9:30 Conference Welcome from Professor Yasuyuki Sawada
Session 1: 9:40-12:10 Chair: Yasuyuki Sawada
1) 9:40-10:30
Toru Tsuboya (Tohoku University)
Types of disaster damage and change in depressive symptoms among survivors in Iwanuma, Miyagi
2) 10:30-11:20
Naoki Kondo (The University of Tokyo)
Disasters, economic crisis, and social capital: evidence from social epidemiology
3) 11:20-12:10
Daniel Aldrich (Northeastern University)
How social capital matters during and after disasters
12:10-12:40 Lunch
Session 2: 12:40 – 17:10 Chair: Daniel P. Aldrich
4) 12:40-13:30
Jamie W. Lien (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Major Earthquake Experience and Present-Focused Expenditures
5) 13:30-14:20 Yuki Higuchi (Nagoya City University)
Disaster aid targeting and political connection: Evidence from the Philippines (joint with Nobuhiko Fuwa, Kei Kajisa, and Yasuyuki Sawada)
14:20-14:40 Coffee break
6) 14:40-15:30 Yasuyuki Sawada (The University of Tokyo)
Disaster and Preference: A Unified Theory and Evidence from the Philippines and Japan
7) 15:30-16:20 Masaharu Tsubokura (The University of Tokyo)
Medical assistance for the 23km zone after the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear disaster”
8) 16:20-17:10 Minhaj Mahmud (BIGD, BRAC University)
Natural Disaster and Risk Sharing Behavior: Experimental Evidence from Bangladesh
17:10 Conference ends
18:00 Dinner (Invitation only)