Funded by the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Union
Milestone 3: Midterm Conference. NIESR, London 23rd-24th April 2015
Venue: National Institute of Economic and Social Research, 2 Dean Trench Street, Smith Square, London
Organizational issues (hotels, maps and more)
Agenda
Thursday, April 23, 2015
9:30-10:00 Welcome address
9:30-9:45
Welcome address
9:45-10:00
Matilde Mas (Universitat de València and Ivie)
10:00-12:00 Session 1. Chair: Mary O’Mahony
10:00-10:30
Wealth and Public Investment in Modern Societies
Carol Corrado and Kirsten Jaeger (TCBE)
10:30-11:00
Measuring intangible investment in the Public sector
Carol Corrado (TCBE), Jonathan Haskel (IC), Kirsten Jäger (TCBE), Cecilia Jona-Lasinio (ISTAT and LLEE) and Massimiliano Iommi (ISTAT and LLEE)
11:30-12:00
Public capital: Measurement issues
Matilde Mas (Universitat de València and Ivie)
11:00-11:30
Organisational capital in the public sector: how long does it live?
Martin Gornig and Bernd Goerzig (DIW)
12:00-12:30 Coffee Break
12:30-13:30 Session 2. Chair: Juan Fernández de Guevara
12:30-13:00
The preliminary picture from the database: ESA 2010, back-casting and imputation
Fabio Bacchini (Istat), Gerolamo Giungato (Istat), Roberto Iannaccone (Istat/LLEE) and Monika Schwarzhappel (wiiw), Alexandra Bykova (wiiw)
13:00-13:30
Cross-Country Income Differences Revisited: Accounting for the Role of Intangible Capital
Wen Chen (University of Groningen)
13:30-14:30 Lunch
14:30-16:00 Session 3. Chair: Cecilia Jona-Lasinio
14:30-15:00
An analysis of the research activities in the EU: specialisation and productivity
José Manuel Pastor and Lorenzo Serrano (Universitat de València and Ivie)
15:00-15:30
School performance and the role of intangibles: a case study for England
Alex Bryson, Lucy Stokes and David Wilkinson (NIESR)
15:30-16:00
Efficiency in the education sector: intangible assets and locus of decision-making
Martin Gornig, Alexander Schiersch, Marie Le Mouel (DIW)
16:00-16:30 Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 Session 4. Chair: Carol Corrado
16:30-17:00
Martin Weale (NIESR)
17:00-17:30
Why good practices really matter in healthcare
John Van Reenen (London School of Economics, Centre for Economic Performance)
Friday, April 24, 2015
9:15-11:15 Session 5. Chair: Matilde Mas
9:15-9:45
Fiscal consolidation and long-run economic growth
Florian Misch and Marc-Daniel Moessinger (ZEW)
9:45-10:15
Government spendings and public intangibles in the New Member States
Robert Stehrer and Sebastian Leitner (wiiw)
10:15-10:45
The real time estimation methodology
Fabio Bacchini and Roberto Iannaccone (ISTAT)
10:45-11:15 Coffee Break
11:15-12:15 Session 6. Chair: Jonathan Haskel
11:15-11:45
Measuring investment in training: a new methodology using PIAAC data
Mariagrazia Squicciarini, Luca Marcolin and Peter Horvat (OECD)
11:45-12:15
Intangibles, public policy and the emerging value spaces
Ahmed Bounfour (University of Paris Sud)
12:15-13:30 Closing
12:15-12:45
Steps Ahead and Administrative Issues
Matilde Mas (Universitat de València and Ivie)
12:45-13:15
Marianne Paasi (European Commission)
13:15-13:30
Concluding Remarks
Mary O’Mahony (King’s College London and NIESR)