National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) is pleased to announce the following international seminar “Multidimensional Approach of Poverty Measurement”
Registration is open until 22nd March. Please register from here .
Download program from here(PDF).
Date and time : 14:00 ~ 17:00, March 27th (Wednesday), 2019
Place : North Building Hall, Mita Campus, Keio University
Program:
14:00~14:20 Introduction
“Issues of the Public Assistance Policy and the Support System for Self-reliance of Needy Persons in Japan” Kohei Komamura (Professor, Keio University)
14:20~15:30 Keynote Speech
“The Measurement of Multidimensional Poverty and the Order of Curtailment of Expenditure” Jacques Silber (Professor, Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
15:30~15:45 BREAK
15:45~16:55 Poverty Studies in Japan
“Minimum Income Research in Japan: Its Development and Political Implications” Aya Abe (Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University)
“A Poverty Profile of Japan” Kuriko Watanabe (Researcher, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)
16:55~17:00 Closing Remarks Hisao Endo (Director-General, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research)
*This international seminar is hosted by Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University and National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.
*English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation is available.
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