下のとおり5/31（土）人事経済学ワークショップの開催をお知らせいたします。
Dear all,
We are happy to announce that the next Personnel Economics Workshop will be held on Saturday, May 31st.
Date: May 31st (Sat.), 15:00-17:45
Venue: Room 709 in Building 3, Waseda Campus, Waseda University
*The elevator in Building 3 does not stop at the 7th floor, so please use the escalator.
Format: Hybrid
We are planning to have dinner after the workshop.
Please fill in the following form by Friday, May 23rd if you would like to participate.
https://forms.gle/mzx7ze1PvdAxmhoe6
Please register the following Zoom link for participants online.
https://list-waseda-jp.zoom.us/meeting/register/bY4idDGuRou_Vbvd00tp5Q
1st session: 15:00-16:00
Speaker: Junya Kawamura, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo
Language: Japanese
Title: The Effects of a Workplace Mental Health Screening Program: Evidence from Japan
Abstract: This paper examines the causal effects of a workplace mental health screening program on employee outcomes. I exploit the introduction of Japan’s compulsory “stress-check” program as a natural experiment in a Difference-in-Differences framework to estimate its impact on employee mental health and labor market outcomes. Although the mandate increased the share of establishments conducting mental health screening by roughly 40 percent, I find no statistically significant effect on stress-related absenteeism, turnover, and average working hours. Supplementary analysis suggests this null result reflects the absence of an increase in follow-up consultations with industrial physicians or external medical providers. By contrast, mandated establishments expanded their provision of workplace mental-health education. These findings indicate that mandatory screening alone is unlikely to produce benefits sufficient to outweigh its costs.
2nd Session: 16:15-17:45
Speaker: Kazufumi Yugami, Kobe University
Language: Japanese
Title: The Impact of Increased Older-Adult Employment on Youth Labor Markets: A Task-Based Perspective
Abstract:
The impact of older-adult employment on youth employment and task allocation is crucial for policies aimed at promoting older-adult employment and extending pension eligibility. However, this relationship remains ambiguous. Using data from Japan (1980–2020), this study reveals that increased employment of older workers reduces youth unemployment and promotes youth engagement in roles aligned to their skills, regardless of education. Furthermore, the impact of workers aged 55+ on task reallocation for younger workers surpasses that of workers aged 60+. This suggests that when more workers aged 60+ perform tasks misaligned with their skills, their complementarity with younger workers’ tasks decreases.
Please check the website of the Personnel Economics Workshop below for the upcoming workshops.
https://sites.google.com/view/peworkshop/home
If you have any questions, please contact the Owan lab, Waseda University, at [email protected]
Best regards,
