Japan Economic Seminar
Friday, February 7, 2025 | 1:00 – 5:35 PM
Room 490, Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School

Introduction: David E. Weinstein, Director, CJEB; Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy, Columbia University

Session 1: “The Last or Lasting Samurai? The Impact of Secondary Schools on Elite Formation in Early Development” (PDF)
Presenter: Mari Tanaka, Associate Professor, University of Tokyo; Hitotsubashi University
Coauthors: Hidehiko Ichimura, Yasuyuki Sawada, Yutaro Takayasu
Discussant: Miguel Urquiola, Columbia University
Moderator: David E. Weinstein

Session 2: “Wage Spillovers across Sectors: Evidence from a Localized Public-Sector Wage Cut” (PDF)
Presenter: Atsushi Yamagishi, Associate Professor, Hitotsubashi University
Coauthor: Tsuyoshi Goto
Discussant: Jiro Yoshida, Pennsylvania State University and University of Tokyo
Moderator: Etsuro Shioji, Professor, Chuo University

Session 3: “The Impact of Trade Disruption with China on the Japanese Economy” (PDF)
Presenter: Daisuke Fujii, Economist, International Monetary Fund
Discussant: Sharon Traiberman, New York University
Moderator: Tokuo Iwaisako, Professor, Hitotsubashi University

Session 4: “Economic Security and New Industrial Policy” (PDF)
Presenter: Mireya Solís, Philip Knight Chair in Japan Studies, The Brookings Institution
Coauthors: Shiro Armstrong, Shujiro Urata
Discussant: Takeo Hoshi, University of Tokyo
Moderator: Takatoshi Ito, Professor, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Director, Program on Public Pension and Sovereign Funds, CJEB

Conclusion: Takatoshi Ito
Agenda