Foreign Scholar Lecture Series

National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) is pleased to announce the following international seminar “Multidimensional Approach of Poverty Measurement”


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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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