EMG Workshop Tokyo

24 October 2025

Hitotsubashi International Research Centre of Research and Training of Economic Measurement (Hi-CEM),

HIAS Center for Urban and Real Estate Studies(CURES), Hitotsubashi University

and

Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia (UBC)

Reitaku Research Institute, Reitaku University

Venue

2-1 Naka Kunitachi, Tokyo, Hitotsubashi University.

Research project room (#307) on the 3rd floor of the 3rd Research Building(Campus Map #36)

https://www.hit-u.ac.jp/guide/campus/campus/index.html

Organizers

Erwin Diewert(University of British Columbia), Prasada Rao(University of Queensland),

Naohito Abe and Chihiro Shimizu (Hitotsubashi U.)

Program

9:55	Opening Remarks, Naohito Abe, Hitotsubashi University. HiCEM
	Chair: Prasada Rao, The University of Queensland
10:00-11:00	Kim Hongjik, Hitotsubashi University. HiCEM “Amenities and Happiness: Exploring Income and Age Differences”  with Chihiro Shimizu
11:00-12:00	Erwin Diewert, The University of British Columbia. “Theoretical Challenges in Price Index Construction”
Lunch
	Chair: Erwin Diewert, The University of British Columbia
13:30-14:30	Prasada Rao, The University of Queensland “Not all Fishers are Equal: An Improved alternative to GEKS Method or International Price and Real Expenditure Comparisons”
14:30-15:30	Naohito Abe, Hitotsubashi University. HiCEM “ Variety-Consistent Utilities, Reservation Prices, and Their Expenditure Functions: Foundations for Welfare and Price Measurement under Changing Varieties”
15:30-16:00	Coffee break
16:00-17:00	Chihiro Shimizu, Hitotsubashi University. HiCEM “Alternative Imputations for Owner Occupied Housing”    with Erwin Diewert and Statistics Bureau of Japan
17:00	Closing Remarks. Naohito Abe, Hitotsubashi University. HiCEM