GEN Inaugural Annual Conference 2011

Inaugural Annual Conference 2011: Using Economics in Public Policy Analysis

 Event Details

 Speaker

Keynote speaker: Professor Raj Chetty - Harvard University: The long-term impacts of teachers

Hear from one of the "top young economists doing work on real-world problems" (New York Times) on how we can measure the worth of a good teacher; whether children who get good teachers do better when they grow up; and what is the long-run return on investments in better teaching.

Watch videos of Prof Chetty's keynote speech at our YouTube page

Part 1  Part 2  Part 3

Plus other informative sessions:

Economics and the Organisation of the Public Sector

Professor Neil Quigley (Victoria University of Wellington) will explain what the theory of incomplete contracts can tell us about how the public sector should be organised.

Two of the lead authors of the 2010 "Review of Expenditure on Policy Advice", Dr Graham Scott (Productivity Commission) and Dr Veronica Jacobsen (Ministry of Science and Innovation), discuss how to build the public sector’s economics capability.

Beyond Cost Benefit Analysis

Flexibility can be very valuable, but traditional cost benefit analysis all but ignores it. Dr Arthur Grimes (Motu) will explain how to incorporate real option analysis into cost benefit analysis.

Dr Adolf Stroombergen (Infometrics) and Chris Schilling (NZIER) will explain how computable general equilibrium models work and compare them with traditional cost benefit analysis.

This session will conclude with a panel discussion on the future of project evaluation.

Documents

Title	Download
Keynote Speech Slides - Prof Raj Chetty - The Long-Term Impacts of    Teachers	gen-conf-14dec11-chetty.pdf
Presentation Slides - Dr Arthur Grimes - Building Bridges: Treating a    New Transport Link as a Real Option	gen-conf-14dec11-grimes.pdf
Prentation Slides - Dr Adolf Stroombergen - General Equilibrium    Analysis & Cost-Benefit Analysis - Application to Roads of National    Significance	gen-conf-14dec11-stroombergen.pdf
Presentation Slides - Chris Schilling - GCE Modelling and Policy Analysis	gen-conf-14dec11-schilling.pdf
Presentation Slides - Dr Graham Scott and Dr Veronica Jacobsen -    Building Economic Capability	gen-conf-14dec11-scott-jacobsen.pdf
Conference Pack - GEN Inaugural Annual Conference 2011	gen-conf-14dec11-pack.pdf
Flyer - GEN Inaugural Annual Conference 2011	gen-conf-14dec11-v3.pdf