ESRI International Conference 2025 "Measuring Advancement of Economy and Society : Economic Growth and Well-being"

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• English version

Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

The ESRI International Conference 2025 “Measuring Advancement of Economy and Society: Economic Growth and Well-being” will be held as follows. If you would like to participate, please apply to the secretariat from the following website (external page).

1. Content

Economic and Social Research Institute of the Cabinet Office (ESRI), in cooperation with the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) and external experts, has continuously held the ESRI International Conference since 2001. This year's conference will discuss the theme of " Measuring Advancement of Economy and Society: Economic Growth and Well-being ".

2. Date and Time

Thursday, July 31, 2025, 9:45-18:00 (JST)

3. Method

Hybrid (Face-to-face & Online) *Webex

4. Program

9:45-9:50

<Welcome Remark>

Ryosei Akazawa, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy

9:50-10:30

<Keynote Speech>

Chair:Alan Auerbach, Professor, UC Berkeley

Presenter:Pierre Yared, Vice Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors

10:45-12:05

<Session 1> Well-being: measurement and its application to policy

Chair:Takeo Hoshi, Professor, University of Tokyo

Presenter:Hironobu Ueda, ESRI

Discussant:Betsey Stevenson, Professor, University of Michigan

13:15-14:35

<Session 2> Evolution of System of National Account (SNA)

Chair:Anil Kashyap, Professor, University of Chicago

Presenter:David Cutler, Professor, Havard University

Discussant:Masako Ii, Professor, Hitotsubashi University

14:50-16:10

<Session 3>Non-momentary factors for economic growth

Chair:Alan Auerbach, Professor, UC Berkeley

Presenter:Achyta Adhvaryu, Professor, UC San Diego

Discussant:Mari Tanaka, Professor, University of Tokyo

16:25-17:55

<Panel discussion> Measuring Advancement of Economy and Society: Economic Growth Well-being

Chair:Yutaka Murayama, Advisor, ESRI

Panelists:

Charles Horioka, Professor, Kobe University

Norihito Sakamaoto, Professor, Tokyo University of Science

Matthew Shapiro, Professor, University of Michigan

Justin Wolfers, Professor, University of Michigan

17:55-18:00

<Closing Remark >

Hiroshi Nomura, President, ESRI

5. Others

• Simultaneous interpretation will be provided at the conference.
• After the conference is held, the summary and the documents will be published on the website.