Hitotsubashi Workshop on Economic Measurement
October
19, 2022 10:25 a.m.-17:30 p.m.
The International House of Japan,
Inc. (国際文化会館)
5-11-16
Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 106-0032
Organizers
Naohito
Abe (Hitotsubashi U.), Koji Nomura (Keio University), Chihiro Shimizu (Hitotsubashi
U.)
9:45 Registration Open
10:25 Opening Remarks Kyoji Fukao, Hitotsubashi University.
Session 1:
Chair: Koji Nomura (Keio University)
10:30-11:00
Chihiro
Shimizu , Hitotsubashi University, with Erwin Diewert
“Alternative Approaches in Measuring the Services of Owner-Occupied Housing”

11:00-11:30 Toshikatsu Inoue,
Hitotsubashi University, with Naohito Abe.
“The Effect of
Seasonality on Elementary Index”
11:30-12:00 Yumi Saita, Kansei Gakuin University,
with Masahiro Higo,Yuta Tachi, Chihiro Shimizu
“Constructing a Building Price Index
Using Big Data from the Administrative Sector.”

12:00-13:00
Lunch

Session 2:
Chair: Iichiro Uesugi Hitotsubashi
University)
13:00-13:50 Erwin Diewert, The University of British
Columbia, with Koji Nomura, Chihiro Shimizu
“Alternative
Measures for Chinese Productivity Growth”

13:50-14:10 Cabinet Office 01. Susumu
Kuwahara, Cabinet Office,
“Research
on measuring price of medical services reflecting the quality difference for
the improvement of the GDP deflator”

14:10-14:30 Cabinet
Office 02. Takeshi Sakuramoto, Rikkyo University,
“The
OECD Digital SUTs for 2015 and 2018 in Japan”

14:30-15:00
Coffee break, Discussion for Cabinet Office Reports

Session 3:
Chair: Akiyuki Tonogi (Toyo University)
15:00-15:50 Prasada Rao, Queensland University with
Reza Hajargasht
“Stochastic
Approach to Price Indices: Revisited”

15:50-16:20 Naohito Abe, Hitotsubashi University, with Yusuke Yamamoto, Chihiro
Shimizu
“On the Price Index for TVs: A Case with Heterogeneous Trends”

16:20-16:40 Statistics Bureau 01. Seitaro
Tanimichi, Statistics Bureau Japan,
“Utilization of big data in CPI”

16:40-17:00 Statistics Bureau 02. Satoru
Hagino, Statistics Bureau Japan,
“Towards the development of trade
statistics using firm-level data”

17:00
Closing Remarks Naohito
Abe, Hitotsubashi University

~17:30 Discussion for Statistics Bureau Reports

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