Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/71524 
Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
IFS Working Papers No. 03/07
Publisher: 
Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), London
Abstract: 
This paper considers data quality issues for the analysis of consumption inequality exploiting two complementary datasets from the Consumer Expenditure Survey for the United States. The Interview sample follows survey households over four calendar quarters and consists of retrospectively asked information about monthly expenditures on durable and non-durable goods. The Diary sample interviews household for two consecutive weeks and includes detailed information about frequently purchased items (food, personal cares and household supplies). Each survey has its own questionnaire and sample. Information from one sample is exploited as an instrument for the other sample to derive a correction for the measurement error affecting observed measures of consumption inequality. Implications of our ?ndings are used as a test for the permanent income hypothesis.
Subjects: 
Consumption Inequality
Measurement Error
Permanent Income Hypothesis
JEL: 
C13
C42
D12
D91
Persistent Identifier of the first edition: 
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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