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The Second World KLEMS Conference will take place at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August 9-10, 2012.
The objective of the Conference is to discuss recent progress in the development and applications of KLEMS data sets. These data are widely used in research on economic growth, structural change, and international comparisons based on purchasing power parities.
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The first WORLD KLEMS Conference at Harvard University, August 19-20, 2010
WORLD KLEMS's first Conference was held at the Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. The organizing committee includes Dale Jorgenson of Harvard, Marcel Timmer of the University of Groningen and Bart van Ark of the Conference Board and the University of Groningen.
Program (August 10)
Before the conference, Wednesday, August 18: |
| 6:00 p.m. Reception, Harvard Faculty Club |
| 7:00 p.m. Welcoming dinner, Harvard Faculty Club |
First Day, Thursday, August 19: |
| 8:00 a.m. Breakfast at the conference site |
9:00-10.30 a.m. The World KLEMS Consortium. Chair: Stephen Landefeld |
| Dale Jorgenson, Introduction to World KLEMS [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
| Bart van Ark, From EU KLEMS to World KLEMS [PRESENTATION] |
| Marcel Timmer, World KLEMS and the WIOD [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
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| 10:30-11:00 a.m. Coffee break |
11:00 a.m.-12.30 p.m. KLEMS Methodology: Basic Building Blocks. Chair: Frank Gollop |
| Mun Ho, Measuring Labor Input. [PRESENTATION] |
| Paul Schreyer, Measuring Capital Input [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
| Brian Moyer, Measuring Output and Intermediate Input [PRESENTATION] |
12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch |
2:00-3.30 p.m. KLEMS Methodology (Breakout Sessions): |
| Session One: Labor Input. Chair: Richard Freeman |
| Barbara Fraumeni, Measuring Human Capital [PRESENTATION] |
| Wulong Gu, Labor Input and Human Capital [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
| Mary O'Mahony, Measuring Labor Input: Lessons from European Research |
Session Two: Capital Input. Chair: Martin Fleming |
| Ana Aizcorbe, Price Indexes for Information Technology [PRESENTATION] |
Nick Oulton and Ana Rincon-Aznar, Ex Post Versus Ex Ante Measures of the User Cost of Capital
[PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
| David Wasshausen, BEA Fixed Assets Accounts: An Overview [PRESENTATION] |
Session Three: Output and Intermediate Input. Chair: J. Christina Wang |
Eldon Ball, Productivity and Growth in U.S. Agriculture
[PAPER: Levels of Farm Sector Productivity: An International Comparison]
[PAPER: Productivity and Competitiveness]
[PAPER: Capital as a Factor of Production in OECD Agriculture: Measurement and Data," Applied Economics 40(2008):1253-1277]
[PRESENTATION]
[WEBSITE] |
| Robert Inklaar, Banking Sector Output Measurement in the Euro Area [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
| Erich Strassner, BEA's Industry Accounts: Improved Measures of Outputs, Inputs, and Value Added [PRESENTATION] |
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| 3:30-4:00 p.m. Coffee break |
4:00-5.30 a.m. World KLEMS Consortium. Chair: Marcel Timmer |
| Ren Ruoen, China KLEMS [PRESENTATION] |
| Xu Xianchun, KLEMS at NBS |
| B. N. Goldar, India KLEMS [PRESENTATION] |
| Aleksey Ponomarenko, Russia KLEMS [PRESENTATION] |
| Andre Hofman, LA KLEMS [PRESENTATION] |
| Tsutomu Miyagawa, From Productivity Analysis in Asia to Creating the Asia KLEMS Database [PRESENTATION] |
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| 5:30-6:00 p.m. Break |
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| 6:00 p.m. Reception, Harvard Faculty Club |
