Monthly Labor Review Articles by CE Staff and Others Using CE Data

• Assessing Consumer Expenditure Surveys data quality through the lens of data use (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Adam Safir and Daniel Dorfman
  • November 2021

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 21–24, 2020 (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin and Parvati Krishnamurty
  • June 2021

• A framework for the evaluation and use of alternative data in the Consumer Expenditure Surveys (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Laura Erhard, Brett McBride, and Adam Safir
  • February 2021

• Changes in consumer behaviors and financial well-being during the coronavirus pandemic: results from the U.S. Household Pulse Survey (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Thesia I. Garner, Adam Safir, and Jake Schild
  • December 2020

• Comparing characteristics and selected expenditures of dual- and single-income households with children (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Julie Sullivan
  • September 2020

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Methods Symposium and Microdata Users' Workshop, July 16-19, 2019 (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin and Parvati Krishnamurty
  • April 2020

• Not fun for young and old alike: how the youngest and oldest consumers have fared in recession and recovery (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin
  • June 2019

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Methods Symposium and Microdata Users' Workshop, July 17-20, 2018 (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin and Parvati Krishnamurty
  • May 2019

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Methods Symposium and Microdata Users' Workshop, July 18-21, 2017 (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin and Parvati Krishnamurty
  • June 2018

• Fun facts about Millennials: comparing expenditure patterns from the latest through the Greatest generation (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin
  • March 2018

• Program participation and spending patterns of families receiving government means-tested assistance (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Ann Foster and Arcenis Rojas
  • January 2018

• Consumer Expenditure Surveys Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 12-15, 2016 (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin and Nhien To
  • May 2017

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Methods Symposium and Microdata Users’ Workshop, 2015 (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin and Nhien To
  • June 2016

• The Consumer Expenditure Survey redesign initiative (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Adam Safir, Jay Ryan, Laura Erhard, Lindsay Jilk, and Lucilla Tan
  • April 2016

• Consumer spending in World War II: the forgotten consumer expenditure surveys (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Steven W. Henderson
  • August 2015

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop and Survey Methods Symposium, 2014 (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin and Ian Elkin
  • July 2015

• Improving data quality in Consumer Expenditure Survey with TAXSIM (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin and William Hawk
  • March 2015

• Travel expenditures, 2005-2013: domestic and international patterns in recession and recovery (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin
  • March 2015

• Imputing income in the Consumer Expenditure Interview Survey (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Jonathan Fisher, David Johnson, and Timothy Smeeding
  • November 2014

• Consumption patterns and economic status of older households in the United States (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Seonglim Lee, Sang-Hee Sohn, Eunyoung Rhee, Yoon G. Lee and Hua Zan
  • September 2014

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop and Survey Methods Symposium, 2013 (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin and Ian Elkin
  • April 2014

• Investment in higher education by race and ethnicity (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Tian Luo and Richard J. Holden
  • March 2014

• Research highlights of the Consumer Expenditure Survey redesign (HTML) (PDF)
  • by Jennifer Edgar, Adam Safir and Brett McBride
  • September 2013

• Recent trends in spending patterns of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants and other low-income Americans (HTML) (PDF)
  • by James Mabli and Rosalie Malsberger
  • September 2013

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users' Workshop, July 2012 (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin and Ian J. Elkin
  • April 2013

• Wife's employment and allocation of resources in families with children (PDF)
  • by Ann C. Foster and Craig J. Kreisler
  • September 2012

• Measuring annual change in household wealth with the Consumer Expenditure Survey (PDF)
  • by Jeffrey D. Lundy
  • May 2012

• No longer tax exempt: income tax calculation in the Consumer Expenditure Survey (PDF)
  • by Aylin Kumcu
  • April 2012

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users' Workshop, July 2011 (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin
  • April 2012

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 2010 (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey Paulin
  • April 2011

• Household expenditures on children, 2007–08 (PDF)
  • by Megumi Omori
  • September 2010

• Consumer Expenditure Survey Microdata Users’ Workshop, July 2009 (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin
  • April 2010

• Out-of-pocket health care expenditures: a comparison (PDF)
  • by Ann C. Foster
  • February 2010

• New expenditure data in the PSID: comparisons with the CE (PDF)
  • by Geng Li, Robert F. Schoeni, Sheldon Danziger, and Kerwin Kofi Charles
  • February 2010

• Household liability data in the Consumer Expenditure Survey (PDF)
  • by Kathleen W. Johnson and Geng Li
  • December 2009

• The impact of income imputation in the Consumer Expenditure Survey (PDF)
  
  • by Bill Passero
  • August 2009

• Expenditure patterns of young single adults: two recent generations compared (PDF)
  
  • by Geoffrey Paulin
  • December 2008

• Household food expenditure patterns: a cluster analysis (PDF)
  
