Jay Kang

Workshop

Kyoto Workshop on Structural Labor Economics

A one-day workshop bringing together researchers working on labor economics, human capital, family economics, and structural microeconometrics.

Kyoto University · Monday, December 14, 2026 · From 08:30 (Japan Standard Time)

Registration

We have limited slots for non-presenting participants. There is no registration fee. Lunch will be provided. The workshop dinner is by invitation. Non-presenting participants need to cover their own travel and accommodation expenses.

Register for the workshop via Google Form.

Program

Each regular presentation has 35 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions. The keynote has 60 minutes. All times are in Japan Standard Time.

08:30–08:55
Registration and coffee
08:55–09:00
Welcome address
09:00–10:30
Session 1: Fertility and family decisions
  • Minji Bang (University of Cambridge)
    Pronatalist Policies and Household Decisions: A Dynamic Model of Fertility, Labor Supply and Child Care
  • Jiwon Lee (RF Berlin; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
    The Gendered Effects of Children on Household Relocation
10:30–10:55
Coffee break
10:55–12:25
Session 2: Household investment and production
  • Jay Kang (Kyoto University)
    The Parental Investment Rat Race: College Admissions Tournament and Household Welfare
  • Yasutora Watanabe (University of Tokyo)
    Household Production and Asymmetric Information
12:25–13:25
Lunch
13:25–14:55
Session 3: Matching markets and panel-data methods
  • Sukjoon Son (University of Tokyo)
    Monopsony in a Two-sided Matching Market
    With Daisuke Adachi and Shintaro Yamaguchi
  • Shoya Ishimaru (Hitotsubashi University)
    Estimating Treatment Effects in Panel Data Without Parallel Trends
14:55–15:20
Coffee break
15:20–16:20
Keynote lecture
Chao Fu (University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Title TBA
16:20–16:45
Coffee break
16:45–18:15
Session 4: Housing, schooling, and crime
  • Kuan-ming Chen (National Taiwan University)
    Rental-Market Exclusion of the Elderly and the Housing Decumulation
  • Diego Salazar (National University of Singapore)
    The Effects of Drug Use on Schooling and Crime
18:15
Workshop dinner (by invitation)

Conference venue

Kyoto University

Institute of Economic Research, North Building, Room 102 · View on Google Maps

Recommended accommodation

Within walking distance

Accessible by bus or taxi

Contacts

Conference website: Kyoto Workshop on Structural Labor Economics

For further information, please contact Jay Kang at jay.kang@kier.kyoto-u.ac.jp.