Productivity Perspectives 2007
Conference
The Australian Bureau of Statistics and the Productivity Commission held a one-day productivity conference in Canberra on 6 December 2007. The objective of the conference was to provide an overview of productivity trends and a range of productivity measurement, analytical and policy issues.
Invited speakers:
- Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia
- Paul Schreyer, OECD
- Kevin Fox, University of NSW
- Gudrun Meyer-Boehm, Queensland Treasury
- Ian Bobbin, ABS
- Ben Dolman, Productivity Commission
- Owen Gabbitas, Productivity Commission
- Dean Parham, Productivity Commission
PRESENTATIONS
Welcome and outline of the day
Brian Pink (Australian Statistician)
Overview of productivity trends
The international picture (Paul Schreyer, OECD)
Macro and industry trends (Ian Bobbin, ABS)
State productivity (Gudrun Meyer-Boehm, Qld Treasury)
Mining, productivity, the terms of trade and welfare
Mining productivity: The case of the missing input? (Dean Parham, PC)
Measurement of production, income and welfare with changing terms of trade (Erwin Diewert, UBC)
Distribution of Australia’s economic gains (Ben Dolman, PC)
Infrastructure and productivity
Economic infrastructure – Roads (Kevin Fox, UNSW)
Health service productivity in Australia (Owen Gabbitas, PC)
Panel session: What do we need to measure and analyse better?
Denis Lawrence, Meyrick and Assocs
Jude Hughes, Statistics New Zealand
Rob Brooker, Vic Treasury
Robert Bruenig, ANU
Presentations
The international picture - Paul Schreyer
Presentation PPT 0.5 MB
Summary PDF 0.1 MB
Macro and industry trends - Ian Bobbin
Presentation PDF 0.2 MB
Summary PDF 0.1 MB
State productivity - Gudrun Meyer-Boehm
Presentation PPT 0.3 MB
Mining productivity: The case of the missing input? - Dean Parham
Presentation PPT 0.6 MB
Summary PDF 0.1 MB
Measurement of production, income and welfare with changing terms of trade - Erwin Diewert
Presentation PPT 0.2 MB
Consultancy Report
Distribution of Australia’s economic gains - Ben Dolman
Presentation PPT 0.3 MB
Summary PDF 0.1 MB
Economic infrastructure – Roads - Kevin Fox
Presentation PDF 0.3 MB
Health service productivity in Australia - Owen Gabbitas
Presentation PPT 0.2 MB
Paper PDF 0.3 MB
Panel Presentations
What do we need to measure and analyse better? - Denis Lawrence
Presentation PDF 0.1 MB
Productivity perspectives: the view from the States - Rob Brooker
Presentation PPT 0.6 MB
Takeaways from the day
Takeaways from the day - Erwin Diewert
Summary PDF 0.1 MB
Further Information
Queries can be directed by email to ann-marie.brodrick@abs.gov.au