Note: Information on registration and accomodation packages for the 2010 IARIW General Conference will be available by mid-March.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, AFTERNOON

Registration and IARIW Council Meeting

SUNDAY, AUGUST 22, EVENING

Opening Reception

MONDAY, AUGUST 23, MORNING

Plenary Session 1: The Commission of the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress - Implications for the Work of Statistical Offices
Organiser and Chair: Ruth Meier (Swiss Federal Statistical Office)

Presentation: Jurg Marti - Director General (Swiss Federal Statistical Office), Title to be announced

Roundtable: Martine Durand - Chief Statistician (OECD),
Enrico Giovannini - President (ISTAT, Italy and Commission Member),
Steven Landefeld - Director (U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis), and
Walter Radermacher - Director General (Eurostat).
Other panelists to be announced.

MONDAY, AUGUST 23, AFTERNOON

Parallel Session 2A: House Price Movements and the Economy
Chair and Organiser: Robert J. Hill (University of Graz, Austria)

1. Janine Aron (University of Oxford, UK), John V. Duca (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, USA), John Muellbauer (University of Oxford, UK) and Keiko Murata (Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan) and Anthony Murphy (Oxford University, UK), “Credit, Housing Collateral and Consumption: Evidence from the UK, Japan and the US” (Abstract)

2. W. Erwin Diewert (university of British Columbia, Canada), Jan de Haan (Statistics Netherlands) and Rens Hendriks (Statistics Netherlansd), “The Decomposition of a House Price index into Land and Structures Components: A Hedonic Regression Approach” (Abstract)

3. Bob McColl (Australian Bureau of Statistics), John Billing (Australian Bureau of Statistics) and Bindi Kindermann (Australian Bureau of Statistics) “Measuring Housing Affordability in Australia: Recent Developments and Trends in Agreed National Performance Indicators” (Abstract)

4. Alicia Rambaldi (University of Queensland, Australia), “The Effect of Hedonic Modeling and Index Weights on Hedonic Imputation Indexes” (Abstract)

5. Utz Reich (Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Germany), “What is the Value of a Home? Distinguishing Owners from Renters and Landlords in the National Accounts”(Title?) (Abstract)

6. Simone Pellegrino (University of Torino, Italy), Massimiliano Piacenza (University of Torino, Italy) and Gilberto Turati (University of Torino, Italy), “Assessing the Distributional Effects of Housing Taxation in Italy: From the Actual Tax Code to Imputed Rent” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 2B: Surveys and Data Combination I
Chair and Organiser: Stephen P. Jenkins (University of Essex, UK)

1. Lisa Crosato (Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Paolo Mariani (Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy), Mauro Mussini (Università di Milano-Bicocca, Italy) and Biancamaria Zavanella (Università di Milano-Bicocca), “Alternative Measures of Well-being: Combining Survey-based and Administrative-based Estimates” (Abstract)

2. Gundi Knies (University of Essex, UK), Emanuela Sala (University of Essex, UK) and Jon Burton (University of Essex, UK), “Interviewer Like interviewer? Do Interviewer Characteristics Matter for Obtaining Informed Consent to Data Linkage?” (Abstract)

3. John Micklewright (University of London, UK), Sylke Schnepf (University of Southampton, UK) and Chris Skinner (University of Southampton, UK) "Non-response biases in surveys of school children: the case of the English PISA samples" (Abstract)

4. Garnett Picot (Statistics Canada) and Patrizio Piraino (Statistics Canada), “Are Census-Based Estimates of Immigrants Earnings Growth Biased Upwards? Comparisons with a Linked Longitudinal Data Set?” (Abstract)

5. Anika Rasner (DRV-Bund and MPI Rostock, Germany), Joachim R. Frick (DIW Berlin, TU Berlin and IZA Bonn, Germany) and Markus M. Grabka (DIW Berlin, TU Berlin, Germany), “Extending the Empirical Basis for Wealth Inequality Research Using Statistical Matching of Administrative and Survey Data” (Abstract)

