NUPRI NTA Conference

Asia’s Dependency Transition: Intergenerational Transfers, Economic Growth, and Public Policy

Tokyo, Japan
November 1-3, 2007

Travel Arrangement letter

Tentative Program

DAY ONE, Thursday, 1 November, 2007
At the “Matsu” Room of the Grand Palace Hotel (#302)

09:00 - 09:30 Registration

09:30 - 09:50 Opening ceremony
Welcoming address: Naohiro Ogawa, NUPRI director
Opening remarks: Caspar Peek, UNFPA representative

09:50 - 10:40 Keynotespeech “Facing the Age Wave and Economic Policy: Working More to Pay for Public Pensions and Health Care" DW
By David A Wise, John F. Stambaugh Professor of Political Economy, Kennedy School of Government

10:40 - 11:00 Coffee break

11:00 - 11:40 Overview of the National Transfer Accounts RL
By Ronald Lee, University of California, Berkeley

11:40 - 13:00 Lunch

13:00 - 13:20 Photo session

13:20 - 16:20 Session 1: Country findings by the participants of the UNFPA supported project
Chairperson: Hirofumi Ando

13:20 - 14:00 “The Changing Support System in Thailand“ TH
By Mathana Phananiramai and Amonthep Chawla (Thailand)

14:00 - 14:40 “What does Public Sector Contribute for National Transfer Accounts? Evidence for India’s Flow Account in 1999-00“ IN
By M.R. Narayana & Ladusingh Laishram (India)

14:40 - 15:00 Coffee break

15:00 - 15:40 “Optimal Age Profile of per Capita health Expenditure and health Care System“ CN
By Ling Li and Qiulin Chen (China)

15:40 - 16:20 “ Defining Population Dependency Using National Transfer Accounts: The Philippines as Example” PH
By Rachel Racelis and J.M. Ian Salas (The Philippines)

18:00 - end Reception hosted by NUPRI
At the “Cherry” Room of the Grand Place Hotel (#201)

DAY TWO, Friday 2 November, 2007
At the “Kiri” Room of the Grand Palace Hotel (#408)

08:30 - 10:30 Session 2: Country findings: South America
Chairperson: Timothy Miller

08:30 - 9:10 “Private and Public Intergenerational Transfers in Brazil: New and Revised Results“ BR
By Cassio Turra, Bernardo Queiroz, and Eduardo Rios-Neto (Brazil)

09:10 - 9:50 “Private and Public Education in Chile : Analysis based on NTA Accounts“ CL
By Mauricio Holz (Chile)

09:50 - 10:30 “Public Transfers Flows between Generations in Uruguay” UY
By Marisa Bucheli, Rodrigo Ceni, and Cecilia Rodriguez (Uruguay)

10:30 - 10:50 Coffee break

10:50 - 12:10 Session 3: Country findings: Europe 1
Chairperson: Thomas Lindh

10:50 - 11:30 “National Transfer Accounts of Finland in 2004” FI
By Risto Vaittinen and Reijo Vanne (Finland)

11:30 - 12:10 “NTA Accounts for Slovenia: Independence and Return in the Family of European Market Economics“ SI
By Joze Sambt and Janez Malacic (Slovenia)

12:10 - 13:30 Lunch

13:40 - 15:40 Session 4: Country Findings: Europe 2
Chairperson: Tung An-Chi

13:40 - 14:20 “Private Transfers in France: Measures and Motivations“ FR
By Francois-Charles Wolff (France)

14:20 - 15:00 “Does Public Spending on the Family in Sweden Compensate the Higher Opportunity Costs of Children for the High Educated?” SE
By Daniel Hallberg and Thomas Lindh (Sweden)

15:00 - 15:40 “Generational Outcome of Labor Market Shocks: Application of NTA-techniques in Predicting Political Processes“ HU
By Robert Gal (Hungary)

15:40 - 16:00 Coffee Break

16:00 - 18:00 Session 5: Country findings: Asia and the U.S.A.
Chairperson: Sang-Hyop Lee

16:00 - 16:40 “Support System of Indonesian Elderly“ ID
By Maliki (Indonesia)

16:40 - 17:20 “Consumption Patterns and Lifecycle Reallocation of the Korean Elderly” KR
By Chong-Bum An, Seung-Hoon Jeon, and Sunkuk Lee (Republic of Korea)

17:20 - 18:00 “Lifecycle Supports in Nuclear Households versus Extended Households: A Case Study on Taiwan” TW
By An-Chi Tung and Nicole Mun Sim Lai (Taiwan)

DAY THREE, Saturday, 3 November 2007
At the “Kiri” Room of the Grand Palace Hotel (#408)

9:30 - 11:30 Session 5 (continued): Country findings: Asia and the U.S.A.
Chairperson : Sang-Hyop Lee

09:30 - 10:10 “Reexamination of Private and Public Transfers: 1984-2004“ JP
By Naohiro Ogawa and Rikiya Matsukura (Japan)

10:10 - 10:50 “Aging in Asian Cities: Experience of the Asian Urban Information Center of Kobe“ AN
By Hirofumi Ando and Gayl Ness

10:50 - 11:30 “US Public Transfers Across Age and EducationLevel: 1962-2005 “ US
By Ronald Lee and Timothy Miller (USA)

11:30 - 11:50 Coffee Break

11:50 - 13:00 Session 6: NTA, where do we go from here?
Chairperson : K.S. Seetharam

11:50 - 12:30 “National Transfer Accounts: Key Results“ AM
By Andrew Mason, East-West Center

12:30 - 13:00 Plan for publication

Closing Ceremony