scheduled at the end of the presentation.

Participation Fee

Free

Language

English presentation and material(s)

Presenter

Dr. Masayuki Sawada
Assistant Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi University

Topic

“Complementarity in Couples’ Retirement: The Effect of Mandatory Retirement Age Extension”

Abstract

We study the interdependency in couples’ retirement decisions using the mandatory retirement age extension in Japan. Existing studies exploit policy variations in pension eligibility ages. However, delayed delivery of scheduled pensions has a direct impact on their household income. Therefore, the absence of the scheduled income transfer contaminates the interdependency in the couples’ retirement decisions.
In 2006, the Japanese government raised the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 63. The policy affects only the elderly who were born in 1946 or later, and two male cohorts born in 1945 and 1946 were under the same pension eligibility status. Therefore, we may evaluate the impact of the three-years extension in mandatory retirement age holding the pension system unchanged. Using regression and instrumental variable analysis, we find that the husbands’ retirement age extension and their deferred retirement increased their wives’ probability of working, supporting the importance of complementarity in couples’ retirement decisions in consideration of policy designs and structural estimations.

To Participate

Please send an E-mail to office@agi.or.jp with your name, affiliation and phone number clearly stated.
(We will send you a Zoom link for participation via E-mail on Wednesday, December 9.)

Deadline for Participation Request

Your E-mail must be sent to us by the morning of Wednesday, December 9.

Leaflet

AGI Seminar on Thursday, December 10 [in PDF Format]

TO PARTICIPATE ONLINE (REQUESTS FROM AGI)

You can either download the Zoom application in advance(1) or participate via a browser without downloading the Zoom application(2).
Please choose one of the above two methods.
*If you are using a Smartphone, please choose (1).

(1) TO PARTICIPATE BY DOWNLOADING THE ZOOM APPLICATION
① Please download an online distribution application “Zoom” (free of charge) onto your computer or Smartphone.
*Click Here for How to Download the Application

You can download the application onto your computer by clicking the 【ダウンロード】 button.

You can also download the application from these pages.
・For iPhones and iPads
» Download Zoom Application

・For Android phones
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② We will send you a Zoom link to the email address provided in your participation request email by the day before the seminar.

③ Please click and open the Zoom link between 1:45 pm and 2:00 pm on Thursday, December 10. ⇒ You will be asked to wait in a “Waiting Room.”

④ When it is time to start the seminar (2:00 pm), we will let all participants in at once.

⑤ A question-and-answer session is scheduled at the end of the presentation. If you would like to ask any questions, please either “raise your hand” or unmute your microphone and start talking. *You can also ask questions by sending chat messages.

(2) TO PARTICIPATE VIA A BROWSER WITHOUT DOWNLOADING THE ZOOM APPLICATION (ONLY FOR COMPUTERS)

① We will send you a Zoom link to the E-mail address provided in your participation request E-mail by the day before the seminar.

② Please click and open the Zoom link between 1:45 pm and 2:00 pm on Thursday, December 10.

③ Please click the 『ブラウザから参加』 at the bottom portion of your screen (if not displayed, please click the 『ここをクリック』). ⇒ You will be asked to wait in a “Waiting Room.”

④ When it is time to start the seminar (2:00 pm), we will let all participants in at once.

⑤ A question-and-answer session is scheduled at the end of the presentation. If you would like to ask any questions, please either “raise your hand” or unmute your microphone and start talking. *You can also ask questions by sending chat messages.

【NOTE】

◇ Participants’ microphones will be turned on at the beginning. Please make sure to mute your microphone during the presentation. During a question-and-answer session scheduled at the end of the presentation, please unmute your microphone.
◇ If you would like to turn off your audio (microphone) and image (video), please click the microphone icon and video icon at the bottom left portion of your screen. The icons will be crossed by a red diagonal line.
◇ Depending on your computer or Wi-Fi signal strength, there could be a case where you will not be able to participate in the seminar or you will lose an internet connection in the middle of the seminar. However, we are unable to deal with those cases individually. Your understanding is greatly appreciated.

date：2020.11.24
Category：Seminars