Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee
The Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC) advises the Directors of the Department of Commerce's statistical agencies, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and the U.S. Census Bureau, and the Commissioner of the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), on statistical methodology and other technical matters related to the collection, tabulation, and analysis of federal economic statistics.
Upcoming Meetings: June 10, 2022

Current Members
Matthew Shapiro
(FESAC Chairman)
University of Michigan
Matthew D. Shapiro is the Lawrence R. Klein Collegiate Professor of Economics and the director of the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. During 1993-1994, Shapiro served as senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers with responsibilities for macroeconomic analysis and the weekly economic briefing of the president. He was a junior staff economist at the council, 1979-1980. Before joining the University of Michigan faculty in 1989, Shapiro was an assistant professor of economics at Yale and a member of the Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics. He was co-editor of the American Economic Review, 1997 to 2000 and editor of the American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 2014 to 2019.
Shapiro is a member of the Academic Advisory Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. He has served as chair of the American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics (AEAStat) and as a member of the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT). He received B.A. and M.A. degrees from Yale and a Ph.D. from MIT.
Joseph Altonji
Yale University and the National Bureau of Economic Research
Joseph Altonji is the Thomas DeWitt Cuyler Professor of Economics at Yale University and a Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research. He previously held faculty positions at Columbia and Northwestern and served as a visiting professor at Princeton and Harvard. He is an elected fellow of the Econometric Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also an elected fellow and past president of the Society of Labor Economists and president of the Eastern Economic Association. He received the IZA Prize in Labor Economics in 2018.
Altonji specializes in labor economics and applied econometrics. His interests include labor market fluctuations, labor supply, consumption behavior, the economics of education, economic links among family members, race and gender in the labor market, wage determination, and econometric methods. Altonji has served as a consultant to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and on advisory panels including the National Academy of Sciences’ Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) and the National Science Foundation Social, Behavior and Economic Sciences Advisory Committee. Altonji received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton and his M.A. and B.A. from Yale.
Pat Bajari
Amazon and University of Washington
Patrick Bajari is vice president of the Core Artificial Intelligence team and chief economist at Amazon. His team is comprised of approximately 100 software engineers and scientists in machine learning, statistics, operations research and econometrics. Since joining Amazon in 2010, his team has helped to build scalable systems for supply chain, transportation, pricing, automated marketing, robotics, forecasting, Human Resources, and others.
Prior to joining Amazon, he was a faculty member at Harvard, Stanford, Duke, Michigan, and Minnesota. He is also a professor of economics at the University of Washington, a fellow of the Econometric Society, and on the board of directors of the National Association for Business Economics.
Erica Groshen
Cornell University and Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Erica Groshen is senior economics advisor at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations and a research fellow at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. From 2013 to 2017, she served as commissioner of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the principal federal agency responsible for measuring labor market activity, working conditions, and inflation. Before that she was vice president in the Research and Statistics Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Her research has centered on jobless recoveries, wage rigidity and dispersion, and the role of employers in the labor market.
Groshen is the lead author of “Preparing U.S. Workers and Employers for an Autonomous Vehicle Future,” with Susan Helper, John Paul MacDuffie, and Charles Carson. She also co-authored “How New is the ‘New Employment Contract’?” and co-edited “Structural Changes in U.S. Labor Markets: Causes and Consequences.” She received the 2017 Susan C. Eaton Outstanding Scholar-Practitioner Award from the Labor and Employment Relations Association. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard and a B.S. in mathematics and economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
John Haltiwanger
University of Maryland-College Park
John Haltiwanger is a distinguished university professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Maryland and the first recipient of the Dudley and Louisa Dillard Professorship. After serving on the faculty of UCLA and Johns Hopkins University, he joined the faculty at Maryland in 1987. In the late 1990s, he served as chief economist of the U.S. Census Bureau. He is a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, a senior research fellow at the Center for Economic Studies at the U.S. Census Bureau, and a fellow of the Society of Labor Economics and the Econometric Society. He has played a major role in developing and studying U.S. longitudinal firm-level data.
