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

Economic and Social Research Institute, Cabinet Office

(Agenda summary and video will be posted at a later.)

1. Date and Time

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

2. Method

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

3. 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:Aaron Hedlund, Chief Economist, 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-monetary factors for economic growth
Chair:Alan Auerbach, Professor, UC Berkeley
Presenter:Achyuta 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 and Well-being
Chair:Yutaka Murayama, Advisor, ESRI
Panelists:
Charles Horioka, Professor, Kobe University
Norihito Sakamoto, 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

4. Others

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