CRIW Members Elect Abraham

The members of the Conference on Research in Income and Wealth (CRIW) have elected Research Associate Katharine Abraham of the University of Maryland, a former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (1993–2001) and member of the President's Council of Economic Advisers (2011–13), to succeed Charles Hulten as CRIW chair. The CRIW, whose members number more than 300 researchers from colleges and universities, think tanks, and government statistical agencies, organizes an annual conference on economic measurement as well as a session at the NBER Summer Institute.