#  Dale Jorgenson (Harvard University), A Productivity Revolution and Japan's Revitalization  

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **February 28, 2017** 

 12:30PM - 02:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Bowie-Vernon Room (K262), CGIS Knafel Building, 1737 Cambridge Street**  



 

 



 

**[Dale Jorgenson](http://scholar.harvard.edu/jorgenson/home)**  
Samuel W. Morris University Professor, Harvard University

Moderator: **[Susan Pharr](http://scholar.harvard.edu/spharr/home)**  
Edwin O. Reischauer Professor of Japanese Politics and Director, WCFIA Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Harvard University

**[Poster](http://programs.wcfia.harvard.edu/files/us-japan/files/2017.02.28_jorgenson_productivity_revolution.pdf)**

**Suggested Readings (from Professor Jorgenson):**

Dale W. Jorgenson, Koji Nomura, and Jon D. Samuels (2016), “A Half Century of Trans-Pacific Competition: Price Level Indices and Productivity Gaps for Japanese and U.S. Industries, 1955-2012,” Ch. 13 in Dale W. Jorgenson, Kyoji Fukao, and Marcel P. Timmer, eds., *The World Economy: Growth or Stagnation?,* Cambridge, UK, Cambridge University Press, pp. 469-507.

Government of Japan (2017), *Abenomics,* Tokyo, Cabinet Office, January 20, 2017.  
See: [http://www.japan.go.jp/\_userdata/abenomics/pdf/170116\_abenomics.pdf](http://www.japan.go.jp/_userdata/abenomics/pdf/170116_abenomics.pdf)

Mary Brinton (2015). *Japanese Low Fertility and the Labor Force Participation of Married Women: The Role of Rigid Labor Markets and Workplace Norms.* Tokyo, Research Institute for Economy, Trade and Industry, October. See: [http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/special/p\_a\_w/056.html](http://www.rieti.go.jp/en/special/p_a_w/056.html)

*Co-sponsored by the Department of Economics; the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business & Government (M-RCBG), Harvard Kennedy School*.



 

 



 

 

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