Presentation at the "14th Masahiko Aoki Award in Comparative Institutional Economic High-Level lecture" held by Tsinghua University (July 4, 2025)

I had the honor to present at the "14th Masahiko Aoki Award in Comparative Institutional Economic High-Level lecture” held by the School of Public Policy and Manangement, Tsinghua University on July 4, 2025.

You can check out the slides I used for the presentation from the link below:

"Japan’s Income Inequity and Social Security System"
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BhMpBKKn9inppQSXxWmG0qySQNuf8XqD/view?usp=sharing

Presentation at the Japan Association for Applied Economics

I gave a lecture at the Japan Association for Applied Economics: "Why did Japan's period of rapid economic growth end in the early 1970s?

You can view a revised version of the slides used on the day below.

• Why Did Japan's Rapid Economic Growth Come to an Endin the Early 1970s?

Keynote speech at CIDEG in Tsinghua University: “Japan's Social Security System”

On May 24, 2024, Hatta gave a keynote speech on “Japan’s Social Security System” at The 34th Academic Conference of CIDEG (Center for Industrial Development and Environmental Governance) in Tsinghua University, Beijing.

The presentation focused on three themes: redistributive policies, the pension system, and Japan’s social security experience. It explained the current status of these systems and the direction of reform.

A revised version of the slides used in the presentation can be found at the following link:

• Japan's Social Security System

Keynote Speech “Does Consumption Expenditure Represent a Person’s Utility? —Perspective from the Tax Theory—”

Hatta gave a keynote speech at the 14th Biennial Conference of Asian Consumer and Family Economics Association (ACFEA) on 9-12 July 2023. The meeting was held at Kokura, KItakyushu.

You can read the slide material I used at the speech:

• “Does Consumption Expenditure Represent a Person’s Utility?––Perspective from the Tax Theory––”

My lecture “Why Has Japan Stopped Growing Since 1974?” held at Ritsumeikan University

Hatta delivered a lecture“Why Has Japan Stopped Growing Since 1974?” at Ritsumeikan University on June 13, 2023.

• Slide material
• Synopsis

“Productivity Growth Has No Relationship with Population Growth”

Asian Growth Research Institute (AGI) and Fudan University held a joint research seminar on 17 Dec. 2020. Hatta gave a talk on “Productivity Growth Has No Relationship with Population Growth.” You can see the slide material used in this seminar.

“Economic Growth and Cities in Japan: Implications to Yangtze River Delta”

On November 27, Hatta took part in “Yangtze River Delta University Think Tank Summit 2020” virtually and gave a talk on “Economic Growth and Cities in Japan: Implications to Yangtze River Delta.”

You can see the slide material I used in the talk.

Economic Growth and Cities ––Why Did Japan Fall from the Rapid Growth in 1974?––

May 18, 2016

Hatta gave a lecture on "Economic Growth and Cities ––Why Did Japan Fall from the Rapid Growth in 1974?–– " in a seminar held by New York University, Stern School of Business.

〈The PowerPoint material used in the seminar〉

"Structural Reform vs. Industrial Policy as a Growth Strategy"

May 13, 2016

Hatta gave a lecture about "Structural Reform vs. Industrial Policy as a Growth Strategy" in The 57th NSD Policy Talk held by Peking University, Wasada University & Korea University.

Economic Growth and Cities ––Why Did Japan Fall from the Rapid Growth in 1974?––

May 13, 2016

Hatta gave a lecture on "Economic Growth and Cities ––Why Did Japan Fall from the Rapid Growth in 1974?–– " in a seminar held by New York University, Stern School of Business.

〈The PowerPoint material used in the seminar〉