蝌蚪网STAT: 2013 Annual Meeting
Sessions for 蝌蚪网 Committee on Economic Statistics, 2013 ASSA meetings
Sessions sponsored by the 蝌蚪网, Committee on Economics Statistics, ASSA Meetings, 2013
This session will be published in the May 2013 蝌蚪网 issue
Session 1:
Perspectives on Inequality and Mobility in the U.S.
Organizer: Gerald Auten, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department
Chair: Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
Paper 1: Income Inequality, Mobility and Turnover at the Top in the U.S., 1987 - 2009
Authors: Gerald Auten, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department,
Geoffrey Gee, Office of Tax Analysis, U.S. Treasury Department
Paper 2: Deconstructing income and income inequality measures: A cross walk from market income to comprehensive income
Authors: Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University and the Univ. of Melbourne
Jeff Larrimore, U.S. Congress, Joint Committee on Taxation
Paper 3: Consumption and Income Inequality in the U.S. Since the 1960s
Authors: Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER,
James X.Sullivan, University of Notre Dame
Paper 4: Measuring the Trends in Inequality of Individuals and Families: Income and Consumption
Authors: Jonathan Fisher, U.S. Census Bureau,
David S. Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau,
Timothy M. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin
Discussants: James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky,
Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
Session 2:
Measuring Poverty in the United States: The Supplemental Poverty Measure
Organizer: Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau
Chair: David S. Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau
Paper 1: The Supplemental Poverty Measure: Examining the Incidence and Depth of Poverty in the U.S. Taking Account of Taxes and Transfers in 2011
Author: Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau
Paper 2: Maintaining Consumption Levels with In-Kind Benefits over Economic Fluctuations: Consumption- vs. Spending-Based SPM Thresholds
Authors: Thesia I. Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Marisa Gudrais, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Paper 3: Measuring Poverty: Income, Consumption and the New U.S. Poverty Measure
Authors: Bruce D. Meyer, University of Chicago and NBER
James X. Sullivan, University of Notre Dame
Paper 4: Estimating the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) using the Survey of Income and Program Participation
Authors: John Iceland, Pennsylvania State University
Patricia Ruggles, Orlin Research Inc.
Discussants: Robert T. Michael, University of Chicago
Hilary Hoynes, University of California, Davis
Session 3:
Measurement Issues in the National Accounts
Organizer: Robert Feenstra, University of California, Davis, rcfeenstra@ucdavis.edu
Chair: Robert Feenstra, University of California, Davis, rcfeenstra@ucdavis.edu
Paper 1: Improving U.S. GDP Measurement: A Forecast Combination Perspective
Authors: S. Boragan Aruoba, University of Maryland
Francis X. Diebold, University of Pennsylvania
Jeremy Nalewaik, Federal Reserve Board
Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania
Dongho Song, University of Pennsylvania
Discussant: John Roberts, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System
Paper 2: Price Indexes for Clinical Trial Research: A Feasibility Study
Authors: Ernst R. Berndt, MIT and NBER
Iain M. Cockburn, Boston University and NBER
Discussant: Marshall Reinsdorf, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Paper 3: Market Power, Adjustment Costs, And Risk In Measurement Of
Banking Services
Authors: Kyle Hood Bureau of Economic Analysis
Matthew Osborne, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Discussant: Ron Borzekowski, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Paper 4: Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement: Changes for Measured GDP and Long-Run Housing Values
Author: Rachel Soloveichik, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Discussant: Kristopher Gerardi, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta