AEASTAT: 2014 Annual Meeting
Sessions for AEA Committee on Economic Statistics, 2014 ASSA meetings
Session 1: New Directions and Opportunities for Research on Consumption with the PSID (This session will be published in the May 2014 AEA issue)
Organizer: Robert F. Schoeni, University of Michigan
Session Chair: David Johnson, US Census Bureau
Manuscript 1: Intergenerational correlation of consumption expenditures
Authors: Kerwin Charles, University of Chicago, Sheldon Danziger, University of Michigan, Geng Li, Federal Reserve Board, and Robert Schoeni, University of Michigan
Manuscript 2: What Do We Know about Consumption Inequality? Some Evidence Using the New PSID Consumption Measure.
Authors: Orazio Attanasio (University College London) and Luigi Pistaferri (Stanford University)
Manuscript 3: Health, Human Capital, and Lifecycle Labor Supply.
Authors: Charles Hokayem, US Census Bureau, and James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky
Manuscript 4: Estimates of Annual Consumption Expenditures and Its Major Subcomponents in the PSID in Comparison to the CE.
Authors: Patricia Andreski, University of Michigan, Geng Li, Federal Reserve Board, Zahid Samancioglu, University of Michigan, and Robert F. Schoeni, University of Michigan
Discussant: Richard Blundell, University College London, and Institute for Fiscal Studies
Session 2: The Cyclicality of Hiring and Employment
Organizers: Erika McEntarfer, and James Spletzer, U.S. Census Bureau
Session Chair: John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland
Manuscript 1: Cyclical Reallocation of Workers across Large and Small Employers
Presenter: Erika McEntarfer, U.S. Census Bureau
Co-Authors: John Haltiwanger, Henry Hyatt, & Liliana Sousa
Discussant: Giuseppe Moscarini, Yale University
Manuscript 2: On the Importance of the Participation Margin for Labor Market Fluctuations
Presenter: Aysegul Sahin, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Co-Authors: Michael Elsby & Bart Hobijn
Discussant: Christopher Nekarda, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Manuscript 3: Job Search Behavior over the Business Cycle
Presenter: Toshihiko Mukoyama, Federal Reserve Board of Governors and Univ. of Virginia
Co-Authors: Christina Patterson & Aysegul Sahin
Discussant: Andreas Mueller, Columbia Business School
Manuscript 4: Employment Trend Differences Between Household and Establishment Survey Data
Presenter: James R. Spletzer, U.S. Census Bureau
Co-Authors: Katharine Abraham, John Haltiwanger, & Kristin Sandusky
Discussant: Bruce Fallick, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Session 3: Measuring Financial Variables in the System of National Accounts
Organizer: W. Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia and the University of New
South Wales
Manuscript 1: Voyage Accounting, User Costs and the Treatment of Financial Transactions in the Theory of the Firm
Author: W. Erwin Diewert, University of British Columbia and the University of New South Wales
Manuscript 2: Technological Progress, “Money” in the Utility Function, and the “User Cost of Money
Authors: Susanto Basu, Boston College, Christina Wang, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Manuscript 3: Banks, Markets, and Economic Growth: How Should Financial Activity be Measured in National Accounts?
Authors: Carol Corrado, The Conference Board and Georgetown University Center for Business and Public Policy, Marshall Reinsdorf, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Kyle Hood, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Manuscript 4: Financial Services Output in the National Accounts: Evidence from US Banking Data
Authors: Kim Zieschang, International Monetary Fund, Dennis Fixler: Bureau of Economic Analysis