The University of New South Wales (UNSW) Centre for Applied Economic Research and the Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCoE) held a joint conference on 25-26 November 2024 at UNSW Sydney, Australia.
This event was supported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the UNSW Business School and School of Economics.
The programme included papers on many aspects of the measurement and use of economic statistics, focusing on:
- Digital economy
- Productivity
- Land and natural resources
- Price indices
- Public sector productivity
- System of National Accounts 2025
Keynote speakers were Paul Schreyer (Former OECD Chief Statistician) and Jonathan Haskel (Imperial College London and former Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee member).
The Scientific Committee Co-Chairs were: Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia, UNSW and ESCoE), Kevin Fox (UNSW Sydney and ESCoE), Rebecca Riley (King’s College London and ESCoE) and Michael Smedes (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
The programme is available here.
Slides and recordings
Both keynote talks and special sessions were recorded and slides are available where permission was given. Interviews were also recorded with keynote speakers Paul Schreyer and Jonathan Haskel.
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