International exchanges in January | Workshops and other events in January | Seminars and other events in January | Publication in January | PRI TOPICS (monthly)
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| January 7 (Tuesday) – 8 (Wednesday): Participation in the final report session on the Joint Policy Research/Dialogue Program for Fiscal Stability of Laos, and other exchanges (in Laos) |
The Policy Research Institute (PRI) has been supporting efforts for the medium- to long-term fiscal stability of Laos. As part of these efforts, we participated in the final report session on the Joint Policy Research/Dialogue Program for Fiscal Stability of Laos, organized by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and other institutions. Together with academic experts from the Program and other concerned parties, we also visited Mr. Somdy Douangdy, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of Laos, mainly in order to make suggestions on fiscal stability for Laos.
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| 【Group photo of the final report session participants】 |
| January 17 (Friday): The Second Meeting “Workshop on Population Decline and Economic Growth” |
PRI decided to organize the Workshop on Population Decline and Economic Growth (Chairperson: Mr. DOI Takero, Professor, Keio University, concurrently Senior Research Fellow, PRI). The purpose of this Workshop was to conduct research and studies on what kind of measures are conceivable in business and industry, the labor market, globalization, and other fields, in order to enhance the productivity of the economy and maintain an affluent society in the face of a declining population. We held the second meeting on January 17.
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“Discussion about Japan’s Labor Productivity based on Company-level Data” TAKIZAWA Miho Associate Professor, Gakushuin University |
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| 【Ms. TAKIZAWA Miho】 |
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“Impact of Population Decline on Social Security” DOI Takero Professor, Keio University, concurrently Senior Research Fellow, PRI |
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| 【Mr. DOI Takero】 |
| January 24 (Friday): The 1st ASEAN Workshop in FY2020 |
PRI has been holding ASEAN Workshops by inviting external experts and other lecturers for the purpose of deepening the MOF’s knowledge on the current situation and policies of ASEAN countries.
At the 1st ASEAN Workshop in FY2020, Mr. KUDO Toshihiro (Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies) gave a lecture on “Myanmar’s Political and Economic Situation under the Aung San Suu Kyi Administration,” and three researchers from PRI’s International Cooperation Division, or more specifically, ISHIKAWA Hiroaki, HARA Yosuke, and HIMEJI Takashi , presented their research work titled “Current Status of ¬¬the Financial Market and Challenging Issues for SME Finance in Myanmar,” followed by a Q&Q session on the respective subjects and a free discussion.
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| 【The Workshop】 |
| Top Seminar for Staff |
As part of the training for executive personnel, PRI holds the Top Seminar for Staff, where renowned lecturers in various fields are invited to speak. The following seminar was held in January.
| January 16 (Thursday) | |
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What Baseball Taught Me OH Sadaharu (Chairman of the Board, Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS Corp.) |
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| 【Mr. OH Sadaharu】 |
| Lunch Meeting |
PRI invites a broad range of domestic and overseas experts to hear the latest information which will be useful in contributing to the MOF’s policy planning. The following lecture was held in January.
| January 29 (Wednesday) | |
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Mystery of the Fortunes and Accidents that Govern the World UEMURA Shuichi (Economic and business commentator) |
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| 【Mr. UEMURA Shuichi】 |
DP（Discussion Paper）
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“Does Firm Size Effect Wages and Labor productivity? -Micro data analysis in case of Japan-”(PDF:484KB) OKU Ai, Chief Economist, PRI INOUE Shun, Researcher, PRI MASUI Tsubasa, Officer, PRI |
This paper analyzes the relationship of firm size and wages and firm size and labor productivity by using micro data of Financial Statements Statistics of Corporations by Industry FY2018, which is the latest available information. We find that 1) in the manufacturing sector, the larger the firm is, the higher the wages and labor productivity are, 2) in the services sector, especially large firms (250 employees or over), the relationship between firm size and wages and firm size and labor productivity is not as strong as that in the manufacturing sector, and 3) in both the manufacturing sector and the services sector, wages and labor productivity have a positive correlation. |
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