6. Julia Simonson (German Centre of Gerontology), Laura Romeu Gordo (German Centre of Gerontology) and Tatjana Mika (Deutsche Rentenversicherung Bund, Germany), “Combining the German Ageing Survey with the Sample of the Insured Population Pension Records via Statistical Matching as a Source for the Analysis of Life Courses and Old Age Incomes” (Abstract)

Discussants: Sylvie Michaud (Statistics Canada), Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University, Canada) and Brian Bucks (Federal Reserve Board, USA)

Parallel Session 2C: Beyond GDP: New Measures of Multidimensional Well-being
Organisers: Organising Committee
Chair: TBA

1. Stefano Bartolini (University of Siena, Italy), Ennio Bilancini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy) and Francesco Sarracino (University of Firenze, Italy), “Social Capital as a Major Predictor of Subjective Well-Being in the Long-Run”(Abstract)

2. Kerry Hickson (University of Cambridge, UK), “Estimating ‘Fisherian’ National Income to Account for Twentieth Century Economic Welfare Gains Generated by Improved Health in the United States” (Abstract)

3. Joachim Merz (University of Lueneburg, Germany) and Tim Rathjen (University of Lueneburg, Germany), “Time and Income Poverty – An Interdependent Multidimensional Poverty Approach with German Time Use Diary Data” (Abstract)

4. James E Foster (George Washington university, USA), Mark McGillivray (World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, Finland) and Suman Seth (Vanderbilt University, “Rank Robustness of Composite Indicators: Multiple Weighting Vectors, Dominance and Ambiguity” (Abstract)

5. Ajit Zacharias (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA), Thomas Masterson (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA), Selcuk Eren (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA), Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Canada), Ben Harrison (Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Canada), Ronald Schettkat (University of Wuppertal, Germany), Daniel Wiens (University of Wuppertal, Germany) and Edward N. Wolff (New York University and Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA), “Comparisons of Economic Well-Being in the 1990s and 2000s, Canada, Germany and the United States” (Abstract)

6. Michael Wolfson (University of Ottawa, Canada), Geoff Rowe (Statistics Canada) and Andrew Sharpe (Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Canada), “Good Life Time (GLT): A New Framework and Index for Measuring Social Progress” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 2D: Inequality Trends and the Crisis
Organisers: Organising Committee
Chair: Tim Smeeding (University of Wisconsin, USA) 

1. Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto, Canada), “Boats and Tides and ‘Trickle Down’ Theories: What Stochastic Process Theory has to Say about Modeling Poverty, Inequality and Polarization” (Abstract)

2. Richard V. Burkhauser (Cornell University, USA), Shuaizhang Feng (Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)), Germany), Stephen Jenkins (University of Essex, UK) and Jeff Larrimore (Cornell University, USA), “Recent Trends in Top Income Shares in the USA: Reconciling Estimates from March CPS and IRS Tax Return Data” (Abstract)

3. Mathias Dolls (University of Cologne and Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Germany), Clemens Fuest (University of Oxford, UK and IZA, Germany) and Andreas Peichl (IZA Bonn, Germany and University of Essex, UK), “Economic Crisis, Automatic Stabilizers and Income Distribution” (Abstract)

4. Francesco Figari (University of Essex, UK) and Holly Sutherland (University of Essex, UK), “The Social Impacts of the Economic Downturn and ‘Stress Testing’ European Welfare Systems” (Abstract)

5. Eva Sierminska (CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg) and Yelena Takhtamanova (Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, USA), “Job Flows, Demographics and the Financial Crisis” (Abstract)

6. Daniel Waldenström (Institute of Industrial Economics (IFN), Sweden), Anders Björklund (Stockholm University, Sweden) and Jesper Roine (Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden), “Intergenerational Top Income Mobility in Sweden: A Combination of Equal Opportunity and Capitalistic Dynasties” (Abstract)

