(Last updated : 2025-04-18 15:52:50)
  YOSHIDA Kenzo
   Department   Aoyama Gakuin University  Department of Economics, College of Economics
   Position   Professor
■ Specialization and related fields
Sociology, Public economics and labor economics, Economic doctrines and economic thought, Economic policy 
■ Business career
1. 2016/04~2018/03 Aoyama Gakuin University College of Economics Department of Economics Associate Professor
2. 2018/04~ Aoyama Gakuin University College of Economics Department of Economics Professor
■ Book and thesis
1. Book Japanese Social Security System, 2nd Edition   (Collaboration) 2024/04
2. Article Why Hybrid Pension Plans Have Not Prevailed in the United States (Part 2):
The Social Conflicts and 'Financial Incentives' Over Cash Balance Conversions The Aoyama Journal of Economics pp.211-272 (Single) 2025/03
3. Article Why Hybrid Pension Plans Have Not Prevailed in the United States (Part 1):
Issues with Cash Balance Plans and ERISA THE AOYAMA JOURNAL OF ECONOMICS pp.99-142 (Single) 2024/06
4. Article “A Retirement Crisis” and the Restructuring of the Pension System in the United States: Did the Shift to 401 (k) Plans Cause It? Journal of Social Security Research pp.346-362 (Single) 2023/12
5. Article The Stability of Social Security in the United States: The Need for a Durable Institutional Design Journal of Social Policy 47(2),pp.397-415 (Single) 2018/04
■ Academic conference presentation
1. 2024/03/16 The End of Pension Crisis and the “Last” Reform for Japan? (The Transformation of East Asian Welfare States in the Post Covid19 Era: Challenges, Opportunities and Futures)