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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