Workshop on 'International Comparisons of Prices, Income and Productivity'
organised by Robert Inklaar and Marcel Timmer
On May 12 and 13, 2011 the Groningen Growth and Development Centre hosted the 7th workshop on "International Comparisons of Prices, Income and Productivity". During this workshop new theoretical and empirical developments in the field were discussed, including new plans for the Penn World Tables.
Program
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Arrival of participants, 18:30 Dinner
Thursday, May 12, 2011
| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome with coffee |
| 09:15-10:05 |
Using unit-values to assess spatial price differences: evidence from India and Brazil
Angus Deaton, Princeton University Discussant: Ingvild Almas, Norwegian School of Economics [comments] |
| 10:05-10:20 | Break |
| 10:20-11.10 |
Linking the Regions in ICP at Basic Heading Level and at Higher Levels of Aggregation
Robert Hill, University of Graz Discussant: Bert Balk, Erasmus University Rotterdam [comments] [coordinates of the sources] |
| 11:10-11:25 | Break |
| 11:25-12.15 |
An Econometric Approach to the Construction of Panels of Real Incomes at current and Constant Prices – A Progress report
D.S. Prasada Rao, University of Queensland Discussant: Rob Feenstra, UC Davis [comments] |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45-14:35 |
PWT: The Next Generation
Rob Feenstra, UC Davis Discussant: Angus Deaton [comments] |
| 14:35-14:50 | Break |
| 14:50-15:40 |
How consistent is the transatlantic national income gap? Reconciling benchmarks and time series estimates, 1870-2010 Jop Woltjer, University of Groningen Discussant: D.S. Prasada Rao |
| 15:40-16:10 | Break |
| 16:10-17:00 |
Are there Unmeasured Declines in Prices of Imported Final Consumption Goods?
Marshall Reinsdorf, Bureau of Economic Analysis Discussant: Robert Inklaar, University of Groningen [comments] |
| 17:00 | End of session |
| 18:30 | Dinner |
Friday, May 13, 2011
| 09:15-10:05 |
Uses of current price series in PWT
|
| 10:05-10:20 | Break |
| 10:20-11.10 |
Welfare Consistent Cross Country Comparisons: The Geary-Allen World Accounts
Ingvild Almas,Norwegian School of Economics Discussant: Marshall Reinsdorf, BEA [comments] |
| 11:10-11:25 | Break |
| 11:25-12.15 |
Real sectoral output measurement
Robert Inklaar, University of Groningen Discussant: Robert Hill, University of Graz |
| 12:15-13:45 | Lunch |
| 14:30-14:45 | Departure from Hotel de Ville for Fraeylemaborg by bus |
| 15:30 | Fraeylemaborg visit, drinks, dinner |
| 20:00 | Return to Groningen |
| Last modified: | 10 November 2016 1.37 p.m. |
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