Workshop on 'International Comparisons of Prices, Income and Productivity'

28 April 2011

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
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
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
12:15-13:45	Lunch
13:45-14:35	PWT: The Next Generation Rob Feenstra, UC Davis Discussant: Angus Deaton
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
17:00	End of session
18:30	Dinner

Friday, May 13, 2011

09:15-10:05	Uses of current price series in PWT Alan Heston, University of Pennsylvania Discussant: Marcel Timmer, University of Groningen
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
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