Monday, August 23, late afternoon

First Poster Session:

National Accounts and Financial Services

Bo Bergman (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), “Balance-sheets. A Financial Approach” (Abstract)

Tanja Cesen (Slovenian Ministry for Labour, Slovenia), “Intellectual Capital in Waiting” (Abstract)

Baoline Chen (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA), “Methods for Current and Real Services of Property-Casualty Insurance in the U.S. National Accounts” (Abstract)

Antonio G. Chessa (Statistics Netherlands), “A New Method for Measuring the Volume of Insurance Services in the Netherlands” (Abstract)

Stefania Cuicchio (Italian National Institute of Statistics), Marianna Ascione (Italian National Institute of Statistics), Francesca Chiucchiolo (Italian National Institute of Statistics) and Teresa Nardone (Italian National Institute of Statistics), "The Disposable Income of Households: an International Comparison” (Abstract)

Yasuyuki Komaki (Nihon University College of Economics, Japan), “Proper Evaluation of Value Added in Service industries -Comparison between Hedonic Method and Contingent Valuation Method” (Abstract)

P. M. Mathew (Christ University, India), “Green Accounting in Development Policy-The Indian Experience” (Abstract)

Monica Nelson Edberg (Statistics Sweden), “Currency Measurements in Multinational Corporations; the Case of Sweden” (Abstract)

Itsuo Sakuma (Senshu University, Japan), “The Production Boundary Reconsidered” (Abstract)

Sindre Sollien (Statistics Norway) and Tore Halvorsen (Statistics Norway) , “Volume and Prices for Financial Services” (Abstract)

Rachel Soloveichik (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA), “Artistic Originals as a Capital Asset” (Abstract)

Rachel Soloveichik (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA) and Anne Flatness (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA), “Estimating Personal Transfers from the United States” (Abstract)

Kazusuke Tsujimura (Keio University, Japan) and Masako Tsujimura (Keio University, Japan), “Copeland's Money-Flow Accounts and the Presentation Format of National Accounts” (Abstract)

Housing and Wealth

Grace Adeniji (Lead City University, Nigeria), “Urbanization Dynamics and Urban Housing Market: Responding to the Realities in Ibadan Metropolis” (Abstract)

Ather Akbari (Saint Mary’s University, Canada) and Yigit Aydede (Saint Mary’s University, Canada), “Effects of Immigration on Housing Prices in Canada” (Abstract)

Monika Bazyl (Warsaw School of Economics, Poland), “Role of Family Financial Help in Entering Homeownership” (Abstract)

Ajide Kazeem Bello (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), “The Determinants of Residential Housing Choice in a Third World Megacity” (Abstract)

Vincent Delbecque (INSEE, France) and Jonathan Haskel (Imperial College Business School, UK), “The Contribution of Intangible Capital to Competitiveness, Productivity and Growth: A Pan European Study” (Abstract)

Well-being Indicators

Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto, Canada) and Kinda Hachemn (University of Toronto, Canada), “Institutions, Economic Growth, Wellbeing and Causality Dominance” (Abstract)

Irina Anghel (The Institute of National Economy, Romanian Academy, Romania), “Social Indicators System for the Social Risk Management in Romania” (Abstract)

Carlo Azzarri (World Bank and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)), Gero Carletto (World Bank), Kinnon Scott (World Bank) and Alberto Zezza (FAO), “Measure for Measure: Systematic Patterns of Deviation between Income and Consumption as Measures of Welfare in Developing Countries Evidence from a New Dataset” (Abstract)

Muhammad Faress Bhuiyan (Northwestern University, USA), “The Pursuit of Happiness: A Simple Model of Peers, Status and Labor Supply” (Abstract)

Fernando Borraz (Banco Central del Uruguay and Universidad de la República, Uruguay), Susan Pozo (Western Michigan University) and Maximo Rossi (Banco Central del Uruguay and Universidad de la República, Uruguay), “And What About the Family Back Home? International Migration and Happiness in Cuenca, Ecuador” (Abstract)

