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
Download the 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
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