IMPORTANT NOTE: If you did not indicate on your conference registration that you want to attend this short course, please email
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If you did not select it on your registration and you do not send us this email, you will not receive the link to attend, as it is separate from the other conference links.Course Content:Attendees of this short course will receive instruction in the following topics:
- The components of the CE (Interview and Diary Surveys): data collected, methodology, etc.
- Definitions of common terms used in the CE ("consumer unit"; "reference person")
- Examples of current research using CE tabular and microdata
- Structure and location of public use microdata files
- Release of new data related to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Use of an online tool for tabular data analysis
- And more!
Research Presentations:- How Have Healthcare Expenditures Changed? Examining Trends from 2004-2018
Lekhnath Chalise, Economist - Risky Behaviors: An Inter-Generational Comparison of Expenditures by Young Adults for Alcohol, Tobacco, and Lotteries/Pari-Mutuel Losses*
Geoffrey Paulin, Senior Economist - Since We Have the Means, Let's Find the Happy Median
Geoffrey Paulin, Senior Economist - Expenditure Patterns of Low and High Income Groups by State: California, New York, Texas, New Jersey, and Florida*
Grayson Armstrong, Economist.
*Work is co-authored with Jimmy Choi, Economist (CE program), who will provide an overview of microdata files, including new data related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