Lea Cassar (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), University of Oxford, UK), “Quality of Employment and Job-satisfaction: Evidence from Chile” (Abstract)

Lidia Ceriani (Università Bocconi, Italy) and Chiara Gigliarano (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy), “Multivariate Well-Being Analysis: A Bayesian Networks Approach” (Abstract)

Olivia Ekert-Jaffé (The National Institute for Demographic Studies, France), “Demographic Features and the Links between Subjective Happiness and Perception of Welfare: A Biographical Perspective” (Abstract)

Barbara Ferk (The Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development of the Republic of Slovenia), “Indicators and Measurement of (over) Indebtedness of Individuals/Households” (Abstract)

Davide Fiaschi (University of Pisa, Italy) and Marzia Romanelli (Bank of Italy), “Sheep for a Lifetime or Lion for a Day?” (Abstract)

Fernando Groisman (National Research Council of Argentina (CONICET) and University of Buenos Aires, Argentina), “Measuring Economic Insecurity in Argentina” (Abstract)

Nicole Grunewald (University of Göttingen, Germany), “Subjective Well-Being and the Impact from Climate Change” (Abstract)

Kenneth Harttgen (University of Gottingen, Germany) and Stephan Klasen (University of Gottingen, Germany), “A Human Development Index by Internal Migrational Status” (Abstract)

Thomas Masterson (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA) and Selcuk Eren (Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, USA), “Immigration and Economic Well-Being in the United States, 1982-2007” (Abstract)

Natalia Melgar (Universidad de la República, Uruguay) and Máximo Rossi (Banco Central del Uruguay and Universidad de la República, Uruguay), “A Cross-country Analysis of the Risk Factors for Depression at the Micro and Macro Level” (Abstract)

Cristiano Perugini (University of Perugia, Italy) and David Aristei (University of Perugia, Italy), “Preferences for Redistribution and Inequality in Well-being across European Countries: A Multidimensional Approach” (Abstract)

Francesco Sarracino (University of Florence, Italy), “Social Capital and Subjective Well-Being Trends in Europe and Japan between 1980 and 2005” (Abstract)

Suman Seth (Vanderbilt University, USA and OPHI, University of Oxford, UK), “A Class of Association Sensitive Multidimensional Welfare Indices” (Abstract)

Irina Soboleva (Institute of Economy Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia), “Distribution of Work-Related Socio-Economic Security in Russia” (Abstract)

Greening, Economic Growth and Productivity

Boris Branisa (University of Goettingen, Germany) and Adriana Cardozo (University of Goettingen, Germany), “Revisiting the Regional Growth Convergence Debate in Colombia Using Income Indicators” (Abstract)

Jean-Marc Burniaux (OECD), “The Economics of Climate Change Mitigation and Green Growth” (Abstract)

Margherita Carlucci (‘Sapienza’ University of Rome, Italy) and Luca Salvati (Italian National Institute of Statistics), “Economic Development as a Determinant of Desertification Risk: Exploring a local-EKC Hypothesis” (Abstract)

Valentin Crastan (HTA Biel/Bienne, Switzerland), “Climate Negotiation: The Case of Per Capita CO2 Targets” (Abstract)

Achal Kumar Gaur (Banaras Hindu University, India), “Regional Disparities In Economic Growth : A Case Study of Indian States” (Abstract)

Kim Huynh (Indiana University, USA) and Robert J. Petrunia (Lakehead University, Canada), “Cleansing and Sullying Effects of Recessions: An Empirical Investigation Using T2LEAP” (Abstract)

Manuela Marginean, “The Impact of Globalisation on the Economic Growth of Romania and other Eastern European Countries” (Abstract)

