TRIO Conference
Organized by Shin-ichi Fukuda, Joshua K. Hausman, and Kenichi Ueda
May 9-10, 2026
Kojima Conference Room, Economics Research Annex (Kojima Hall), 2F, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Format: Speaker 20 minutes, Discussant 10 minutes, Floor discussion 15 minutes.
Saturday, May 9
9:30 am
Registration and Coffee
10:00 am

Malthusian Migrations

Romain Wacziarg, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Guillaume Blanc, Simon Fraser University

Discussant:
TBA
10:45 am

Foreign-Native Wage Gap in Japan: Segregation by Visa Policy

Yuki Hashimoto, RIETI
Ryo Kambayashi, Musashi University
Masao Manjyome, Tokai University
Chiaki Moriguchi, Hitotsubashi University
Mariko Nakagawa, Hitotsubashi University
Yasutaka Saeki, Shizuoka University of Art and Culture

Discussant:
TBA
11:30 am
Break
11:45 am

Reducing Migration Uncertainty: The Impact of an Income Smoothing Program for Kenyan Migrants

Gwyneth Miner, Brigham Young University

Discussant:
TBA
12:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm

Labor Market Fluidity and Aggregate Productivity

Noritaka Kudoh, Nagoya University
Hiroaki Miyamoto, Hitotsubashi University

Discussant:
TBA
2:15 pm
Break
2:30 pm

The Gender Dimension of Refugees' Integration in the Labor Market

Martina Viarengo, Geneva Graduate Institute

Discussant:
TBA
3:15 pm

Exit and Voice: Germany, 1933-1948

Hillel Rapoport, Paris School of Economics

Discussant:
TBA
4:00 pm
Break
4:15 pm

Financial Security, Climate Shocks and Social Cohesion

Sandra Sequeira, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Discussant:
TBA
5:00 pm
Adjourn
7:00 pm
Group Dinner - Yugyoan Tankuma Kitamise at Tokyo Dome Hotel
Sunday, May 10
8:30 am
Registration and Coffee
9:00 am

Modeling Migration-Induced Unemployment

Pascal Michaillat, University of California, Santa Cruz and NBER

Discussant:
TBA
9:45 am
Break
10:00 am

Endogenous Migration and the Macroeconomic Impact of Foreign Workers in Japan

Sagiri Kitao, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)
Nozomi Takeda, University of Minnesota

Discussant:
TBA
10:45 am
Break
11:00 am

Foreign Geopolitical Risk and U.S. Firm Productivity: The Role of Immigrant Labor

Zhongling Qin, Auburn University
Miao Ben Zhang, University of Southern California

Discussant:
TBA
11:45 am
Adjourn


Jointly sponsored by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), the Tokyo Center for Economic Research (TCER), and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR).