Dear all

National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) is pleased to present the following seminar. Those interested in poverty, elderly, housing and comparative study of Japan and Australia are welcome to attend the seminar.

For information and registration (required), please
contact：tokubetsu@ipss.go.jp

(*) The Seminar is a part of “Research on Poverty Studies” funded by the Ministry of Education Scientific Research Grant. The organizers acknowledge financial support from the Australia - Japan Foundation of the Australian Government.

International Seminar on the Living Standard and Housing of Elderly - Comparing Australia and Japan

Date: Friday July 11th, 2014 13:00 - 17:00

Venue: National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS), Tokyo
(http://www.ipss.go.jp/pr-ad/e/info-e/map-e.html)

Organized by: IPSS and Social Security Research Center
(SPRC) of University of New South Wales (Australia)

Translation will be provided (Japanese-English)

Program

13:00-13:10 Welcome address Aya ABE　(Director,
Dept. of Empirical
Research on Social Security, IPSS)

13:10-14:50 Session 1

1 "Examining the impact of home ownership and health care provision on poverty among older Australians "
Peter SAUNDERS (Professor, SPRC) and Yuvisthi NAIDOO (Research Associate, SPRC)

2 "Poverty of Elderly Before and After Housing
Cost: Comparing Australia and Japan"
Melissa WONG (Research Fellow, SPRC), Kuriko WATANABE (Research Associate, IPSS) and Peter SAUNDERS (Professor, SPRC)

3 Comment and Discussion
Yoshihiro KANEKO (Advisory Officer for Policy Research Coordination, IPSS)

14:50 - 15:00 BREAK

15:00-16:40 Session 2

4 "The centrality of housing tenure: Further perspectives on the lives of older public and private renters in Australia"
Alan MORRIS (Associate Professor, The University of Technology, Sydney) and Yuvisthi NAIDOO (Research Associate, SPRC)

5 "Housing issues for Low-income Elderly in Japan"
Yosuke HIRAYAMA (Professor, Kobe University)

6 Comment and Discussion
Aya ABE (Director, Dept. of Empirical Research on Social Security, IPSS)

16:40- 16:55 General discussion

16:55-17:00 Closing Remarks

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Reiko Hayashi, Ph.D.
Director
Department of International Research and Cooperation National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS) Hibiya Kokusai Building 6th Floor
2-2-3 Uchisaiwaicyo, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0011
Tel: +81-(0)3-3595-2984 ext.4420 fax :
+81-(0)3-3591-4821