Ｔhe Institute for Economic Studies at Keio University (IES) hosted a
special workshop "The Frontier of Macro Labor Economics" on July 1, 2016.
The workshop had three distinguished speakers from abroad, Shigeru Fujita
of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, Alexander Monge-Naranjo of the
Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis, Toshihiko Mukoyama of University of
Virginia. Presenters and participants discussed various labor market data
and models to better understand the dynamics of employment and unemployment
and their durations, as well as schemes of unemployment insurance. There
was also a discussion on the design of student fellowship programs that
would enhance investment in human capital and efficient allocation of
labor.