Friday October 16:
8:30 Transportation Hotel to CIDE
9:00 -9:15 Opening Ceremony by Dr. Jaime Sainz (Director CIDE Región Centro)
9:15-10:15 1st Keynote Talk: “Enhancing productivity: a solution to the problem of ageing population”
Dr. Geoff Hewings (University of Illinois)
10:15-10:30 Coffee/Tea Break
10:30-12:30 First session - Productivity of Mexican Regions
Moderator: Dr. Kurt Unger (CIDE)
- “The regional productive performance of Mexican manufacturing firms” by Drs. Adrián de León & Irving Llamosas (Universidad de Guadalajara, CUCEA)
- “Economic complexity and regional growth performance, evidence from the Mexican Economy”. Manuel Gómez (Banco de México)
- “Productivity programs, a leadership model”. Mtro. Carlos Amtmann (Vencom & Global)
- "Labor Productivity and its Regulatory Framework at Municipal Level”. Dr. Gerardo Castillo (CEESP)
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch at CIDE
14:00 – 15:00 Second Session - Productivity Issues
Moderator: Dra. Laura Atuesta (CIDE)
- “Exploring Regional Convergence Productivity Patterns of SMEs in Mexico”. Dr. Miguel Flores (EGAP-ITESM)
- “Estimating the Technical Efficiency of Mexican States”. Dr. Antonio Álvarez (Universidad de Oviedo)
15:00 – 16:00 2nd Keynote Talk: “On the Identification of Production Functions: How Heterogeneous is Productivity?” Dr. Salvador Navarro (University of Western Ontario)
16:30 Transportation CIDE to Hotel
Saturday October 17:
9:00 Transportation Hotel to CIDE
9:30-10:30 3rd Keynote Talk: “Are the Most Productive Regions Necessarily the Most Successful?”
Dr. Mark Partridge (University of Ohio)
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee/Tea Break
10:45 – 11:45 4th. Keynote Talk “Modelling Challenges in Regional Productivity”
Dr. Antonio Álvarez (Universidad de Oviedo)
11:45 – 12:45 Third Session - Applied Papers
Moderator: Dr. Antonio Álvarez (Universidad de Oviedo)
- “Stochastic frontier and decentralization in the municipalities of Mexico”. Lic. Alejandro Becerra (SHCP)
- “Historical trades, skills and agglomeration economies”. Dr. Philipp Ehrl (Catholic University in Brasília)
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch at CIDE
14:15 – 15:15 Round table discussion “Regional Productivity: Going Forward” with Drs.Antonio Álvarez, Geoff Hewings, Salvador Navarro, Mark Partridge & Kurt Unger.
15:15 Closing of the Workshop
