Productivity Perspectives 2012

Conference

The Productivity Commission and the Australian Bureau of Statistics held a one-day productivity conference in Canberra on 20th November 2012. The conference provided an overview of productivity trends and a range of productivity measurement, analytical and policy issues.

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Keynote speech

• The Importance of Productivity - David Gruen, Australian Treasury (PDF - 180 Kb)

Australian productivity trends

• An overview of Australia's productivity performance - Shiji Zhao, Productivity Commission (PDF - 358 Kb)
• An overview of Australia's productivity performance - Shiji Zhao, Productivity Commission (PPT - 363 Kb)

• Recent developments in the ABS productivity measurement program - Michael Smedes, ABS (PDF - 269 Kb)
• Recent developments in the ABS productivity measurement program - Michael Smedes, ABS (PPT - 181 Kb)

Productivity of manufacturing

• Productivity in Australian Manufacturing - Paula Barnes, Productivity Commission (PDF - 282 Kb)
• Productivity in Australian Manufacturing - Paula Barnes, Productivity Commission (PPT - 243 Kb)

• Technological change in Australian manufacturing - Harry Bloch, Curtin University (PDF - 256 Kb)
• Technological change in Australian manufacturing - Harry Bloch, Curtin University (PPT - 428 Kb)

Lunch time address

• FISIM accounting - Kimberly Zieschang, International Monetary Fund (PDF - 191 Kb)
• FISIM accounting - Kimberly Zieschang, International Monetary Fund (PPT - 129 Kb)

Recent international developments in the measurement of productivity

• Recent international developments in the measurement of productivity - Paul Schreyer, OECD (PDF - 532 Kb)
• Recent international developments in the measurement of productivity - Paul Schreyer, OECD (PPT - 530 Kb)

Productivity case studies

• Impact of the terms of trade on the Australian economy - Erwin Diewert, UBC and Denis Lawrence, Economic Insights (PDF - 321 Kb)
• Impact of the terms of trade on the Australian economy - Erwin Diewert, UBC and Denis Lawrence, Economic Insights (PPT - 466 Kb)

• The industry sources of Australia's productivity slowdown - Hui Wei, ABS (PDF - 473 Kb)
• The industry sources of Australia's productivity slowdown - Hui Wei, ABS (PPT - 1010 Kb)

Panel session: Key issues on the understanding of productivity performance

• Neoclassical Growth Accounting is a Mug's Game! - Susanto Basu, Boston College (PDF - 90 Kb)
• Neoclassical Growth Accounting is a Mug's Game! - Susanto Basu, Boston College (PPT - 142 Kb)

Christopher Findlay, University of Adelaide

Dean Parham, Productivity Commission