His work with the statistical agencies was recognized with the Julius Shiskin Award for economic statistics in 2013, the Roger Herriott Award for innovation in federal statistics in 2014, and the Global Entrepreneurship Research Award in 2020. He has published more than 100 academic articles and numerous books, including “Job Creation and Destruction.” He received his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins.
Colm O'Muircheartaigh
University of Chicago
Colm O'Muircheartaigh is a professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and served as dean of Harris from 2009 to 2014. He is also a senior fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago. O'Muircheartaigh is co-investigator on the National Institute on Aging's [NIA] National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP) and on the NIA T-32 Training Program in the Demography and Economics of Aging. O'Muircheartaigh joined Harris in 1998 from the London School of Economics and Political Science, where he was the first director of the Methodology Institute, the center for research and training in social science methodology, and a faculty member of the Department of Statistics from 1971.
Formerly president of the International Association of Survey Statisticians and a council member of the International Statistical Institute, O'Muircheartaigh is actively involved in a number of professional bodies. He is a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society, a fellow of the American Statistical Association, and an elected member of the International Statistical Institute; he has served as a member of the Committee on National Statistics [CNSTAT] and the U.S. Census Bureau Federal Advisory Committee of Professional Associations. He has served as a consultant to a wide range of public and commercial organizations in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands and worked through international organizations in China, Myanmar, Kenya, Lesotho, and Peru.
Mel Stephens
University of Michigan
Mel Stephens is professor of economics at the University of Michigan, with a courtesy appointment at the Ford School. He serves as a research affiliate at the Population Studies Center and a faculty associate at the Survey Research Center, both within the Institute for Social Research. Stephens is also affiliated with the National Bureau of Economic Research, currently as a research associate. He has previously served as a member of the Academic Research Council at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Stephens is a labor economist whose research interests include consumption and savings, aging and retirement, education, the impact of local labor market fluctuations on household outcomes, and applied econometrics. He received his B.A. in economics and mathematics from the University of Maryland and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan.
David Weinstein
Columbia University
David Weinstein is the Carl S. Shoup Professor of the Japanese Economy at Columbia University. He is also the director at Columbia’s Center on Japanese Economy and Business, director of the Japan Project at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Previously, Weinstein was chair of the Economics Department and senior economist as well as a consultant at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. Prior to joining the Columbia faculty, he held professorships at the University of Michigan and Harvard University. He also served on the Council of Economic Advisors from 1989 to 1990.
Weinstein is the recipient of many grants and awards, including five National Science Foundation grants, an Institute for New Economic Thinking grant, a Bank of International Settlements Fellowship, and a Google Research Award. He earned his Ph.D. and M.A. in economics from the University of Michigan and his B.A. at Yale.
David Wilcox
Peterson Institute for International Economics
David Wilcox joined the Peterson Institute for International Economics in August 2019, and is now a senior fellow there. His current research focuses on the U.S. macroeconomy, monetary policy, and diversity and inclusion, especially in the economics profession. Previously, he served roughly 30 years as member of the staff of the Federal Reserve Board, including as deputy director (2001-11) and director (2011-18) in the Division of Research and Statistics. In the latter role, he functioned as the chief economist of the division, a senior advisor to three successive chairs of the Federal Reserve Board, the division's lead for strategic direction, and its chief manager. He also served as assistant secretary for economic policy at the Treasury Department from 1997 to 2001, and as a senior economist at the Council of Economic Advisers from 1994 to 1995.
Wilcox is the author of many publications, including "Okun Revisited: Who Benefits Most From a Strong Economy?" He serves on a task force commissioned by the American Economic Association to recommend best practices for improving diversity and inclusion in the economics profession. Wilcox received a Ph.D. in economics from the MIT and a B.A. in mathematics from Williams College.
