About the Workshop
This workshop aims to bring together leading experts from around the globe to discuss the latest research and facilitate the exchange of ideas in the fields of Macroeconomics, Health Economics, Labor and Family Economics, Public Policy, Demography, and Sustainability. We expect to have around 19 presentations in total.
Keynote Speaker:
Mariacristina De Nardi (University of Minnesota)
Confirmed Invited Speakers (in alphabetical order):
Jérôme Adda (Bocconi University)
Marco Bassetto (Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis)
Toni Braun (GRIPS)
Matthias Doepke (London School of Economics)
Christine Ho (Singapore Management University)
Ayşe İmrohoroğlu (University of Southern California)
Peter Rupert (University of California at Santa Barbara)
Ananth Seshadri (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Alessandra Voena (Stanford University)
Important Dates
Submission deadline: September 15, 2025
Notification of acceptance: September 30, 2025
Registration of Non-speaking participants: January 15, 2026
Registration fee payment for non-speaking participants: January 15, 2026
Registration deadline for OIST-affiliated participants: February 6, 2026
Workshop dates: March 18-20, 2026
Program
DHI Workshop 2026 Program Final
March 17, Tuesday
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19:00-21:30 |
Informal Dinner in Izakaya Tenkai, Ishikawa (transfer Moon Beach/OIST->Tenkai->Moon Beach/OIST will be provided) |
March 18, Wednesday
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8:45 |
Transfer from Moon Beach to OIST, registration and welcome coffee |
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9:30-9:35 |
Opening Remarks |
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9:35-10:35 10:35-11:15 |
“Anti-Microbial Resistance in the Global Economy” by Jerome Adda (Bocconi University) and Jan David Bakker (CEP) “Targeting Health Screening with Subsidies: Evidence from National Health Screening Program in South Korea” by Siho Park (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
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11:15-11:45 |
Coffee Break |
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11:45-12:45 |
“Time-consistent policy with pre-tax or post-tax retirement accounts” by Marco Bassetto (Minneapolis Fed) |
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12:45-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-15:00 15:00-15:40 |
“Welfare-enhancing public and private insurance arrangements for long-term care risk” by R. Anton Braun (GRIPS) and Karen Kopecky (Cleveland Fed and Emory University) “The Menopause "Penalty"" by Gabriella Conti (University College London), Rita Ginja (University of Bergen), Petra Persson (Stanford University) and Barton Willage (University of Delaware) |
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15:40-16:10 |
Coffee Break |
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16:10-16:50 16:50-17:50 |
“Intra-Household Welfare Inequality and Household Public Goods” by Pierre-André Chiappori (Columbia University), Costas Meghir (Yale University) and Yoko Okuyama (Uppsala University) “How Disability Benefits in Early Life Affect Adult Outcomes” by Alessandra Voena (Stanford University), Manasi Deshpande (University of Chicago) and Jason Weitze (Stanford University) |
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18:00-20:00 |
Welcome Dinner at Cesars Kitchen (OIST Campus) |
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20:00 |
Transfer from OIST to Moon Beach Hotel |
March 19, Thursday
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9:00 |
Transfer from Moon Beach to OIST and welcome coffee |
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9:30-10:30
10:30-11:10 |
“Negotiating Parenthood: An Account of the Changing Relationship between Women's Work and Fertility” by Matthias Doepke (LSE), Fabian Kindermann (Universität Regensburg) and Patrick Leitloff (Northwestern University) “Fertility, Marriage Market Equilibrium, and Education Choice” by Frederik Almar (Aarhus University) and Yusuke Ishihata (Duke University) |
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11:10-11:40 |
Coffee Break |
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11:40-12:40 |
“Social Institutions and Low Birth Rates” by Christine Ho and Yutao Wang (Singapore Management University) |
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12:40-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-15:00 15:00-15:40 |
“Measuring the Productivity of Working from Home” by Christine Braun (University of Warwick), Travis Cyronek (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA) and Peter Rupert (University of California in Santa Barbara) “Infrastructure and Structural Transformation: Evidence from Satellite, Administrative, and Multi-Generation Household Data in a Developing Country” by Soyoung Kim, Yuki Higuchi, Kei Kajisa and Yasuyuki Sawada (University of Tokyo) |
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15:40-16:10 |
Coffee Break |
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16:10-16:50 16:50-17:50 |
“Population Aging and Business Succession: A Macroeconomic Perspective” by Daisuke Miyakawa, Koki Oikawa and Kozo Ueda (Waseda University) “Racial Disparities in Crime and Wealth” by Ayşe İmrohoroğlu (University of Southern California), Çağrı Kumru (Australian National University) and Jiu Lian (Australian National University) |
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17:50-18:30 |
Group Photo and Campus Tour/Slow Walk to Dinner |
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18:30-21:00 |
GALA Dinner at Atrium (OIST Lab5) |
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21:00 |
Transfer from OIST to Moon Beach Hotel |
March 20, Friday
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8:30 |
Transfer from Moon Beach to OIST and welcome coffee |
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9:00-10:00 10:00-10:40 |
“The Allocation of Teaching Talent and Human Capital Accumulation" by Ananth Seshadri, Simeon Alder and Yulia Dudareva (University of Wisconsin– Madison) “Educational Competition, Mental Health, and the Allocation of Human Capital: A Macroeconomic Analysis” by Shijun Gu (Central University of Finance and Economics) and Lichen Zhang (University of Hong Kong) |
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10:40-11:10 |
Coffee Break |
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11:10-12:10 |
Keynote Talk “Why Do Households Save and Work?” by Mariacristina de Nardi (University of Minnesota), Margherita Borella (Universita di Torino), Fang Yang (Dallas Fed) and Johanna Torres Chain (University of Minnesota Twin Cities) |
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12:30-19:00 |
Excursion (including lunch at Kokuu Café (vegetarian)) |
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19:00-21:00 |
Good-bye Dinner at Corallo Restaurant (Moon Beach Hotel) |
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21:00 |
Transfer from Moon Beach Hotel to OIST |
Registration Information
Registration has now been closed. For any inquiries, please contact Yuliya Kulikova.
If you have registered, but cannot attend, please read the information below:
Cancellation and Refund Policy
Participation fees will be refunded if cancellations are made in written form via email to workshop@oist.jp not later than 10 business days prior to the start of the workshop. Please note that there will be a fee of 3.6% if you decide to cancel and get a refund.
In case of a natural disaster (typhoon, earthquake, etc.), which results in the cancellation of the workshop, participant fees will be refunded after subtracting the processing fee of 3.6%.
Venue
Address 1919-1 Tancha, Onna-son, Kunigami-gun Okinawa, Japan 904-0495
Sydney Brenner Lecture Theater (Seminar Room B250) on Level B of the Central Building. See the map below for local access information.
Accomodation
Presenters will stay at the Moon Beach Hotel.
A limited number of rooms is available free of charge for non-presenting participants. Please indicate if you would like to apply during registration. Please note that if the demand for free rooms exceeds the supply, preference for free accommodation will be given to PhD students and early career researchers.
Non-presenting participants who cannot be accommodated on campus are kindly requested to book their own accommodation.
We recommend staying between the Fuchaku and Tancha area, where many hotels are located.
Recommended hotels around OIST (if you stay in one of them, we can organize local transportation to/from the workshop venue for you free of charge):
The Moon Beach Resort -- workshop venue hotel
The Peridot Hotels - walking distance to OIST
Hotel Monterey Okinawa Spa & Resort
Excursion
On March 20, after the talks, we will go on an afternoon excursion. We’ll travel by bus with an English-speaking guide to the north of Okinawa, stopping first at a family-run restaurant for an authentic Okinawan (vegetarian) lunch. We will then continue to our main destination: Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium.
Please note that the aquarium admission fee (currently 2,180 JPY) is not included in the registration fee.
At the destination, participants will have free time to explore the aquarium and the surrounding park area at their own pace.
Churaumi Aquarium is located within Okinawa Expo Park, which also offers several nearby attractions:
Native Okinawan Village and Omoro Arboretum
There is also a Souvenir Shop at Aquarium and several food and drinks options.
After the excursion, the bus will take us to the Moon Beach Hotel, where we will gather for the Goodbye Dinner.
Organizers & Contact
Yuliya Kulikova, OIST
Sagiri Kitao, GRIPS
Yasuyuki Sawada, University of Tokyo
Code of Conduct
We are committed to making our workshops (workshop(s) organized by OIST, hereinafter “our workshop(s)”) an inclusive space for sharing ideas and knowledge. We will not tolerate disrespectful communication, discrimination, harassment, or bullying in any form. As such, all participants attending our workshops are required to comply with this Code of Conduct. To provide all participants with the opportunity to benefit from our workshops, we at OIST are dedicated to a positive, safe and harassment-free experience. Harassment in any form is specifically prohibited.
Full Statement on Code of Conduct:
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