Conferences
Cost of Living and the Supplemental Poverty Measure*
A Research Forum sponsored by
University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research
U.S. Census Bureau
The Brookings Institution
Thursday April 28, 2011
The Brookings Institution
10:00 a.m. -- Registration and Coffee
10:30 a.m. -- Welcome and Introductions: James Ziliak, Donald Oellerich, David Johnson, Ron Haskins
James Ziliak
Summary Recommendations to US Census Bureau on Geographic Adjustment
10:45 a.m. -- Trudi Renwick, Census Bureau
Geographic Adjustment and the Supplemental Poverty Measure
11:15 a.m. -- Bettina Aten, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional Price Parities: 2005-2009
11:45 a.m. -- Paul Sullivan, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Inter-Area Price Indices and Regional Cost of Living
12:15 p.m. -- Lunch
1:00 p.m. -- Keynote Address
Angus Deaton, Princeton University
Price Indices and the Measurement of Well Being
2:00 p.m. -- Break
2:15 p.m. -- Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Ron Haskins, Brookings Institution
Discussants:
David Albouy, University of Michigan
Report for Cost of Living and the Supplemental Poverty Measure
Dan Black, University of Chicago
Four Unresolved Issues in the Construction of Regional Cost-of-Living Indices
Edward Glaeser, Harvard University
Measuring Local Poverty Rates
Barry Hirsch, Georgia State University
Adjusting Poverty Thresholds When Area Prices Differ: Labor Market Evidence
Edgar Olsen, University of Virginia
Report on Adjusting Poverty Thresholds for Geographic Price Differences
Stuart Rosenthal, Syracuse University
Comments on the U.S. Census Bureau and Interagency Technical Working Group Supplemental Poverty Measure
4:00 p.m. -- Adjourn
*Attendance is by invitation only.
Previous research conferences
Appalachia and the Legacy of the War on Poverty: A Research Agenda
October 2, 2009 -
Lexington, KY - AGENDA
Program Evaluation, Human Capital, and Labor Market Public
Policy: A Research Conference in Honor of Mark C. Berger
October 7-8, 2004 -
Lexington, KY - AGENDA
Ten Years After: Evaluating the Long-Term Effects of Welfare Reform on Children, Families, Welfare, and Work Conference
April 12-13, 2007 - Lexington, KY - AGENDA
2009 Annual Small Grants Conference
Tuesday, May 19, 8-5 p.m. -
Lexington, KY, B&E Room 309 - AGENDA
