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MICROPROD Final Event

Improving understanding of productivity, its drivers and the way we measure it.

Date: May 31 - Jun 1, 2022 Topic: Macroeconomic policy

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This two-day public event was organised in the framework of MICROPROD, a research project that aims to improve our understanding of productivity, its drivers and the way we measure it.

This Final event, hosted by Bruegel, rounded off 42 months of intensive research work. It included the presentations of the most relevant research papers in Day 1 (Scientific Conference), complemented by a closing Policy Conference in Day 2.

In addition, a Youth Breakfast took place on Day 2 with the aim to create a discussion platform for young researchers who have been actively involved in and/or in research topics connected to the MICROPROD project.

Overall, the MICROPROD Final Event brought academics (including young researchers), statisticians and institutional experts together with policy-makers, to discuss the major final outcomes of this project.

Panelists and participants took stock of the current challenges in productivity measurement, discussed the final findings of the project and reflected on future research and policy priorities.

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Speakers

Carlo Altomonte

Non-Resident Fellow

Eric Bartelsman

Professor, VU University Amsterdam

Marta Bisztray

Research Fellow, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies

Peter Bøegh Nielsen

Senior advisor, Statistics Denmark

Italo Colantone

Associate Professor, Bocconi University

Maria Demertzis

Interim Director

Wolfhard Kaus

Research fellow, Destatis

Javier Miranda

Professor in Structural Change and Productivity, Halle Institute for Economic Research

Steffen Müller

Professor, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg and Head, Department of Structural Change and Productivity at the Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)

Hannu Piekkola

Professor of Economics, University of Vaasa

Verena Plümpe

Economist, The Halle Institute for Economic Research

Niclas Poitiers

Research Fellow

Andrea Roventini

Full Professor of Economics, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna

Gianluca Santoni

Economist, CEPII

Valerie Smeets

Full Professor, Aarhus University

Nicola Viegi

Professor, School of Economics University of Pretoria

Markus Zimmermann

Research Associate, Federal Statistical Office Destatis

Location & Contact

Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, 1210 Brussels

Matilda Sevon

[email protected]

Digital economy MICROPROD productivity

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