Kirk Wolter
University of Chicago and National Opinion Research Center (NORC)
Kirk Wolter is principal statistical advisor and distinguished senior fellow with NORC at the University of Chicago. He is also a professor in the university’s Department of Statistics. Wolter is an internationally recognized expert in survey statistics and methods and author of “Introduction to Variance Estimation,” which is widely read by survey practitioners and theoreticians.
Wolter has led or participated in designing many of the United States’ largest and most important information systems, including the Current Business Surveys and the Current Employment Statistics program. He also led the conversion of major market research surveys to scanning-based methods, both in the United States and in many parts of Western Europe. Before joining NORC in 1994, Wolter was vice president, statistical design worldwide, for the A.C. Nielsen Co., where he had executive accountability for statistical methodology in 30 countries. Wolter worked for 14 years at the U.S. Census Bureau, including as chief of the Statistical Research Division. He served as adjunct professor at George Washington University. In 2002-03, he founded and directed the Interdisciplinary Research Institute for Survey Science at Iowa State University. Wolter is a fellow of the American Statistical Association, an elected member of the International Statistical Institute, a past president of the International Association of Survey Statisticians, and a past chair of the Survey Research Methods Section of the American Statistical Association. He received his Ph.D. in statistics from Iowa State University.
Meetings
Agenda
Committee on National Statistics of the National Academies (CNSTAT) Report on Improving Cost-of-Living Indexes and Consumer Inflation Statistics in the Digital Age
- Background Material
Modernizing the Consumer Price Index for the 21st Century
Distributional Measures at Census, BEA, and BLS
Improving Disclosure Protections on the Current Population Survey Public Use File
Meeting Minutes
Agenda
Reengineering the Census Bureau’s Annual Economic Surveys
- Goal Statement
- Blynda Metcalf and Jenny Thompson, Census Bureau
Annual Integrated Economic Survey (AIES)
FESAC AIES Responses - Edward Morgan, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Reengineering the Census Bureau’s Annual Economic Surveys - Michael Brill, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Annual Integrated Economic Survey - BLS Discussant - Kimberly Bayard, Federal Reserve Board
Re-engineering the Census Bureau’s Annual Economic Surveys-Reactions and Implications for the Federal Reserve
Measuring Business Exits & Deaths
- Goal Statement
- Ryan Decker, Federal Reserve Board
Measuring Business Exit - John Stewart, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics-Current Employment Statistics: Birth Death Methodology Adjustments During the Pandemic - Brandy Yarbrough and Martha Stinson, Census Bureau
U.S. Census Bureau Programs measuring Business Births and Deaths - John Coglianese, Federal Reserve Board
Signals from Entry/Exit vs. Continuers in CES - Michael Dalton, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Measuring Business Exits During the COVID-19 Pandemic - André Kurmann, Drexel University
Comments on Measuring Business Exits During the Pandemic - AYŞEGÜL ŞAHIN, University of Texas, Austin/NBER
Business Exits During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Planning for a Comprehensive Consumption Measure using Consumer Expenditure Data
- Goal Statement
- Thesia I. Garner and Adam Safir, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Consumption Measurement with Consumer Expenditure Surveys Data: A Research Project
Watch the Planning for a Comprehensive Consumption Measure using Consumer Expenditure Data Session
Agenda
Developing Experimental Statistics to Measure Economic Activity
- John Friedman, Brown University
The Economic Impacts of COVID-19: Evidence from a New Public Database Built Using Private Sector Data - Sonya Porter, U.S. Census Bureau; Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Joe Piacentini, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Developing Experimental Statistics to Measure Economic Activity in Real Time
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Background Material
- FESAC Statement on Data Synchronization
- Treasury Data Synchronization Proposal
Source - General Explanations of the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2022 Revenue Proposals U.S. Department of the Treasury
Exploring Data Sources of the Future: Learning and Employment Records
- Goal Statement
- Erica Groshen, FESAC Member; Matt Gee, Brighthive
JEDx Briefing - Background Material:
Developing and Using Public-Private Data Standards for Employment and Earnings Records
Economic Data Gaps Revealed by the Pandemic Economy
- Goal Statement
- Jon Willis, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Data Gaps During the Pandemic: Insights From a Data Consumer - Dick Rippe, FESAC Member
Session on Data Gaps - Catherine Rampell, The Washington Post
Economic Data Gaps Revealed by the Pandemic Economy - Background Material
AEA Committee on Economic Statistics Economic Measurement of Consequences of Systemic Racism: Challenges and Opportunities
Agenda
Filling Data Gaps in International Trade Statistics
- Abstract
- J. Bradford Jensen, Georgetown University, NBER
Data Gaps in International Trade Statistics - Tom Howells, Bureau of Economic Analysis
New Data for Analyzing Global Value Chains - Fariha Kama, U.S. Census Bureau
Business Dynamics of Globally Engaged Firms: Data Challenges - Susan Fleck, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Net Input Price Indexes – Accounting for Imports in the Cost of Production
Update Session: Shifting to geometric weighting for detailed inputs to PPIs
- Robert Martin & Jonathan Weinhagen, Bureau of Labor Statistics
What is the Appropriate Index Formula to Estimate Producer Price Change?