Adam Szirmai (MERIT, the Netherlands), Lili Wang (MERIT, the Netherlands) and Wei Xi (Central University of Finance & Economics, China), “Regional and Sectoral Contributions to Aggregate Productivity Growth in Chinese Industry 1995-2005” (Abstract)

Ilya Voskoboynikov (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), Vladimir Bessonov (Higher School of Economics, State University, Russia) and Elena Dryabina (Higher School of Economics, State University, Russia), “Gas Only? Sources of Economic Growth in Major Sectors of the Russian Economy” (Abstract)

Human Capital

Alina Mihaela Dima (The Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies, Romania), “The Analysis of the European Convergence in Education Field using Clustering and Distance Based Models” (Abstract)

Wulong Gu (Statistics Canada) and Ambrose Wong (Statistics Canada), “Investment in Human Capital and the Output of the Education Sector in Canada “ (Abstract)

Kristian Koerselman (Åbo Akademi University, Finland), “Admissible Statistics of Educational Achievement Scores” (Abstract)

Maria Elena Pontecorvo (University of Rome, Italy), “The New Role of the University in a Global Knowledge Society: a Focus on Italy” (Abstract)

James McIntosh (Concordia University, Canada) and Martin D. Munk (The Danish Centre for Social Research, Denmark), “Family Background and Changing Educational Choices in Denmark” (Abstract)

Barbara Liberda (Warsaw University, Poland) and Anna Grochowska (Warsaw University, Poland), “Measuring Human Capital with Latent Variables” (Abstract)

Adiqa Kausar Kiani (Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology, Pakistan), “The Role of Education in Economic Growth in Pakistan” (Abstract)

Richard Jones (Office for National Statistics, UK) and Blessing Chiripanhura (Office for National Statistics, UK), “Measurement of Human Capital in the UK” (Abstract)

Blanca Cecilia Zuluaga (Universidad Icesi, Columbia and Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium), “Social Networks and Schooling Investment Decisions” (Abstract)

Employer and Household Surveys

Veronica Amarante (Universidad de la República, Uruguay), Andrea Vigorito (Universidad de la República, Uruguay) and Marco Manacorda (London School of Economics, UK), “CCTs and Birth Outcomes. Evidence from the Uruguayan PANES using Data Combination” (Abstract)

Andrea Brandolini (Bank of Italy) and Eliana Viviano (Bank of Italy), “'Intensive Margin’ versus ‘Extensive Margin'“ (Abstract)

James Brown (Institute of Education, UK) and Owen Abbott (Office of National Statistics, UK), “Adjusting the 2011 Census of England & Wales for Measured Coverage - Enhancing the Data” (Abstract)

Kim P. Huynh (Indiana University, USA), Yuri Ostrovsky (Statistics Canada) and Marcel Voia (Carleton University, Canada), “Industry Exit Rates and Employee Separations Using the Canadian Longitudinal Worker File” (Abstract)

Amélie Lafrance (Statistics Canada) and Danny Leung (Statistics Canada), “T2-LEAP: a Longitudinal Database of Incorporated Firms in Canada” (Abstract)

Jan Goebel (DIW Berlin, Germany) and Michael Wurm (German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) and German Aerospace Center (DLR)), “Does Space Matter? The SOEP and the Integration of Location-based, Remotely Sensed Information “ (Abstract)

Zofia Barbara Liberda (Warsaw University and Statistics Poland), Wieslaw Lagodzinski (Statistics Poland) and Marek Cierpial-Wolan (Statistics Poland),“Combining Survey and Administrative Data for Cross-border Areas” (Abstract)

Bob McColl (Australian Bureau of Statistics), John Billing (Australian Bureau of Statistics) and Bindi Kindermann (Australian Bureau of Statistics), “Update of the Canberra Group Handbook on Household Income Statistics” (Abstract)

Kim P. Huynh (Indiana University, USA), David T. Jacho-Chávez (Indiana University, USA), Robert J. Petrunia (Lakehead University, Canada) and Marcel C. Voia (Carleton University), “Evolution of Firm Dynamics: With Minimal Assumptions” (Abstract)

