Workshop on Family Economics (Provisional Program)
Organizers:Charles Horioka (Kobe University)
Yoko Ibuka (Keio U. and University of Hawaiʻi)
Colin McKenzie (Keio University)

Location: "Miller Room”, Saunders Hall (5th floor) [Department of Economics], 2424
Maile Way, University of Hawaiʻi (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Dates: Wednesday 27 March 2024 (2pm-5:30pm) & Thursday 28 March 2024 (10am5pm)
Participation: Open to all University of Hawaiʻi and Kobe University faculty andgraduate students. ZOOM participation possible.
Tentative Schedule (Times in brackets are for Japan)
27 March (28 March in Japan)
14:00-14:10 (9:00-9:10)
Introduction
14:10-15:00 (9:10-10:00)
Charles Horioka (Kobe University), "Fertilityboosting Pensions for Developed Countries such as
Japan: A Model Policy Proposal" (with Debasis
Bandyopadhyay and Xueli Tang)
15:00-15:10 (10:00-10:10)
Break
15:10-16:00 (10:10-11:00)
Junya Hamaaki (Hosei University), "The Effects ofMarital Property Division on Divorce Decisions:
Evidence from Japanese Pension Reform" (withYoshitomo Ogawa)
16:00-16:10 (11:00-11:10)
Break
16:10-17:00 (11:10-12:00)
Shinya Kajitani (Kyoto Sangyo University) & ColinMcKenzie (Keio University), "Resolution or WorkStress? Why Does Retirement Change HealthBehaviour?" (with Kei Sakata)Thursday 28 March (29 March in Japan)
9:00-9:50 (4:00-4:50)
Sang-Hyop Lee (University of Hawaiʻi), "Childbirth
Grants, Maternal Migration, and Fertility in South
Korea" [Participation subject to confirmation]
9:50-10:00 (4:50-5:00)
Break10:00-10:50 (5:00-5:50)

10:50-11:00 (5:50-6:00)
11:00-11:50 (6:00-6:50)

11:50-13:00 (6:50-8:00)
13:00-13:50 (8:00-8:50)

13:50-14:00 (8:50-9:00)
14:00-14:50 (9:00-9:50)

14:50-15:00 (9:50-10:00)
15:00-15:50 (10:00-10:50)

15:50-16:00 (10:50-11:00
16:00-16:50 (11:00-11:50)

16:50-17:00 (11:50-12:00)

Wataru Kureishi (Tokyo Metropolitan University) &Midori Wakabayashi (Tohoku University), “TheImpacts of Family Size on Family Behaviour” (withColin McKenzie & Kei Sakata)
BreakTeresa Molina (University of Hawaiʻi), "AnExamination of Intergenerational Mobility in thePhilippines."
Lunch (Breakfast)
Yoko Niimi (Doshisha University), “The Withincouple Wealth Gap: Do Intergenerational Transfers
Play Any Role?”
BreakTim Halliday (University of Hawaiʻi), "Estimating
Intergenerational Health Transmission in Taiwan withAdministrative Health Records"
Break
Andy Mason (University of Hawaiʻi), "Long Life andEconomic Prosperity? The Case of Hawaii." (withMichael Abrigo and Yang-Seon Kim)
Break
Sumner La Croix (University of Hawai‘i), “An
Econometric Analysis of South Australia’s Pioneering
Relief Program for Sick Emigrants” (with EdwynaHarris)
General Discussion

ZOOM Participants
Shinya Kajitani (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Tomoko Kinugasa (Kobe University)
Shizuka Sekita (Kyoto Sangyo University)
Michio Yuda (Tohoku University)
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This workshop is supported by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Grants

in Aid for Scientific Research (B) No. 20H01513 (Project Leader: Colin McKenzie), No.
21H00721 (Project Leader: Midori Wakabayashi), No. 21H00725 (Project Leader:Shinya Kajitani) and Kobe University (Research Institute for Economics and Business
Administration, Rokko Forum, and Center for Social Systems Innovation)