IARIW Digital Session on the SNA Update and Related International Standards, Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Organized by Marshall Reinsdorf (IMF and IARIW).The session took place from 2PM to 5:15PM in Western Europe and from 8AM to 11:15AM in eastern United States. For times in other time zones, consult this link. 

Part I: Well-being and Sustainability
Chair: Peter van de Ven (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)

1. Additional Indicators of Well-being and Sustainability for Macroeconomic Statistics, Partial Reference to Unpaid Work

Catherine Van Rompaey (Statistics Canada)

Author Slides

2. Distributional Indicators of Income, Consumption and Wealth in a National Accounts Framework

Jorrit Zwijnenburg (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development)

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3. Well-being Indicators of Health and Social Conditions

Dylan Rassier (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)

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4. Accounts for the Environment and Sustainability

Mark de Haan (Statistics Netherlands)

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Discussant: Katherine Abraham (University of Maryland, United States) (all papers)

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Discussion and Response by the Authors

 

Break (15 minutes)

 

Part II: Digitalization and Globalization
Chair: Gabriel Quirós (International Monetary Fund)

1. Recommendations of the Subgroup on Digitalization

Erich Strassner (Bureau of Economic Analysis, United States)

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Discussant: Eric Santor (Bank of Canada)

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2. Towards an Update of the Balance of Payments and System of National Accounts Manuals: How Can We Effectively Deal with Globalization and Multinational Enterprises in Macroeconomic Statistics?

Jennifer Ribarsky (International Monetary Fund), Michael Connolly (Ireland Central Statistics Office), Padma Hurree-Gobin (International Monetary Fund), Margarida Martins (International Monetary Fund), and Paul Roberts (Australian Bureau of Statistics)

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Discussant: Sam Kortum (Yale University, United States)

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Discussion and Response by the Authors