National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) is pleased to announce the following international seminar “Multidimensional Approach of Poverty Measurement”
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 was hosted by Institute for Economic Studies, Keio University and National Institute of Population and Social Security Research.
*English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation was provided.
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