Dale Jorgenson

World KLEMS 2012 Conference Information

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Conference Program

Before the World KLEMS Conference, Wednesday, August 8:

6:30 p.m. Reception for Participants, Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building.

7:00 p.m. New England Clam Bake, Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building.

First Day, Thursday, August 9:

8:00 a.m., Breakfast, Harvard Kennedy School, Taubman Building, 5^th Floor

9:00-10:00 a.m. Welcome and Overview. Chair: Dale Jorgenson.

Dale Jorgenson (Harvard University), Welcome to the Second World KLEMS Conference.

Andre Hofman (LIS LA-KLEMS Initiative), Overview of LA KLEMS

Hak Kil Pyo (Seoul National University), Overview of Asia KLEMS

Marcel Timmer (University of Groningen and Groningen Growth and Development Centre), Overview of Extensions and Applications

10:00-10:30 a.m. Coffee.

10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Parallel Sessions

Asia KLEMS. Chair: K. L. Krishna (India-KLEMS).

Kyoji Fukao (Hitotsubashi University), Extensions of the Japan Industrial Database (with Tsutomu Miyagawa) Presentation.

Harry Wu (Institute of Economic Research at Hitotsubashi University), Input, Output, and Productivity Performance in Chinese Industry, 1949-2009. Presentation.

Hak Kil Pyo (Seoul National University), Intangible Assets and Economic Growth in Emerging Markets (with Hyunbae Chun and Keunhee Rhee). Presentation.

Deb Kusum Das (India-KLEMS), Abdul Erumban (University of Groningen), and Suresh Aggarwal (India-KLEMS), The Industry Origins of India’s Economic Growth. Presentation.

Extensions and Applications: Chair: Martin Fleming (IBM Corporation).

Susanto Basu (Boston College), Productivity and the Welfare of Nations (with Luigi Pascali, Fabio Schiantarelli and Luis Serven). Presentation.

Robert Inklaar (University of Groningen), The Next Generation of the Penn World Table (with Robert Feenstra and Marcel Timmer). Presentation.

Gaaitzen de Vries (University of Groningen), Global Production Sharing: New Insights from the World Input-Output Database (WIOD). Presentation.

Sean Cahill (Agriculture and Agri-Food, Canad), Yu Sheng (Australian Bureau of Agriculture) and Sun Ling Wang (US Department of Agriculture), Agricultural Productivity in Developed and Developing Countries (with Eldon Ball and Tabitha Rich). Presentation.

12:30-1:30 p.m., Lunch.

1:30-3:00 p.m. Parallel Sessions.

LA-KLEMS. Chair: Andre Hofman (LIS LA-KLEMS Initiative).

Francisco Guillen (LIS LA-KLEMS Initiative), LA-KLEMS: The Mexican Case. Presentation.

Fabio Freitas (LIS LA-KLEMS Initiative) with David Kupfer (LIS LA-KLEMS Initiative), Growth Accounts by Industry in Brazil. Presentation.

Ariel Coremberg (AR-KLEMS+LAND; University of Buenos Aires), The Argentine Productivity Slowdown: The Challenge after Global Financial Collapse. Presentation.

Intangibles 1. Chair: Bart van Ark (The Conference Board).

Unni Pillai (University at Albany-SUNY), Measuring Knowledge Capital and Its Contribution to Productivity Growth: An Application to Intel Microprocessors (with Ana Aizcorbe and Samuel Kortum). Presentation.

Carol Corrado (The Conference Board), Intangible Capital and Growth Strategies for Advanced Economies (with Jonathan Haskell, Cecilia Jona-Lasinio, and Maximilian Iommi). Presentation.

Cecilia Jona-Lasinio (ISTAT), Productivity Growth, Intangible Capital and ICT: Some International Comparisons (with Carol Corrado and Jonathan Haskell). Presentation.

Francisco Perez (IVIE), Knowledge Accounting: An Economic Approach (with Eva Benages). Presentation.

3:00-3:30 p.m. Coffee and Soft Drinks.

3:30-5:00 p.m. Parallel Sessions.

U.S. Chair: Steve Landefeld (Bureau of Economic Analysis).

Erich Strassner (Bureau of Economic Analysis), The BEA/BLS Industry-Level Production Accounts. Presentation.

Mun S. Ho (Harvard University, IQSS), A Prototype Industry-Level Production Account for the United States, 1947-2010 (with Dale Jorgenson and Jon Samuels). Presentation.

Brian Moyer (Bureau of Economic Analysis), Integration of the U.S. Industry Accounts and the NIPAs. Presentation.

Intangibles II: Chair: Bert Balk (Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University).

Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine), Accumulation of Human Capital in the U.S. Presentation.

Paul Schreyer (OECD), The OECD Human Capital Project. Presentation.

Mary O’Mahony (University of Birmingham), Productivity in the Health Sector.

5:10 p.m. Bus leaves the Harvard Kennedy School for the Royal Sonesta Hotel.

5:30-6:30 p.m., Poster Session, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Royal Sonesta Hotel.

6:30 p.m. Reception for World KLEMS Participants. Harvard Kennedy School.

6:40 p.m. Bus leaves the Royal Sonesta Hotel for the Harvard Kennedy School.

7:30 p.m. World KLEMS Conference Banquet. Harvard Kennedy School.

Chair: Bart van Ark (The Conference Board).

Address: Paul Schreyer (OECD), From the OECD Productivity Handbook to World KLEMS.

Second Day, Friday, August 10:

8:00 a.m. Breakfast. Harvard Kennedy School.

9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m., Parallel Sessions

Country Studies. Chair: Matilde Mas (Universitat de Valencia & IVIE).

Hans-Olof Hagen (Statistics Sweden), Growth Accounts for the Swedish Business Sector, 1993-2011. Presentation.

Erik Veldhuizen (Statistics NetherlandsStatistics Netherlands), The Dutch Growth Accounts: Updates and Extensions 2012 (with Murat Tanriseven). Presentation.

Ilya Voskoboynikov (University of Groningen; National Research University Higher School of Economics), Gas Only? Accounting for Russia’s Economic Growth (with Marcel Timmer). Presentation.

Hui Wei (Australian BS Productivity Statistics), The Industry Sources of Australia’s Productivity Slowdown (with Pengfei Zhao). Presentation.

Projections. Chair: Edwin Dean (George Washington University).

Dale Jorgenson (Harvard University), Future Economic Growth in the G7 and the G20 (with Khuong Vu). Presentation.

Nicholas Oulton (London School of Economics), Long-Term Implications of the ICT Revolution: Applying the Lessons of Growth Theory and Growth Accounting. Presentation.

Bart van Ark (The Conference Board), Economic Performance in the World Economy. Presentation.

10:30-11:00 a.m. Coffee.

11:00 a.m. Roundtable: The Future of World KLEMS.

Marcel Timmer (University of Groningen and Groningen Growth and Development Centre), EU KLEMS and World KLEMS. Presentation.

Comments: Andre Hofman (LIS LA-KLEMS Initiative), B. N. Goldar (India-KLEMS), Hak Kil Pyo (Seoul National University), Dale Jorgenson (Harvard University)

Noon: Lunch, Harvard Kennedy School

1:40 p.m. Bus to the Royal Sonesta Hotel.

Presentation.