Dr. Atsushi Seike

Professor of Labor Economics, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University
Dean, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Graduate School of Business and Commerce

Education

• B. A. in Economics, Faculty of Economics, Keio University, 1978.
• M.A. in Labor Economics, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University, 1980
• Ph.D. in Labor Economics, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, Keio University 1993.

Academic Appointments

• Dean, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Graduate School of Business and Commerce, 2007-present.
• Professor of Labor Economics, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University, 1992-present
• Consultant, Economics and Statistics Department, the Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, 1987-1992
• Visiting Scholar, Department of Economics University of California, Los Angeles, 1987-1988.
• Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University 1985-1992.
• Research Assistant, Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University 1980-1985.

Academic Awards

• Nikkei Prize for Excellent Books in Economic Science, 48th Prize, the Nihon Keizai Shinbun-sya, 2005.
• Commendation of Excellent Labor Related Publications, 17th Prize, Japan Institute of Labor and the Yomiuri Shinbun-sya, 1994.
• Kagami Memorial Award, Kagami Memorial Foundation, 1993.
• Keio Gijuku Academic Prize, 1992.

Governmental Appointments

• Member, Labor Policy Council, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, 2004-present.
• Chairman, Policy Studies Group for the Aged Society, Cabinet Office. 2002-present.
• Member, Social Security Council, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. 2001-2006.
• Visiting Principal Research Officer, Economic Research Institute, Economic Planning Agency, 1995-1998.

SELECTED LIST OF PUBSICATIONS

Books

• Towards an Age-free Society (in Japanese), Tokyo: NTT Syuppan, 2006.
  The Economics of Older Workers (in Japanese, co-authored with Atsushiro Yamada), Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbunsya, 2004.
• Labor Economics (in Japanese), Tokyo: Toyokeizai Shimposha, 2002.
  Abolition of the Mandatory Retirement (in Japanese), Tokyo: Kodansha,
  2000.
• Analysis of the Utilization of Older Peoples Human Capital in the Labor Market of the Aging Society (co-authored with Hitoshi Hayami, Masahiro Abe, Masahiko Tsutusmi, Atsuhiro Yamada, Osamu Ichinose and Masahito Nakajima) (The Economic Analysis No.155), Tokyo: Economic Research Institute, Economic Planning Agency, 1998.
• Beyond the Lifetime Employment (in Japanese), Tokyo: Chuko-Shinsho, Chuokoronsha, 1998.
• New Trends in Japans Labor Market (About Japan Series No. 22), Tokyo: Foreign Press Center, 1997.
• Labor Market in the Aging Society (in Japanese), Tokyo: Toyokeizai Shimposha, 1993.
• The Economics of Work and Life (in Japanese, co-authored with Haruo Shimada), Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 1992.
• Employment System Reform for the Aging People (in Japanese), Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shibunsha, 1992.

Articles

• "Japans Baby Boomers and the Year 2007 Problem," Japan SPOTLIGHT Bimonthly, Vol.24,No.6, November/December 2005.
• Reading Society for an Old-Aged Workforce, Japan ECHO, April 2005.
• "Keeping on the Bright Side of japan's Happy Aging Society", Japan SPOTLIGHT Bimonthly, Vol.24,No.1, January/February 2005.
• "Aging, Female and Foreign Workers, and Japanese Labor Markets: An International Perspective," (co-authored with Alice Nakamura and Masao Nakamura) in Masao Nakamura ed. Changing Japanese Business, Economy and Society , New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
• "The evolving shape of the job environment ", Focus Japan, Vol.30 No.5, June 2003.
• "Structural Reform and Employment in Japan", Journal of Japanese Trade & Industry, Vol.21,No.1, January/February 2002.
• "Beyond Lifetime Employment", The Geneva Papers, Vol.26 No.4, October 2001.
• The Public Insurance System for Long-term Care and the Development of a Workforce to Supply its Services, Japan Labour Bulletin, Vol. 37, No. 12, December 1998.
• Long-term Care and the Labor Market, The Keio Journal of Medicine, Vol. 47, Supplement 2, May 1998.
• Changing Circumstances of Employment: From Homogeneous to Heterogeneous Work Force, in Japan Commission on Industrial Performance ed., Made in Japan, Cambridge, The MIT Press, 1997.
• Ageing Workers, in Mari Sako and Hiroki Sato eds., Japanese Labour and Management in Transition, London and New York: Routledge, 1997.
• Labor Market Implications of Social Security: Company Pension Plans, Public Pensions, and Retirement Behavior of the Elderly in Japan, in Michael D. Hurd and Naohiro Yashiro eds., The Economic Effects of Aging in the United States and Japan, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1997.
• "The Pensionable Age and Extension of the Mandatory Retirement Age", Japan Labor Bulletin, Vol.35, No.10, October 1996.
• The Career Job Characteristics and Pension Status of Older Peolple, (in Japanese, co-authored with Atsuhiro Yamada), JCER Economic Journal, No. 33, November 1996.
• "Company Severance Payment", Japan Labor Bulletin, Vol.35, No.2, February 1996.
• The Desirable Relation between Pension System and Employment, (in Japanese), Jurist, No. 1063, March 1995.
• Social Security Benefits and the Labor Supply of the Elderly in Japan, (co-authored with Haruo Shimada), in Yukio Noguchi and David Wise eds., Aging in the United States and Japan Economic Trends, Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, 1994.
• Labor Fixity and Labor Market Adjustments in Japan and United States, (co-authored with Hong W. Tan) in Hong W. Tan and Haruo Shimada eds., Troubled Industries in the United States and Japan, New York: St. Martins Press, 1994.
• Recent Employment Situation and Long-Term Structural Change, Japan Labor Bulletin, Vol. 33, No. 1, January 1994.
• The Employment Adjustment Patterns of Japan and the United States, in Kazutoshi Koshiro ed., Employment Security and Labor Market Flexibility, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1993.
• Social Security and Labor Supply, (in Japanese), The Quarterly of Social Security Research, Vol. 27, No. 1, Summer 1991.
• The Pension Wealth and Labor Supply, (in Japanese), The Economic Review, Vol.42, No.1, January 1991.
• A Cross Sectional Analysis of Public Annuities, Job Selection and Labor Supply, (in Japanese), The Monthly Journal of the Japan Institute of Labour, Vol. 31, No.8, August 1989.
• The Effect of the Employee Pension on the Labor Supply of the Japanese Elderly, Rand Note, N2862-SRAJ/NIA, June 1989.
• Trends in Aged Peoples Employment and Public Pension, (in Japanese), The Monthly Journal of the Japan Institute of Labour, Vol. 28, No. 10, October 1986.
• Analysis of the 1986 Spring Labor Wage Offensive, Japan Labor Bulletin, Vol. 25, No. 8, August 1986.
• Controlled Experiments of the Effect of the Employees Pension on Labor Supply, (in Japanese), KEO Review, No. 6, September 1985.
• Social Security and Labor Supply, (in Japanese), in Tadashi Fukutake and Michio Koyama eds., Studies of the Aging Society in the 21st Century-Scenarios for the Aging Society, Tokyo: Tokyo University Press, 1985.
• Employment Adjustments in Japanese Manufacturing Industries in the 1970s, Keio Business Reviwew, Vol. 22, No. 3, 1985.