On Wednesday, April 15th, ISET hosted Archil Kbilashvili, former Prosecutor General of Georgia, currently a Partner of Mgaloblishvili-Kipiani-Dzidziguri (MKD) law firm. Mr. Kbilashvili delivered a presentation regarding the principles of law and order to ISET community.
Mr. Kbilashvili started his presentation by explaining the importance and influence of the law on our daily lives. Although we might not even realize it, all the actions we make on everyday bases are regulated by the law. Mr. Kbilashvili brought many examples to firm his statement.
After debriefing the basic principles, Mr. Kbilashvili attempted to clarify the difference between civil and criminal law as two broad and separate entities of law with separate sets of regulations and punishments.
On Tuesday, April 7th, ISET hosted Professor Giorgio Brunello from the University of Padova. Prof. Brunello presented his recent paper titled "Pappa Ante Portas: The Retired Husband Syndrome in Japan”, that he collaborated with his colleague Professor Marco Bertoni.
Professor Brunello attempted to show the relationship between a husband’s retirement and mental health (stress) of his wife by using an econometric analysis. As explained, the paper was prepared based on Japanese micro data and the exogenous variation generated by the 2006 revision of the Japanese Elderly Employment Stabilization Law, which mandated employers to guarantee continuous employment between mandatory retirement age and full pension eligibility age.