  • by Jessie X. Fan, Barbara B. Brown, Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Ken R. Smith, and Cathleen D. Zick
  • April 2007

• Price and expenditure measures of petroleum products: a comparison (PDF)
  
  • by Abby L. Duly, Jeffrey A. Harris, Ara M. Khatchadourian, Rozi T. Ulics, and Melissa C. Wolter
  • December 2006

• The CE and the PCE: a comparison (PDF)
  
  • by Thesia I. Garner, George Janini, William Passero, Laura Paszkiewicz, and Mark Vendemia
  • September 2006

• Food-at-home expenditures of Asian households (PDF)
  
  • by Shiao-Lin Shirley Tsai and Lucilla Tan
  • June 2006

• Economic inequality through the prisms of income and consumption (PDF)
  
  • by David S. Johnson, Timothy M. Smeeding, and Barbara Boyle Torrey
  • April 2005

• A changing market: expenditures by Hispanic consumers, revisited (PDF)
  (Additional Tables PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin
  • August 2003

• Retirement expenditures for Whites, Blacks, and persons of Hispanic origin (PDF)
  
  • by Pierre Bahizi
  • June 2003

• Consumer expenditures for selected items, 1999 and 2000 (PDF)
  
  • by Abby Duly, George Janini, Eric J. Keil, Laura Paszkiewicz, Geoffrey D. Paulin, and Neil Tseng
  • May 2003

• Health care and prescription drug spending by seniors (PDF)
  
  • by Jessie X. Fan, Deanna L. Sharpe, and Goog-Soog Hong
  • March 2003

• Experimental poverty measures: accounting for medical expenditures (PDF)
  
  • by Kathleen Short and Thesia I. Garner
  • August 2002

• Expenditures of single parents: how does gender figure in? (PDF)
  (Additional Tables PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin and Yoon G. Lee
  • July 2002

• Planning ahead: consumer expenditure patterns in retirement (PDF)
  (Additional Tables PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin and Abby L. Duly
  • July 2002

• Expenditures of college-age students and nonstudents (Research summary)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin
  • July 2001

• A century of family budgets in the United States (PDF)
  • by David S. Johnson, John M. Rogers, and Lucilla Tan
  • May 2001

• Teenagers: employment and contributions to family spending (PDF)
  • by David S. Johnson and Mark Lino
  • September 2000

• Expenditure patterns of older Americans, 1984-97 (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin
  • May 2000

• Spending patterns of public-assisted families (PDF)
  • by Lucilla Tan
  • May 2000

• Let's do lunch: expenditures on meals away from home (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin
  • May 2000

• The changing food-at-home budget: 1980 and 1992 compared (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin
  • December 1998

• A growing market: expenditures by Hispanic consumers (PDF)
  (Additional Tables PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin
  • March 1998

• Experimental poverty measurement for the 1990s (PDF)
  • by Thesia I. Garner, Kathleen Short,Stephanie Shipp, Charles Nelson, and Geoffrey D. Paulin
  • March 1998

• Making it on their own: the baby-boom meets generation X (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin and Brian Riordan
  • February 1998

• Spending patterns of families receiving public assistance (PDF)
  • by William D. Passero
  • April 1996

• Health insurance coverage for families with children (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin and Elizabeth M. Dietz
  • August 1995

• The effects of health insurance on consumer spending (PDF 1,339K)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin and Wolf D. Weber
  • March 1995

• Imputing income in the Consumer Expenditure Survey (PDF)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin and David L. Ferraro
  • December 1994

• CE data: quintiles of income versus quintiles of outlays (PDF)
  • by John M. Rogers and Maureen B. Gray
  • December 1994

• Seasonal adjustment of quarterly consumer expenditure series (PDF)
  • by Thomas G. Moehrle
  • December 1994

• The Consumer Expenditure Survey: a comparative analysis (PDF)
  • by E. Raphael Branch
  • December 1994

• How does rental assistance influence spending behavior? (PDF)
  • by Robert Cage
  • May 1994

• Spending by older consumers: 1980 and 1990 compared (PDF)
  • by Pamela B. Hitschler
  • May 1993

• Consumer spending on durables and services in the 1980's (PDF)
  • by Maureen Boyle Gray
  • May 1992

• Consumer expenditures in travel, 1980-87 (Research summary)
  • by Geoffrey D. Paulin
  • June 1990

• Spending patterns of elderly workers and nonworkers (PDF)
  • by Thomas Moehrle
  • May 1990

• How family spending has changed in the U.S. (PDF)
  • by Eva Jacobs and Stephanie Shipp
  • March 1990

• Spending differences across occupational fields (PDF)
  • by Robert Cage
  • December 1989

• Consumer expenditures in different-size cities (PDF)
  • by Susan M. Banta
  • December 1989

• Families of working wives spending more on services, nondurables (PDF)
  • by Eva Jacobs, Stephanie Shipp and Gregory Brown
  • February 1989

 

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