12/20（土）人事経済学ワークショップ開催のお知らせ / Personnel Economics Workshop on December 20th

We are happy to announce that the upcoming Personnel Economics Workshop will be held on Saturday, December 20th.

Date: December 20th (Sat.), 15:00–17:45

Venue: Room 808 in Building 3, Waseda Campus, Waseda University
*The elevator in Building 3 does not stop at the 8th 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, December 12th, if you would like to participate.
https://forms.gle/bjGFfzQqCeqEe9xv8

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: Ritsu Kitagawa, Columbia Business School
Title: Measuring Organizational Capital in Japan
Language: English

2nd Session: 16:15-17:45
Speaker: Yutaro Takayasu, University of Tokyo
Title:  The Last or Lasting Samurai? The Impact of Secondary Schools on Elite Formation after Social Transition
Abstract: When societies transition from hereditary to meritocratic systems, does the democratization of education foster social mobility? We investigate this question in Japan after the Meiji Restoration (1868), which abolished the samurai’s hereditary privileges in public sector positions. Using cohort-specific discontinuities in access to newly established secondary schools, we examine how expanded educational opportunities influenced the likelihood of attaining leadership roles in the public and private sectors for samurai and commoners. We find that secondary education increased the number of elites from both social groups, yet most new elites pursued occupations historically associated with their families. However, within both social groups, the new elites entirely came from non-elite fathers, suggesting that secondary education fostered upward mobility.

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,