Modernization in Data Collection and Methods in Response to COVID-19
- Abstract
- Ursula Oliver, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Collection in the Time of Corona - Kyra Linse, U.S. Census Bureau
Current Population Survey - Adaption due to the Coronavirus Pandemic - Rachel Soloveichik, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Consumer Prices During a Stay-in-Place Policy: Theoretical Inflation for Unavailable Products
Background Material
Consumer Prices During a Stay-In-Place Policy: Theoretical Inflation for Unavailable Products
- Watch the full June 12 FESAC meeting.
Agenda
International Response to Pandemic
- Jennifer Withington, Statistics Canada
Statistics Canada – Responding to the Pandemic - Jonathan Athow, Office for National Statistics
Measuring the UK Economy During Lockdown: Challenges and Opportunities - Paul Schreyer, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Ensuring High Quality Statistics in Response to Covid-19: OECD Initiatives
Private/Public Data Projects Addressing Pandemic-Related Issues
- John Stevens, Federal Reserve Board
The Potential for Alternative Data in Official Statistics - Hal Varian, Google
Search and Schemas
Google Dataset Search by the Numbers - Vivek Pandya and Costa Lasiy, Adobe
Adobe Digital Economy Index - Abe Dunn, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Measuring the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Consumer Spending Using Card Transaction Data - Jay Stewart, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Adjusting BLS Estimates of Employment and Hours for COVID-19-Related Job Losses - Hyon B. Shin and Kathryn Bonney, U.S. Census Bureau
Census Bureau Pulse Surveys
Agenda
Evidence Act
- Nick Hart, Bipartisan Policy Center
Presentation - A New Era for Federal Data Policy: The Evidence Commission and Beyond - Nancy Potok, Office of Management & Budget Presentation
Big Steps to Increase Data Access for Evidence-Building; Title III of the Evidence Act - Barbara Downs & Heather Madray, U.S. Census Bureau
Presentation - Application Portal for Restricted Data for Federal Statistics - Michael Hawes, U.S. Census Bureau
Presentation - Increasing Access, Reducing Risk: A Conceptual Framework for Tiered Data Access
Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Data
- Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Presentation - Automation and Work - Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Pascual Restrepo, Boston University
Background - Robots and Jobs: Evidence from US Labor Markets - Daron Acemoglu, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Pascual Restrepo, Boston University
Background - Automation and New Tasks: How Technology Displaces and Reinstates Labor - Lucia Foster , U.S. Census Bureau
Presentation - Measuring Business Adoption and Use of Advanced Technologies, Artificial Intelligence, and Data - Nicole Nestoriak, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Presentation - How BLS is Working to Understand the Future Of Work
Agenda
Consumption Poverty Measure
- 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
Big Data for 21st Century Economic Statistics
- 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
Agenda
Reorganizing Economic Statistical Agencies
- Nancy Potok, Office of Management and Budget
Presentation - Charles Bean, London School of Economics and Office for Budget Responsibility
Presentation
Quality-Adjusted Price Indices Powered by ML and AI
- Pat Bajari and Victor Chernozhukov, Amazon
Presentation
How Modern Disclosure Avoidance Methods Could Change the Way Statistical Agencies Operate
- John Abowd, Census Bureau
Presentation
Background Document: An Economic Analysis of Privacy Protection and Statistical Accuracy as Social Choices - Steven Ruggles, University of Minnesota
