Household-level data on consumer expenditures underpin a wide range of empirical
research in modern economics, spanning micro-and macroeconomics. This research …

There is more statistical data produced in today's modern society than ever before. This data
is analysed and cross-referenced for innumerable reasons. However, many data sets have …

We investigate the size of the consumption drop at retirement in Italy by exploiting pension
eligibility information to correct for endogenous retirement. We take a regression …

This paper presents stylized facts on labor supply, income, consumption, wealth, and
several measures of consumption and income inequality drawn from the 1980–2006 Survey …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effect of survey design, specifically the number of items and
recall period, on estimates of household out-of-pocket and catastrophic expenditure on …

In many research areas it is desirable to have information on household total expenditure
('consumption'). We draw evidence from several sources on the usefulness of recall …

This paper considers data quality issues for the analysis of consumption inequality
exploiting two complementary datasets from the Consumer Expenditure Survey for the …

This paper analyzes the dynamics of Italian households' net worth over the 1990s and
assesses the strength of the wealth effects on consumption, using as a benchmark the …

Reduced muscle strength is an accurate predictor of functional limitations, disability, and
mortality. Hence, understanding which socio‐economic factors contribute to preserve …

Having accurate measures of consumption is crucial for research on the optimality of
household decision making, on consumption and saving behavior, on inequality, poverty …