Productivity analysis and measurement

The productivity debate continues. Last week saw a two-day OECD Workshop on Productivity Analysis and Measurement in Bern. This week I will be featuring several of those papers, along with one or two others I've spotted. For starters, here is the agenda for the Bern conference, with links to the papers and presentations:

Monday, 16 October 2006

Session 1 (9h15-12h00) Productivity growth in Switzerland

     1.   Keynote address: The challenges for increasing productivity growth in Switzerland
           Aymo Brunetti, Chief Economist (State Secretary for Economic Affairs Switzerland)

     2.  Productivity growth and innovation in Switzerland - An international perspective (pdf),
           Presentation (PowerPoint)       
           Dominique Guellec (OECD)

     3.   MFP measurement: from data pitfalls to problem solving – the Swiss way (pdf)
           Ruth Meier  (Swiss Federal Statistical Office)

    4.   Innovation, Technology and Productivity in Switzerland - A Micro Data Analysis
           Jan-Egbert Sturm (KOF - Swiss Institute for Business Cycle Research)

Session 2 (12h00-15h45): Productivity, innovation and technology

      5.   Research and Development as a Value Creating Asset (pdf)          
            Emma Edworthy and Gavin Wallis (Office for National Statistics, United Kingdom)

      6.   Dutch retail trade on the rise? Relation between competition, innovation and productivity (pdf)
            Harold Creusen, Björn Vroomen, Henry van der Wiel and Fred Kuypers

      7.   Infrastructures and ICT. Mesurement Issues and Impact on Economic Growth (pdf),
            Presentation (PowerPoint)         
            Matilde Mas (Ivie and University of Valencia)

      8.   Empirical analysis of the effects of R&D on productivity: Implications for productivity measurement? (pdf), Presentation (PowerPoint)
            Dean Parham (Productivity Commission, Australia)

Session 3 (16h15-17h30): Measuring and analysing labour input

      9.   Labour input productivity: comparative measures and quality issues  (pdf)         
            Antonella Baldassarini and Nadi Di Veroli (ISTAT)

    10.   Are Those Who Bring Work Home Really Working Longer Hours? (pdf), Presentation (PowerPoint)
            Lucy Eldridge and Sabrina Pabilonia (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

Tuesday, 17 October 2006

Session 3 continued (9h00-10h10): Measuring and analysing labour input

    11.   Growth in Euro Area Labour Quality  (pdf)
            Presentation (PowerPoint)         
           Guido Schwerdt and Jarkko Turunen (European Central Bank)

    12.   The Comparative Level of GDP per Capita in Canada and the United States: a Decomposition into Labour Productivity and Work Intensity Differences (pdf)      
            Jean-Pierre Maynard (Statistics Canada)

Session 4 (10h40-15h45): New productivity measures for OECD countries

    13.   Productivity Measurement at Statistics Netherlands: A Progress Report (pdf)
            Presentation (PowerPoint)
            Dirk van den Bergen, Myriam van Rooijen-Horsten, Mark de Haan and Bert M. Balk
            (Statistics Netherlands)

    14.    Estimates of industry level multifactor productiviy in Australia: Measurement initiatives and
issues (pdf)
            Carl Obst, Australian Bureau of Statistics

    15.   Estimates of Labor and Total Factor Productivity by 72 industries in Korea (1970-2003)   (pdf)
            Presentation (pdf)
            Hak K. Pyo (Department of Economics, Seoul National University) and
            Bongchan Ha (Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Technology)
            Keun Hee Rhee (Korean Productivity Center)

    16.   Productivity in the European Union: A Comparative Industry Approach (pdf)
 Mind the gap! International comparisons of productivity in services and goods production  (pdf)
            Bart van Ark, Marcel Timmer (University of Groningen) and Mary O’Mahony (National Institute for Economic and Social Research, United Kingdom)

    17.    A Net Profit Approach to Productivity Measurement, with an appication to Italy (pdf)
            Presentation (PowerPoint)
 Carlo Milana (ISAE, Italy)

    18.   Measuring the Contributions of Productivity and Terms of Trade to Australia’s Economic  Welfare (pdf), Presentation (PowerPoint)         
           Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia, Canada) and Dennis Lawrence (Meyrick Associates)

Session 5 (16h15-17h30): Issues in productivity analysis

    19.   Privatisation vs. productivity in Poland (pdf)
            Izabella Zagozdzinska and Jacek Kotowski (Central Statistical Office, Poland)

    20.   Does Sweden give away its TFP for free?  (pdf), Presentation (PowerPoint)         
            Tomas Skytesvall (National Accounts, OECD) and Hans-Olof Hagen (Statistics Sweden)

Wednesday, 18 October 2006

Session 5 continued (9h00-10h45): Issues in productivity analysis

    21.  Firm demography and Aggregate Productivity Growth (pdf)
           Barbro Widerstedt (Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies)
           (Presented by Lars Fredrik Andersson, Swedish Institute for Growth Policy Studies)

    22.  Trends in ‘structural’ productivity levels in the major industrialised countries (pdf)      
           (Renaud Bourlès (Université de la Méditerranée) and Gilbert Cette (Banque de France)

    23.  Quantifying the Productivity Counterpart of Outsourcing in the Italian Manufacturing Industries (pdf)       Francesco Daveri (University of Parma), Massimiliano Iommi (ISTAT) and Cecilia Jona-Lasinio
            (ISTAT)

Session 6 (11h15-12h15): Panel discussion – conclusions and future orientations

Panelists: Gilbert Cette, Banque de France
                Graeme Davis, Treasury Department Australia
                Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia, Canada
                Gerardo Layva Parra, INEGI, Mexico
                Paul Schreyer, OECD

Discussion session on productivity levels and industry PPPs (13h15-15h15)

This session is intended to review some of the recent work on measurement of productivity levels and industry PPPs. There will be only short presentations, and the focus will be on comments from experts. This session is organised in cooperation with the EU KLEMS consortium. Participation is in principle on invitation, but all participants of the workshop on 16-17 October who also wish to attend are welcome to do so. Please contact Paul Schreyer ([email protected]) or Bart van Ark ([email protected]).

    24.   Reader on Productivity Levels (pdf)
            Bart van Ark and Marcel Timmer (University of Groningen) and Dirk Pilat (OECD)

    25.    PPPs for Industry Output: A New Dataset for International Comparisons (pdf)         
            Bart van Ark, Marcel Timmer and Gerard Ypma (University of Groningen)

    26.   International Comparisons of Industry Output, Inputs and Productivity Levels: Methodology and New Results (pdf)
            Marcel Timmer and Robert Inklaar (University of Groningen)

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