Presentation
Background Document: Implications of Differential Privacy for Census Bureau Data and Research - Erica Groshen, Cornell University
Presentation - Kirk Wolter, NORC and University of Chicago
Presentation
Agenda
Seasonal Adjustment
- Dave Wasshausen, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Presentation
Contingent Work and the Gig Economy
- Mike Horrigan, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Presentation - Shanthi Ramnath, Department of the Treasury
Presentation
Background Document: The Rise of Alternative Work Arrangements: Evidence and Implications for Tax Filing and Benefit Coverage - Jim Spletzer, Census Bureau
Presentation
Background Document: Measuring the Gig Economy: Current Knowledge and Open Issues - Jonathan Hall, Uber
Presentation - Christopher Hooton, George Washington University and the Internet Association
Presentation
Background Document: America's online 'jobs': conceptualizations, measurements, and influencing factors - Diana Farrell, JPMorgan Chase Institute
Presentation - Joseph Altonji, Yale University
Presentation
Agenda
Report from the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
- Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland
The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking
Background Material: CEP final report 9-7-2017
Background Material: BPC blog post on Ryan-Murray legislation 11-1-2017 - John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland
- Matthew Shapiro, University of Michigan
- Kirk Wolter, NORC at the University of Chicago
Comments on the Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking
The Digital Economy
- Erich Strassner, Bureau of Economic Analysis
Highlights and Challenges of Measuring the Digital Economy - David Friedman, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Measuring the Digital Economy at BLS: Focus on Price Index Programs - Nathan Goldschlag, Census Bureau
Direct and Indirect Measures of the Economic Impact of the Digital Economy
Background Material: The Management and Organizational Practices Survey (MOPS): An Overview
Background Material: Business Dynamics Statistics of High Tech Industries
Background Material: Measuring the Gig Economy, Current Knowledge and Open Issues - Susan Athey, Stanford University
- Patrick Bajari, Amazon
Measurement of the Digital Economy
Agenda
The Role of the Statistical Agencies in the 21st Century
- Robert Moffitt, Johns Hopkins University
Moffitt Remarks - John Haltiwanger, University of Maryland
The Role of Statistical Agencies in the 21st Century
Globalization
- Tom Howells, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Highlights and Challenges of Measuring Global Production - Brad Jensen, Georgetown University and U.S. Census Bureau, and Fariha Kamal, U.S. Census Bureau
Business Dynamics of Globally Engaged Firms - Mina Kim, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
FDI and the Task Content of Domestic Employment for U.S. Multinationals
Background Material: FDI and the Task Content of Domestic Employment for U.S. Multinationals
Background Material: Domestic employment in U.S.-based multinational companies - Hal Varian, Google
Measurement Challenges in High Tech - Susan Helper, Case Western Reserve University
Global Discussion - David Weinstein, Columbia University
Comments on Presentations
Agenda
Seasonal Adjustment
- Brent Moulton, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Residual Seasonality in GDP and GDI: Findings and Next Steps
Background Material: Residual Seasonality in GDP and GDI: Findings and Next Steps - Tucker McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
Challenges with Seasonal Adjustment
