S3: ICTs, Economic Development and the Knowledge Economy
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Organisers
Prof. Les Oxley FiEMSs, Dept. of Economics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand (contact: les.oxley@canterbury.ac.nz)
Topics
- Role and impact of ICTs on economic growth, productivity, employment, work practices, income distribution
- ICTs and the Knowledge Economy
- ICTs and technological change
Description
The session will comprise, but is not restricted to, empirical and theoretical contributions on the role, effect and impact of ICTs on economic growth, employment and productivity viewed from an economic perspective. ICTs as a 'general purpose technology' are seen as key to our understanding of the New Knowledge-Based Economies. How those ICTs impact upon and help explain differential economic performance, is the main focus of this session.
Schedule
| Monday 7 | ||||
| Time | Title | Authors | Place | |
| 15:00 - 15:20 | 'Has the ICT Revolution Run its Course?' | K. I. Carlaw, R.G. Lipsey and Ryan Webb | A6102 | |
| 15:20 - 15:40 | 'National Accounting Frameworks for Measuring Information and Knowledge Economies' | David Thorns and Les Oxley | A6102 | |
| 15:40 - 16:00 | 'ICT Diffusion and Productivity in OECD Economies and New Zealand’s Industrial Sectors' | K. I. Carlaw | A6102 | |
| 16:00 - 16:20 | 'Knowledge Workers and the Knowledge Economy' | David Thorns and Hong Wang | A6102 | |
| 16:40 - 17:00 | 'Information and Communication Technologies and the Income Distribution: A General Equilibrium Simulation' | T. Fukiharu | A6102 | |
| 17:00 - 17:20 | 'Simulation study on spatial and temporal changes of factories in an industry district' | Hiroyasu Nagata, Kei-ichi Tainaka and Jin Yoshimura | A6102 | |