The Eighth World KLEMS Conference Tokyo, Japan

8:30-9:00

Registration

9:00-10:00

Opening Session Iwasaki Hall Opening Remarks, Kyoji Fukao
Keynote Speech Bart van Ark

10:00-10:15

Break

10:15-11:45

Plenary Session Iwasaki Hall Global Economy and Productivity Analysis
Intangible assets in the Global Economy: Better Data for Better Policy, Cecilia Jona-Lasinio
Convergence in the World Economy – Evidence from the Last Fifty Years, Prasada Rao
The Rise and Fall of Productivity Growth in the East Asian Countries, Hak Kil Pyo, Kyoji Fukao, and Harry Wu

11:45-13:10

Lunch Room 4

12:30-13:15

World KLEMS Committee Meeting Room 2 and 3

13:15-15:15

4 Parallel Sessions

1. Digitalization and Artificial Intelligence Iwasaki Hall Productive Screentime, Kevin Fox
   The Impact of Capitalizing Data on Productivity Growth in the U.S,. José Bayoán Santiago
   The Impact of AI and Robots on Employment, Wages, and Industrial Structure, Kyoji Fukao
   Digitalization and Productivity Growth Slowdown in Production Networks, Ali Sen
   
2. Productivity in the Regional Economies in China, India and Africa Kabayama Hall and Room2 Measuring Land Input in China – An Extension of the KLEMS Data Framework, Zhihan Yu
   AI and Labour Market Outcomes: Evidence from India, Ajay Sharma
   Services-Led Structural Transformation in East Africa, Calumn Hamilton
   Productivity under distortions in input and product markets: the case of South Africa, Richard Kima and Innocent Mngomezulu
   
3. Progress in Regional KLEMS Data Rooms 3 and 4 Regional Smart Specializations through the Lenses of KLEMS Growth Accounting, Dariusz Kotlewski
   Updated data from the TFP KLEMS – Mexico, after the COVID 19 pandemic, Angel Fernando Pineda-Solis
   Industry Origins of Productivity Growth and Structural Change in Russia in 2010-s, Ilya Voskoboynikov
   Estimation of Potential GDP in Korea Using the Stochastic Frontier Production Approach, Hyunbae Chun
   
4. The Chinese Economy Seminar rooms 403 and 404 Exploring the Industry Origin of Resource Misallocation in the Chinese Economy: Which Industries Matter?, Zhongwen Zhang
   Reevaluating China’s GDP: Addressing Measurement Challenges for the Penn World Table, Reitze Gouma
   Production Networks and Business Cycles in China – Observations from the CIP/China KLEMS Data, Shiyu Xu
   Intended and Unintended Impacts of Industrial Policy: Evidence from China, Li Xiang
   

15:15-15:30

Break

15:30-17:30

3 Parallel Sessions

5. Intangibles Iwasaki Hall The Rise of Intangible Capital and the Macroeconomic Implications, Andrea Chiavari
   Intangible Investment in India: A Facilitator for Services-led Growth?, Abdul A. Erumban
   The Productivity J-curve from an International Perspective: Is the U.S. a Unique Case?, Ahmed Bounfour and Tsutomu Miyagawa
   Trust, intangible assets and productivity, Giuseppe Nicoletti
   
6. International Supply Chains and Global Value Added Kabayama Hall and Room2 Value Chain Productivity and Intangible Investments, Sakari Lähdemäki
   Structural Changes in the Global Value Chain and Competitiveness of East Asian Economies, Kenji Suganuma
   Till death do us part: Relationship shocks, supply chain organization and firm performance, Keiko Ito
   Digitalization and international competitiveness: A cross-country exploration of the relation between firm-level ICT use, productivity and export, Michael Polder
   
7. Productivity Studies Using Micro-data Rooms 3 and 4 How Worker Productivity and Wages Grow with Tenure and Experience: The Firm Perspective, Minjoon Lee
   What Drives the Productivity Gap in Less Developed Regions? Insights from Italian and Spanish Firm-level Data, Wessel Vermeulen
   An Empirical Analysis of the Impact of Employee Aging on Innovation and Productivity, Hyeog Ug Kwon
   Trade Liberalisation, Export Participation, and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Indian Manufacturing Plants, Rijesh R
   

18:00-19:30

Reception and Dinner Kabayama Hall and Room2 Keynote at dinner and short speech from JPC (sponsor)

Day 2: Friday, March 28, 2025

9:00-10:30

3 Parallel Sessions

8. Measurement of Production Function and Capital Iwasaki Hall The Chain Additivity Issue Reconsidered in the National Economic Accounts of Japan and Korea, Ki Hong Choi and Hak K. Pyo
   Laspeyres-Paasche Bounds for Productivity Index, Hideyuki Mizobuchi
   Estimating Flexible Functional Forms using Macroeconomic Data, Walter Erwin Diewert
   
9. Human Capital and Natural Resources Room3 and 4 Shaping Green Horizons – A Comparative Analysis of Environmentally Adjusted Productivity Growth for India and Emerging Economies, Sreerupa Sengupta and Vineet Kumar Srivastava
   Frontiers in Comprehensive Wealth Measurement: Global Trends in Human, Produced and Natural Capital, Diego Herrera
   Immigration, Human Capital, and Economic Growth in Canada, Wulong Gu
   
10. Innovation, ICT and Productivity Seminar rooms 403 and 404 Unslicing the Pie: AI Innovation and the Labor Share in European Regions, Francesco Venturini
    On the Elasticity of Substitution between Labor and ICT and IP Capital and Traditional Capital, Vahagn Jerbashian
    Is Innovation Always Beneficial? Externalities of Innovation on Product Market Relationships, Jeong Ho (John) Kim
    

10.45-12.15

3 Parallel Sessions

11. Productivity with International Linkage Iwasaki Hall Assessing Indicator Reliability in Global Value Chains: Hypothetical Data Exclusion Analysis on Trade in Value Added and GHG Footprints indicators, Norihiko Yamano and Collin Web
    Intangible Assets Specialisation and Asymmetries along Global Value Chains, Florencia Jaccoud
    Understanding Global Productivity Cycles, Hideaki Hirata
    
12. The Role of Government on Productivity Growth Room3 and 4 Capturing the Effect of Taxes and Subsidies on Capital and Productivity: A Valuation Approach in the post-Covid Era, Corby Garner
    Powering Progress- The Role of Infrastructure in Driving Productivity Growth in India, Vineet Kumar Srivastava and Sreerupa Sengupta
    Government-Backed Financing and Aggregate Productivity, Jihyun Kim
    
13. Market Structure and Productivity Seminar rooms 403 and 404 The Productivity J-Curve Effect on Korea’s Economic Growth, YoungGak Kim
    ICT and productivity in India’s informal sector Economy: An analysis using enterprise data, Suresh Chand Aggarwal
    The Relationship of Labor Share and Markups Revisited: Evidence from the CIP Data, Yu-Peng Song
    

12:15-13:15

Lunch

13:15-15.15

3 Parallel Sessions 4 Papers each

14. Effects of Digitalization on Productivity Iwasaki Hall Digital Economy Development in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan: Patterns, Drivers, and Comparative Policy Insights, Khuong VU
    Digitalization, Artificial Intelligence and Productivity: New Empirical Insights from G20 Countries, Niti Khandelwal Garg
    Organizational Capital, ICT and Productivity in the Digital Age, Filippo Bontadini
    The TFP Gap in the ICT Industry Between the United States and Taiwan, 2010-2022, Chi-Yuan Liang
    
15. Human capital Room 3 and 4 Using New Sources of Data to Understand Skill Demand and Supply, Mary O’Mahony
    Working in an Immaterial World: Intangible Assets and the Supply and Demand for Skilled Labour, Catherine Robinson
    2024 Inclusive Wealth Report: Human Capital by Gender – a G20 and selected geographies perspective, Barbara Fraumeni
    Human Capital Measurement: Quantity vs. Quality and Individual vs. Aggregate, Haizheng Li
    
16. Development and Applications of Industry Data: Growth and Productivity Measurement Seminar Rooms 403 and 404 Dynamic sources of growth: TFP change and capital accumulation, Mun Ho
    Structural Change, Resource Reallocation and Productivity Growth in Taiwan: 1981- 2020, Tsu-Tan Fu
    China’s Resource Misallocation Revisited from an Industry by Ownership Perspective, Tao Liang
    An Experimental Quarterly Industry-level Production Account for the U.S., David Jang
    

15:30-17:30

Panel Discussion on Global Supply Chain and Productivity Lecture room