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

Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

Summary

1. Date and Time

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

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

9:45-9:50: <Welcome Remark>; Ryosei Akazawa, Minister for Economic and Fiscal Policy; video Welcome Speech

9:50-10:30: <Keynote Speech>; Chair:Alan Auerbach, Professor, UC Berkeley; Presenter:Aaron Hedlund, Chief Economist, Council of Economic Advisors
slides(PDF-Format 585KB); video Keynote Speech

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
slides(PDF-Format 651KB); Discussant:Betsey Stevenson, Professor, University of Michigan
slides(PDF-Format 1.19MB); video first session

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
slides(PDF-Format 1.31MB); video second session; Discussant:Masako Ii, Professor, Hitotsubashi University
slides(PDF-Format 633KB)

14:50-16:10: <Session 3>Non-monetary factors for economic growth; Chair:Alan Auerbach, Professor, UC Berkeley; Presenter:Achyuta Adhvaryu, Professor, UC San Diego
slides(PDF-Format 1.97MB); Discussant:Mari Tanaka, Professor, University of Tokyo; video third session

16:25-17:55: <Panel discussion> Measuring Advancement of Economy and Society: Economic Growth and Well-being; Chair:Yutaka Murayama, Advisor, ESRI; Panelists:; Charles Horioka, Professor, Kobe University
slides(PDF-Format 201KB); Norihito Sakamoto, Professor, Tokyo University of Science
slides(PDF-Format 185KB); Matthew Shapiro, Professor, University of Michigan
slides(PDF-Format 176KB); Justin Wolfers, Professor, University of Michigan
slides(PDF-Format 784KB); video panel discussion

17:55-18:00: <Closing Remark >; Hiroshi Nomura, President, ESRI; video closing speech