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Working Papers

2025

1. Building a Comparable Measure of Consumption: Concepts and Measurement Challenges Faced by Emerging and Advanced Economies
   LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

2023

2. Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Household Spending: Estimates Based on U.S. Consumer Expenditure Survey Data
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)

2022

3. Building a Consumption Poverty Measure: Initial Results Following Recommendations of a Federal Interagency Working Group
   Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Building a Consumption Poverty Measure: Initial Results Following Recommendations of a Federal Interagency Working Group, AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
4. Distribution of U.S. Personal Consumption Expenditures for 2019: A Prototype Based on Consumer Expenditure Survey Data
   Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics View citations (3)
5. Effects of the Expanded Child Tax Credit on Household Expenditures:Preliminary Intent-to-Treat Estimates from the Consumer Expenditure Survey
   Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics

2021

6. Consumer Response to Economic Impact Payments during the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Role of Subjective Assessments of Well-Being: A View from the U.S. Using a Rapid Response Survey
   Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics
7. Trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union
   GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) View citations (1)
   Also in GLO Discussion Paper Series, Global Labor Organization (GLO) (2021) View citations (1)
   See also Journal Article Trends in Subjective Income Poverty Rates in the European Union, The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan (2022) View citations (7) (2022)

2020

8. Changing the Housing Share of Poverty Thresholds for the Supplemental Poverty Measure and Equivalence Scales: Does Consumer Unit Size Matter?
   Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics
9. Changing the Housing Share of Poverty Thresholds for the Supplemental Poverty Measure: Does Consumer Unit Size Matter?
   Working Papers, ECINEQ, Society for the Study of Economic Inequality
10. Differences across Countries and Time in Household Expenditure Patterns: Implications for the Estimation of Equivalence Scales
    IZA Discussion Papers, IZA Network @ LISER View citations (13)
    See also Journal Article Differences across countries and time in household expenditure patterns: implications for the estimation of equivalence scales, International Review of Applied Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals (2020) View citations (13) (2020)
11. Differences across Place and Time in Household Expenditure Patterns: Implications for the Estimation of Equivalence Scales
    Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics
    Also in LISER Working Paper Series, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER) (2020) View citations (4)
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg (2020) View citations (4)

2019

12. Subjective Equivalence Scales and Income Poverty in Eastern vs Western European Countries
    Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics

2018

13. Alternative Poverty Measurement for the U.S.: Focus on Supplemental Poverty Measure Thresholds
    Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics

2013

14. Is the Consumer Expenditure Survey Representative by Income?
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (21)
    Also in Finance and Economics Discussion Series, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (U.S.) (2012) View citations (7)
    See also Chapter Is the Consumer Expenditure Survey Representative by Income?, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (5) (2014)
15. Understanding the Relationship: CE Survey and PCE
    Economic Working Papers, Bureau of Labor Statistics
    See also Chapter Understanding the Relationship: CE Survey and PCE, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2014) View citations (13) (2014)

2004

16. The gap between macro and micro economic statistics: Estimation of the misreporting model using micro-data sets derived from the Consumer Expenditure Survey
    Econometric Society 2004 Australasian Meetings, Econometric Society View citations (4)

2002

17. A Comparison of Income, Expenditures, and Home Market Value Distributions using Luxembourg Income Study Data from the 1990s
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg View citations (3)

2001

18. Some Explanations for Changes in the Distribution of Household Income in Slovakia: 1988 and 1996
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (2)

1999

19. The influence of demographic and household specific price indices on expenditure based inequality and welfare: a comparison of Spain and the United States
    UC3M Working papers. Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economía View citations (9)

1998

20. A Gini Decomposition Analysis of Inequality in the Czech and Slovak Republics during the Transition
    CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research View citations (58)

1997

21. Changes in Distribution and Welfare in Transition Economies: Market vs. Policy in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
    William Davidson Institute Working Papers Series, William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan View citations (3)

1994

22. Two Scales, One Methodology - Expenditure Based Equivalence Scales for the United States and Germany
    MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany View citations (15)
    Also in FFB-Discussionpaper, Research Institute on Professions (Forschungsinstitut Freie Berufe (FFB)), LEUPHANA University Lüneburg (1994) View citations (10)

1989

23. Living Arrangements of Young Adults Living Independently: Evidence from the Luxembourg Income Study
    LIS Working papers, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg

1988

24. The consumer expenditure survey: Methodological issues for today and tomorrow
    Agricultural Outlook Forum Archive 1923 - 1997, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Outlook Forum

Journal Articles

2026

1. Spending Response to the Expanded Child Tax Credit: An Analysis Using United States Consumer Expenditure Survey Data
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2026, 72, (2)

2024

2. A distributional approach to U.S. personal consumption expenditures: an overview
   Business Economics, 2024, 59, (3), 166-173 View citations (1)

