Atsuhiro Yamada is a labour economist and is currently Associate Professor of Social Policy at Keio University (Tokyo, Japan). He is one of the authors of The Economics of Older Workers in Japan (Tokyo: Nihon Keizai Shinbun-sha, 2004). He has written on the effect of various public policies related to the older workers. Atsuhiro also conducts research on the income distirubion of older people in Japan from an international comparative perspective as a national expert for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (Paris, France).

publications

• Japan Public Policy (July 2009).
• Mind the Gap—Japan Employer Perspective (April 2009).