Nancy Potok, Office of Management and Budget

Poverty Measures: Setting the Stage

Bruce Meyer, University of Chicago

Consumption and Comprehensive Income Poverty

David Johnson, University of Michigan

Consumption Poverty: Measurement Matters

Matthew Shapiro, University of Michigan, and John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland
“Re-Engineering Key National Economic Indicators”

Kyle Hood, Bureau of Economic Analysis
“Off to the Races: A Comparison of Machine Learning and Alternative Data for Predicting Economic Indicators”

Rebecca Hutchinson, Census Bureau
“Investigating Alternative Data Sources to Reduce Respondent Burden in United States Census Bureau Retail Economic Data Products”

David Friedman, Bureau of Labor Statistics
“Big Data in the U.S. Consumer Price Index: Experiences & Plans”

Background Document