Background Material: Time Series seasonal adjustment using regularized singular value decomposition - Jonathan Wright, Johns Hopkins University
Comments on Seasonal Adjustment - Maurine Haver, Haver Analytics
- Dick Rippe, Evercore ISI
FESAC Meeting on Seasonal Adjustment
Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission
- Katharine Abraham, University of Maryland
Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking
Federal Statistical Research Data Centers
- Barbara Downs and Lucia Foster, U.S. Census Bureau
Federal Statistical Research Data Centers (FSRDC)
Measuring Retail Trade
- Ron Jarmin, U.S. Census Bureau
- David Friedman, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Aditya Aladangady, Federal Reserve Board, and Dan Moulton, Palantir Technologies
Exploring New Sources of Spending Data: First Data Transactions Data - Matthew Shapiro, University of Michigan
Using Naturally ‐ Occurring Data for Retail Sales, CPI, and PCE: The Future is Now - Martin Fleming, IBM
Retail Sales – The New Reality
Agenda
Measuring Retail Trade with Administrative Data
- Ellen Hughes-Cromwick, Chief Economist, U.S. Department of Commerce
Improving the Quality, Scope, and Timeliness of Economic Statistics - Abe Dunn, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Improving Regional PCE Estimates Using Credit Card Transaction Data - Scott Scheleur, U.S. Census Bureau
Retail Big Data Overview - David Friedman, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Measuring Retail Trade with Administrative Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics - Matthew Shapiro, University of Michigan
Measuring Retail Trade with Administrative Data (continued)
- David Weinstein, Columbia University and NBER, and Steve Redding, Princeton University and NBER
Big Data and the Measurement of Prices and Real Economic Activity
Background Material: A Unified Approach to Estimating Demand and Welfare
Background Material: Quantifying the Sources of Firm Heterogeneity - Judith Chevalier, Yale University and NBER
Best Prices
Background Material: Best Prices - Krishna Rao, Zillow
The Zillow Experience - Chris Wheat, J.P. Morgan Chase Institute
A Global Think Tank
BackgroFund Material: Local Consumer Commerce
Background Material: Profiles of Local Consumer Commerce - Joe Reisinger, Premise
Premise
Agenda
The Future of Economic Statistics
Measuring Skills Acquisition
- Sharon Boivin, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
Developing New Definitions and Data Sources
Background Material: Adult Education and Training Survey
Background Material: Draft Survey Items - Christina Pena, Workforce Data Quality Campaign (WDQC)
Connecting Education and Training to Workforce Outcomes - Morris Kleiner, University of Minnesota
Measuring Occupational Regulation by Government
Background Material: Reforming Occupational Licensing Policies
Background Material: Occupational Licensing: A Framework for Policymakers
Background Material: Certification and License Items by Survey - Jesse Rothstein, University of California, Berkeley
Discussion
Agenda
The Challenges of Mixed Devices for Survey Data Collection
- The Evolution of Password Requirements in the Consumer Expediture Diary Survey, by Brandon Kopp, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Centurion: Internet Data Collection and Responsive Design, by Joe Mistichelli, Glenn Eanes, and Rachel Horwitz, U.S. Census Bureau
- Mobility Enabled: Effects of Mobile Devices on Survey Response and Substantive Measures, by Frances Barlas, GfK Custom Research
- Discussion, by Don Dillman, Washington State University
Commercial Big Data and Official Economic Statistics
- Naturally-Occurring Account Data, by Dan Silverman, Arizona State University.
