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Abstract:
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Public concern is growing about income adequacy, inequality, and, generally, how Americans are faring economically compared with the past and other countries. Informed debate on these issues requires good statistics on income and wealth. The luncheon organizer, who directed studies of poverty measurement at the Committee on National Statistics, will share her views and seek to stimulate discussion on needed improvements to the U.S. income statistics system. Issues will include the role of surveys---including SIPP, CPS, and ACS---the possible use of administrative records to correct survey responses for reporting errors, and the role of indirect estimation techniques.
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