NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH, INC.

SUMMER INSTITUTE 2002

NBER-CRIW Consumer Expenditure Survey Research Conference

Jonathan Parker and Nicholas Souleles, Organizers

Royal Sonesta Hotel

5 Cambridge Parkway

Cambridge, Massachusetts

July 22-23, 2002

PRELIMINARY PROGRAM

MONDAY, JULY 22:

12:00 N
Lunch

1:15 PM
MARTIN BROWNING, University of Copenhagen

THOMAS F. CROSSLEY, McMaster University

GUGLIELMO WEBER, Padua University

Asking Consumption Questions in General Purpose Surveys

2:00 PM
FRANK STAFFORD, University of Michigan

On-Line Access to PSID Consumption and other Measures

2:45 PM
Break

3:00 PM
MARY MCCARTHY, DAVID JOHNSON, THESIA GARNER, and

BILL PASSERO, Bureau of Labor Statistics

Issues in Construction and Research Use of the Consumer Expenditure Survey

5:15 PM
Adjourn

TUESDAY, JULY 23:

8:30 AM
Coffee and Pastries

MORNING SESSION JOINT WITH EFACR

9:00 AM
ERICH BATTISTIN, Institute for Fiscal Studies

Errors in Survey Reports of Consumption Expenditures

9:45 AM
JONATHAN A. PARKER, Princeton University and NBER

BRUCE PRESTON, Princeton University

Precautionary Saving and Consumption Fluctuations

10: 30 AM Break

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10: 45 AM ALBERT ANDO, University of Pennsylvania and NBER

A Micro-Simulation Model of U. S. Households

11: 30 AM JEREMY NALEWAIK, University of Chicago

The Response of Consumption Growth to Expected Future Income Growth: Synthetic Panel Evidence

12:15 PM
Lunch

1:15 PM
JULIE BERRY CULLEN, University of Michigan and NBER

LEORA FRIEDBERG, University of Virginia and NBER

CATHERINE WOLFRAM, UC, Berkeley and NBER

Consumption and Changes in Home Energy Costs: How Prevalent is the 'Heat or Eat' Decision?

2:00 PM
BRUCE D. MEYER, Northwestern University and NBER

JAMES X. SULLIVAN, Northwestern University Measuring the Well-Being of the Poor Using Income and Consumption

2:45 PM
Break

3:00 PM
MELISSA SCHETTINI KEARNEY, MIT

State Lotteries and Consumer Behavior

3:45 PM
Panel Discussion

ORAZIO ATTANASIO, University College London and NBER

JONATHAN GRUBER, MIT and NBER

MARJORIE FLAVIN, UC, San Diego and NBER

MARY MCCARTHY, Bureau of Labor Statistics

5:00 PM
Adjourn

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