RIETI - 21st Century COE Hi-Stat Program Workshop
Industry- and Firm-Level Total Factor Productivity and Economic Growth inJapanTime and Date: 9:30-17:50 Monday July 24th, 2006; 9:00-11:45 Tuesday July 25th, 2006
Venue: RIETI's seminar room (1121, 11th floor, METI Annex)
1-3-1, Kasumigaseki Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/about/map.html
Language: English (no interpretation available)
Fee: Free
Host: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI)
Hitotsubashi University 21st Century COE Program, Research Unit for Statistical Analysis inSocial SciencesMonday July 24th, 2006 9:30-17:50
09:30－12:00 150 min.

Part I: Economic Growth in Japan: Analysis Based on the JIPDatabase
Chair: MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI/Professor, Department of Technology Management for
Innovation, The University of Tokyo)
9:30－10:50 80 min.
"JIP Database"
9:30-9:55
25 min. Presentation: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor,
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi
University)
9:55-10:20

25 min.

10:20-10:35

15 min.

10:35-10:50

15 min.

10:50－11:05 15 min.
11:05－11:45 40 min.

MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI /Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin
University)
TOKUI Joji (Professor, Faculty of Economics, Shinshu
University)
ITO Keiko (Assistant Professor, School of Economics,Senshu University)
Coffee Break

11:05-11:15

10 min. Comments:

11:15-11:25

10 min.

11:25-11:35

10 min.

11:35-11:45

10 min.

11:45－12:00 15 min.
12:00－13:00 60 min.

Dale W. JORGENSON (Samuel W. Morris University
Professor, Department of Economics, Harvard
University)
NOMURA Koji (Associate Professor, Keio Economic
Observatory (KEO), Keio University)
OMORI Takashi (Vice President, Economic and Social
Research Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office / Vice
Chairman, Economic Policy Committee, OECD)
KAWAMOTO Takuji (Deputy Director, Research andStatistics Department, Bank of Japan)

Open Discussion
Lunch Break1

13:00－15:45

165min.

Part II: International Comparison: Analysis Based on the EUKLEMS Project

Chair: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor,
Institute of Economic Research, Hitotsubashi
University)
13:00－13:55"Current Status of EU KLEMS"
13:00 －13:25
25 min. Presentation: Marcel P. TIMMER (Assistant Professor, Departmentof Economics, University of Groningen)15 min. Comments:
13:25－13:40
KURODA Masahiro (President, Economic and SocialResearch Institute (ESRI), Cabinet Office)
13:40－13:55
15 min. Open Discussion
13:55－14:50"Productivity Analysis by Industry in Korea and International
Comparison through EU KLEMS Database: Data Structure"
25 min. Presentation: PYO Hak Kil (Professor, Department of Economics,
13:55－14:20
Seoul National University)
HA Bongchan (Korea Institute for Industrial Economicsand Technology)
RHEE Keun Hee (Senior Researcher, Department ofProductivity Innovation, Korea Productivity Center)
14:20－14:35
15 min. Comments: Marcel P. TIMMER (Assistant Professor, Departmentof Economics, University of Groningen)
14:35－14:50
15 min. Open Discussion
14:50－15:45"Total Factor Productivity Growth in China Industries, 19812000"
25 min. Presentation: REN Ruoen (Professor, School of Economics and
14:50-15:15
Management, Beihang University)
15:15-15:30
15 min. Comments: Harry WU (Professor, Hong Kong Polytechnic
University School of Accounting and Finance)
15:30-15:45
15 min. Open Discussion
15:45-16:00
15min.
Coffee Break
16:00-17:50
110 min. Part III: Productivity Analysis Based on Micro-data (1)Chair: MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Former Faculty Fellow,RIETI / Professor, Faculty of Economics, GakushuinUniversity)
16:00-16:55
16:00-16:25

16:25-16:40
16:40-16:55

55 mins"Entry and Exit Effects on Japanese Productivity Growth"

25 min. Presentation: FUKAO Kyoji (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor,

Institute of Economic Research, HitotsubashiUniversity)
KWON Hyeog Ug (Assistant Professor, Nihon
University College of Economics)
KIM Young Gak (Graduate School of Economics,Hitotsubashi University)
15 min. Comments:
NOSAKA Hiromi (Associate Professor, Faculty ofEconomics, Kansai University)
15 min. Open Discussion2

16:55-17:50
16:55-17:20

17:20-17:35

17:35-17:50

55 mins"Shadow of Death"

25 min. Presentation: KIYOTA Kozo (Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI /Associate Professor, Faculty of Business
Administration, Yokohama National University)
TAKIZAWA Miho (Graduate School of Economics,Hitotsubashi University)
15 min. Comments:
NAGAOKA Sadao (Research Counselor, RIETI /Director and Professor, Institute of Innovation
Research, Hitotsubashi University)
15 min. Open Discussion

Tuesday July 25th, 2006 9:00-11:45
9：00－11：45

165 min.

Chair: TOKUI Joji (Professor, Faculty of Economics,Shinshu University)"Effects of IT Capital (or R&D Capital) on Productivity Growth"

9:00－9:40
9:00－9:30

9:30－9:40
9:40－10:20

Part IV：Productivity Analysis Based on Micro-data (2)30 min. Presentation: MOTOHASHI Kazuyuki (Faculty Fellow, RIETI/Professor, Department of Technology Management forInnovation, The University of Tokyo)
10 min. Comments: NAKAJIMA Takanobu (Professor, Faculty of Businessand Commerce, Keio University)
40 min. "Assessing the Contribution of Organization Capital on FirmLevel Productivity in Japan"

30 min. Presentation: MIYAGAWA Tsutomu (Former Faculty Fellow, RIETI /Professor, Faculty of Economics, Gakushuin
University)
KIM Young Gak(Graduate School of Economics,Hitotsubashi University)
10:10－10:20
10 min. Comments: HARADA Nobuyuki (Assistant Professor, Departmentof Social Systems and Management, Graduate Schoolof Systems and Information Engineering, University ofTsukuba)
10:20－10:35 15 min.
Coffee Break
10:35－11:15 40 min.
"Outsourcing and Productivity"
10:35－11:05
15 min. Presentation: INUI Tomohiko (Professor, Nihon University College ofEconomics)
15 min.
TODO Yasuyuki (Associate Professor, School ofInternational Politics, Economics and Business,
Aoyama Gakuin University)
11:05－11:15
10 min. Comments: TOMIURA Eiichi (Faculty Fellow, RIETI / Professor,
Department of Economics, Yokohama National
11:15－11:45 30 min.
Open Discussion
9:40－10:10

11：45－12：45 60 min.

Lunch Break3