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