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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