2022

3. Building a Consumption Poverty Measure: Initial Results Following Recommendations of a Federal Interagency Working Group
   AEA Papers and Proceedings, 2022, 112, 335-39 View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Building a Consumption Poverty Measure: Initial Results Following Recommendations of a Federal Interagency Working Group, Economic Working Papers (2022) View citations (1) (2022)
4. Subjective equivalence scales in Eastern versus Western European countries
   Contemporary Economic Policy, 2022, 40, (4), 659-676 View citations (2)
5. The 2017 Data Challenge of the American Statistical Association
   Computational Statistics, 2022, 37, (5), 2087-2094
6. Trends in Subjective Income Poverty Rates in the European Union
   The European Journal of Development Research, 2022, 34, (5), 2493-2516 View citations (7)
   Also in EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, 2021, (Online First Articles) (2021) View citations (1)
   See also Working Paper Trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union, GLO Discussion Paper Series (2021) View citations (1) (2021)

2020

7. Differences across countries and time in household expenditure patterns: implications for the estimation of equivalence scales
   International Review of Applied Economics, 2020, 34, (6), 734-757 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Differences across Countries and Time in Household Expenditure Patterns: Implications for the Estimation of Equivalence Scales, IZA Discussion Papers (2020) View citations (13) (2020)

2019

8. Subjective Perceptions of Poverty and Objective Economic Conditions: Czechia and Slovakia a Quarter Century After the Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
   Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, 2019, 145, (2), 523-550 View citations (16)

2010

9. IDENTIFYING THE POOR: POVERTY MEASUREMENT FOR THE U.S. FROM 1996 TO 2005
   Review of Income and Wealth, 2010, 56, (2), 237-258 View citations (9)

2009

10. Accounting for owner-occupied dwelling services: Aggregates and distributions
    Journal of Housing Economics, 2009, 18, (3), 233-248 View citations (36)
11. Reconciling user costs and rental equivalence: Evidence from the US consumer expenditure survey
    Journal of Housing Economics, 2009, 18, (3), 172-192 View citations (57)

2003

12. The Influence of Demographics and Household‐Specific Price Indices on Consumption‐Based Inequality and Welfare: A Comparison of Spain and the United States
    Southern Economic Journal, 2003, 70, (1), 22-48 View citations (2)

2002

13. Changes in the distribution of slovak household income: 1988 and 1996
    International Advances in Economic Research, 2002, 8, (2), 173-173

2001

14. Are Children Worse off?: Evaluating Well-Being Using a New (And Improved) Measure of Poverty
    Journal of Human Resources, 2001, 36, (2), 398-412 View citations (10)

1998

15. A Gini decomposition analysis of inequality in the Czech and Slovak Republics during the transition1
    The Economics of Transition, 1998, 6, (1), 23-46 View citations (56)

1995

16. Income Sufficiency v. Poverty: Results from the United States and the Netherlands
    Journal of Population Economics, 1995, 8, (2), 117-34 View citations (17)
17. Unique Equivalence Scales: Estimation and Implications for Distributional Analysis
    Journal of Income Distribution, 1995, 04, (2), 3-3 View citations (4)

1994

18. ARE EQUIVALENCE SCALES THE SAME FOR THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA?
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1994, 40, (1), 1-17 View citations (29)

1993

19. Consumer Expenditures and Inequality: An Analysis Based on Decomposition of the Gini Coefficient
    The Review of Economics and Statistics, 1993, 75, (1), 134-38 View citations (37)

1991

20. AN EVALUATION OF SUBJECTIVE POVERTY DEFINITIONS: COMPARING RESULTS FROM THE U.S. AND THE NETHERLANDS
    Review of Income and Wealth, 1991, 37, (3), 267-285 View citations (34)
21. Economic Dimensions of Household Gift Giving
    Journal of Consumer Research, 1991, 18, (3), 368-79 View citations (12)

Chapters

2023

1. A comparison of income poverty measurement in Canada and the United States
   Chapter 57 in Research Handbook on Measuring Poverty and Deprivation, 2023, pp 613-626

2014

2. Is the Consumer Expenditure Survey Representative by Income?
   A chapter in Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures, 2014, pp 241-262 View citations (5)
   See also Working Paper Is the Consumer Expenditure Survey Representative by Income?, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2013) View citations (21) (2013)
3. Understanding the Relationship: CE Survey and PCE
   A chapter in Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures, 2014, pp 181-203 View citations (13)
   See also Working Paper Understanding the Relationship: CE Survey and PCE, Bureau of Labor Statistics (2013) (2013)

2004

4. ECONOMIC WELL-BEING BASED ON INCOME, CONSUMER EXPENDITURES AND PERSONAL ASSESSMENTS OF MINIMUM NEEDS
   A chapter in Studies on Economic Well-Being: Essays in the Honor of John P. Formby, 2004, pp 319-361