- Small Business Indicators, by Susan Woodward, Sand Hill Econometrics
- The CFPB Consumer Credit Panel: Direct Use and as a Sampling Frame, by Chris Carroll, Consumer Finance Protection Bureau
- Discussion, by David Johnson, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
- Discussion, by John Eltinge, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
- Discussion, by Ron Prevost, U.S. Census Bureau
Agenda
Improving Business Lists Through Data Sharing
- Data Sharing: Progress and Challenges at BLS by Richard Clayton
- Improving the Business Register Through Data-Sharing: Uses and Challenges by Brandy L. Yarbrough
Background Material by Brandy L. Yarbrough
Improving Business Lists Through Data Sharing: BEA Perspective by Ted Morgan
Discussion: Comments on "Improving Business Lists Through Data Sharing" by John Haltiwanger
FESAC statment on Data Synchronization
Measurement of the Financial Sector
- Enhanced Financial Accounts by Paul Smith
- Producer Price Indexes for Financial Services by Andrew Baer
- FESAC Discussion on the Measurement of Financial Services: Perspective from the National Accounts by Dennis J. Fixler
- OFR's Approach to Data Gaps: A Case Study on Bilateral Repo by Susan Stiehm
- Discussion: Comments on Financial Statistics Session by Dick Rippe
BLS-Census Micro Productivity Project
Agenda
Update
Autocoding
- Using an Autocoder to Code Industry and Occupation in the ACS by Jennifer Cheeseman Day
Background Material by Matthew Thompson, Michael Kornbau, Julie Vesely - Automated Injury Coding by Alexander Measure
Paradata and Adaptive Design
- Early Experience of Adaptive Design Work in the NSCG by Ben Reist
- Paradata and Adaptive Design: Examples from BLS by Scott Fricker
Income and Wage Inequality Statistics
- Inequality Statistics from the LEHD by James Spletzer
- - Background Material by James Spletzer
- Occupational Employment Statistics by Laurie Salmon
- Distributional Estimates in the U.S. National Accounts by Kevin Furlong
- - Background Material by Clinton McCully
- - Background Material by Dennis Fixler and David Johnson
- - Background Material by Selma Goldsmith
Agenda
Housing
- Household Estimates Conundrum by Arthur Cresce
- CPI Housing Initiative by Crystal Konny
- - Background Material
- Discussion: Housing Statistics by Richard Rippe
Affordable Care Act (ACA)
- The Affordable Care Act and Survey Data by Helen Levy
- The ACA and Beyond by Irma Arispe
- Classification of ACA Transactions in the Federal Sector by Benjamin Mandel
- BLS Employment-Based Health Benefits and the ACA by William Wiatrowski
- Health Insurance Coverage Statistics by David Johnson
- Using the MEPS-IC to Understand the Impact of the ACA by Alace Zawacki
- Discussion: ACA-Implications for Statistical Programs by Barry Bosworth
Agenda
Factoryless Goods Producers
- Impact of Globalization on the U.S. Statistical System by Maureen Doherty
- Factoryless Goods Producers in the U.S. Accounts by Dylan Rassier
- Factoryless Goods Producers Agency Update Census by Robert Miller
- BLS Update on Factoryless Goods Producers by David Talan and Vincent Russo
- Discussion: Factoryless Production by Barry Bosworth
- Background Material: Reflecting Factoryless Goods Production in the U.S. Statistical System by Maureen Doherty
The North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) and the Economic Census
- NAPCS Implementation in the Economic Census by John Burns Murphy
- NAPCS and the Economic Census by Ted Morgan
- NAPCS in the Economic Census: BLS Perspectives by David Friedman
- Discussion: Comments on "NAPCS and the Economic Census" by John Haltiwanger
- Discussion: NAPCS and the Economic Census by Jay Breidt
- Background Material: Census Reingineering and the Implementation of NAPCS by John Burns Murphy
Agenda
Presentations
- Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey
- Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey: Recommendations
- BLS Response to CNSTAT Recommendations: The Road Ahead
- Census Response to CNSTAT: Data Collection Issues
- Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CE) Redesign: Implications for National Economic Accounts
- Expanding Upon Issues in Measuring What We Spend: Toward a New Consumer Expenditure Survey
Agenda
Consumer Expenditure Survey Redesign
Financial Sector Statistics
- Response to the Financial Crisis: Office of Financial Research
- US Flow of Funds Accounts: A Snapshot of Ongoing Improvements
- Data and the Crisis
Financial Sector Discussions
- Measurement of the FS: FESAC Response to the Financial Crisis
- Financial Sector Statistics and Systemic Risk
Health Price Statistics
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- Meeting Cancelled
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