Improving the measurement of consumer expenditures /

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Imprint:	Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 504 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	NBER studies in income and wealth ; volume 74 Studies in income and wealth ; v. 74.
Subject:	Cost and standard of living. Consumption (Economics) Consumption (Economics) Cost and standard of living.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11348657

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Other authors / contributors:	Carroll, Chris. Crossley, Thomas F. Sabelhaus, John Edward.
ISBN:	9780226194714 022619471X 9780226126654 022612665X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
Summary:	Robust and reliable measures of consumer expenditures are essential for analyzing aggregate economic activity and for measuring differences in household circumstances. Many countries, including the United States, are embarking on ambitious projects to redesign surveys of consumer expenditures, with the goal of better capturing economic heterogeneity. This is an appropriate time to examine the way consumer expenditures are currently measured, and the challenges and opportunities that alternative approaches might present. Improving the Measurement of Consumer Expenditures begins with a comprehensive review of current methodologies for collecting consumer expenditure data. Subsequent chapters highlight the range of different objectives that expenditure surveys may satisfy, compare the data available from consumer expenditure surveys with that available from other sources, and describe how the United States's current survey practices compare with those in other nations.
Other form:	Print version: Improving the measurement of consumer expenditures. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015 9780226126654

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