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| 7:00 p.m. Conference banquet, Harvard Faculty Club |
| Chair: Dale Jorgenson. Dinner speaker: Tony Atkinson, World KLEMS and the World Statistical System |
Second Day: Friday, August 20:
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| 8:00 a.m. Breakfast at the conference site |
9:00-10.30 a.m. KLEMS and the National Accounts. Chair: Paul Schreyer |
| Stephen Landefeld, KLEMS and the NIPA's [PRESENTATION] |
| Karen Wilson, KLEMS and the Canadian SNA [PRESENTATION] |
| Jukka Jalava, KLEMS, the ESA, and Eurostat [PRESENTATION] |
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| 10:30-11:00 a.m. Coffee break |
11:00 a.m.-12.15 p.m. KLEMS Consortium (Breakout Sessions): |
| Session One: China. Chair: Barbara Fraumeni |
| Ruoen Ren, Opening Remarks |
| Xiaoqin Li, Output and Intermediate Input |
| Linlin Sun, Capital Input [PRESENTATION] |
| Harry Wu, The China Industry Productivity Data Base [PRESENTATION] |
Session Two: Europe. Chair: Mary O’Mahony |
| Antonella Baldassarini, ISTAT's Experience with the KLEMS Data Set [PRESENTATION] |
| Hans-Olof Hagen, KLEMS Data for Sweden [PRESENTATION] |
| Matilde Mas, Productivity in Europe from the Expansion to the Crisis [PRESENTATION] |
| Erik Veldhuizen, Dutch Growth Accounts [PRESENTATION] [PAPER] [LINK] |
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| 12:15-1:30 p.m. Lunch |
1:30-2.45 p.m. WORLD KLEMS Consortium (Breakout Sessions): |
| Session One: India. Chair: Andre Hofman |
| Suresh Aggarwal, Labor Input and Its Composition - An Industry-Level Perspective [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
| Deb Kusum Das and Abdul Erumban, Capital Input - Asset and Industry Composition [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
Deb Kusum Das and Deepika Wadhwa, Productivity Growth in the Indian Economy
- An Industry-Level Decomposition [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
Session Two: Australia and the U.S. Chair: Brian Moyer |
| Susanto Basu, Sector-Specific Technical Change [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
| Susan Fleck, The U.S. Industry-Level Production Account [PRESENTATION] |
| Colin Webb, The OECD STAN Data Base [PRESENTATION] |
| Hui Wei, The ABS MFP Data Base [PRESENTATION] |
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| 2:45-3:15 p.m. Coffee break |
3:15-4.30 p.m. WORLD KLEMS Consortium (Breakout Sessions): |
| Session One: Latin America. Chair: Francisco Perez Garcia |
| Andre Hofman, Opening Remarks |
| Norberto Itzcovich and Gustavo Rodriguez, Argentina [PRESENTATION] |
| Roberto Olinto and David Kupfer/Esther Dweck, Brazil |
| Julia Ortuzar and Gonzalo Encina, Chile |
| Francisco Guillen, Mexico [PRESENTATION Spanish version] [PRESENTATION English version] |
| Ariel Coremberg, The Case of Argentina [PRESENTATION] |
| Gaaitzen de Vries, The Case of Brazil [PRESENTATION] |
Session Two: Asia and Russia. Chair: Alexey Ponomarenko |
| Hak Pyo, The Korean KLEMS Data Base [PRESENTATION] |
| Joji Tokui, The Japan Industry Productivity Data Base [PRESENTATION] |
| Ilya Voskoboynikov, Russia KLEMS: What we know and what we should know about economic growth in Russia [PAPER] [PRESENTATION] |
| Khuong Vu, Southeast Asian (ASEAN) KLEMS [PRESENTATION] |
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4:30-5.30 p.m. Panel Discussion: Challenges for WORLD KLEMS. Chair: Bart van Ark |
| Marcel Timmer, The World KLEMS Consortium [PRESENTATION] |
| Comments on World KLEMS: Sergey Aleksashenko, Nanno Mulder, K. L. Krishna, Xu Xianchun |
| Dale W. Jorgenson, Concluding Remarks on World KLEMS |
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| 5:30 p.m. Wine-and-cheese reception at the conference site |
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