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Publications

• Bradley, R. "Price Index Estimation Using Price Imputation for Unsold Item." Forthcoming in Feenstra, R. and Shapiro, M., eds. Scanner Data and Price Indexes, NBER, 2002, pp349-379.
• Erickson, Timothy and Whited, Toni M. "Two-Step GMM Estimation of the Errors-in-Variables Model Using High-Order Moments." Econometric Theory, June 2002, 18(3), pp. 776-99.
• Garner, Thesia I. and Short, Kathleen. "Personal Assessments of Minimum Income and Expenses: What Do They Tell Us about 'Minimum Living' Thresholds and Equivalence Scales?" in John A. Bishop and Yoram Amiel, eds., Inequality, Poverty and the Redistribution of Income, Research on Economic Inequality, Vol. 10, New York: Elsevier Science, Forthcoming.
• Garner, Thesia I., Ruiz-Castillo, Javier, and Sastre, Mercedes. "The Influence of Demographic and Household Specific Price Indices on Consumption Based Inequality and Welfare: A Comparison of Spain and the United States." Southern Economic Journal, forthcoming.
• Garner, Thesia and Stewart, Kenneth J. "Consumer Price Index and COLAs" in David J. Ekerdt, ed., Encyclopedia of Aging, Macmillan Reference USA, an Imprint of the Gale Group, New York, 2002.
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Working Papers

• Bradley, R. "Is Adverse Selection Simply Moral Hazard, Evidence from the 1987 Medical Expenditures Survey." BLS WP, 2002.
• Fisher, Jonathan. "Duration Dependence in Personal Bankruptcy." BLS WP 359, 2002.
• Garner, Thesia I. and Short, Kathleen. "Experimental Poverty Measures Under Alternate Treatments of Medical Out-of-Pocket Expenditures: An Application of the Consumer Expenditure Survey." BLS WP 358, May 2002.
• Garner, Thesia I.; Ruiz-Castillo, Javier and Sastre, Mercedes. "The Influence of Demographic and Household Specific Price Indices on Consumption Based Inequality and Welfare: A Comparison of Spain and the United States." BLS WP 357, May 2002.
• Garner, Thesia I., Cage, Robert A.; and Ruiz-Castillo, Javier. "Constructing Household Specific Consumer Price Indexes: An Analysis of Different Techniques and Methods." BLS WP 354, March 2002.
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MLR Articles

• Garner, Thesia I. and Short, Kathleen "Experimental Poverty Measures Under Alternate Treatments of Medical Out-of-Pocket Expenditures." Monthly Labor Review, August 2002, pp. 3-13.
• Jain, R. "A State Space Model-Based Method of Seasonal Adjustment." Vol. 124: 7, July 2001
• Johnson, David S., Rogers, John, and Tan, Lucilla. "A Century of Family Budgets in the United States." Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 124:5, May 2001.
• Johnson, David S., Lino, Mark. "Teenagers: Employment and Contributions to Family Spending," Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 123:9, September 2000.
• Johnson, David S. "Economic and Social Conditions of Children and the Elderly," Monthly Labor Review, Vol. 123:4, April, 2000.
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Conference Papers

• "Is Adverse Selection Simply Moral Hazard-Evidence from the 1987 Medical Expenditures Survey" (Bradley, R.); 2002 American Statistical Association Meetings and 2002 Western Economic Association meetings.
• "Consumption Mobility in the United States: Evidence from Two Panel Data Sets" (Fisher, J. and Johnson, D.); Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College conference entitled "Economic Mobility in America and Other Advanced Countries."
• "Personal Bankruptcy's Three-Year Itch" (Fisher, J.); 2002 Midwest Economic Association meetings.
• "Are There Consumption Smoothing Benefits in Personal Bankruptcy?" (Fisher, J. and Filer, R.); 2002 American Law & Economics Association conference.
• "A New 'Official' Poverty Measure for the United States?: Experimental Measurement and Analysis" (Garner, T. and Short, K.); 27th General Conference of the International Association for Research on Income and Wealth.
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