Sylvie Michaud (Statistics Canada), Karen Mihorean (Statistics Canada) and Eric Olson (Statistics Canada), “Comparison of Income Statistics from Survey and Administrative Data - Experience with the Canadian Census” (Abstract)

Andrea Neri (Bank of Italy) and Roberta Zizza (Bank of Italy), “Income reporting behaviour in the SHIW” (Abstract)

Johannes Rieckmann (University of Göttingen, Germany), Gunhild Berg (University of Göttingen, Germany) and Tobias Lechtenfeld (University of Göttingen, Germany), “Far from perfect? Impact Evaluations of Non-experimental Donor Programs in Water Supply and Sanitation” (Abstract)

Carsten Schroeder (University of Kiel, Germany), Timm Boenke (Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany) and Clive Werdt (University of Kiel, Germany), “Constructing a Multi Sectional Database from the German Sample Survey of Income and Expenditures 1978 to 2003” (Abstract)

Christophe Starzec (University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France) and François Gardes (University Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, France), “Combining Various Data Sources: the Lessons from the Use of Several Types of the Matched Data Sets” (Abstract)

Roberto Zelli (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), Nicholas T. Longford (SNTL and Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain) and Maria Grazia Pittau (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), “Completing Sub-National Coverage of Household Accounts” (Abstract)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, MORNING

Planery Session 3:The Impact of Globalisation I
Organiser and Chair: Peter van de Ven (Statistics Netherlands)

1. Indrajit Bairagya (Institute for Social and Economic Change, India), “Liberalization, Informal Sector and Formal-Informal Sectors’ Relationship: a Study of India” (Abstract)

2. John Baldwin (Statistics Canada) and Beiling Yan (Statistics Canada) , “Productivity Growth, Globalization and Multinationals” (Abstract)

3. Wen-Hao Chen (OECD), Michael Förster (OECD) and Ana Llena-Nozal (Statistics Canada), “The Impact of Globalisation on Rising Income Inequality: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries” (Abstract)

4. Marie-Noëlle Jubénot (University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, France), “ChinAfrica and the Development of the Human Capital” (Abstract)

5. Roxana Maurizio (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento and CONICET, Argentina), Bárbara Perrot (CONICET and Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Argentina) and Soledad Villafañe (Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security, Argentina), “The Social Impact of Globalization and the Challenges for Public Policies. The Case of Argentina” (Abstract)

6. Marcel P. Timmer (Groningen Growth and Development Centre, University of Groningen, the Netherlands), “World Input-Output Database: Construction, Challenges and Applications” (Abstract)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, AFTERNOON

Parallel Session 4A: Financial services: Measurement and Impact
Organisers and Chairs: Adriaan Bloem and Marshall Reinsdorf (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA)

1. Dennis Fixler (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA) and Kim Zieschang (IMF), “Deconstructing FISIM: Should Financial Risk Affect GDP?” (Abstract)

2. Kyle Hood (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA) and Marshall Reinsdorf (Bureau of Economic Analysis, USA), “Measuring Default in Implicitly Priced Bank Services: The Insurance Approach” (Abstract)

3. Robert Inklaar (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) and J. Christina Wang (Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), “Not your Grandfather’s Bank Anymore; Consistent Measurement of Traditional and Novel Bank Output” (Abstract)

4. Balbir Jain (University of Delhi, India), “Microfinance, Redistribution and Poverty” (Abstract)

5. Raju Jan Singh (International Monetary Fund) and Yifei Huang (Boston University, USA), “Financial Deepening, Property Rights and Poverty: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa” (Abstract)

6. Jonas Edblom (Statistics Sweden) and Michael Wolf (Statistics Sweden), “The Impact of Holding Gains and Losses on Balancing Items in the SNA” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 4B: Intergenerational Disadvantage
Organisers and Chairs: Markus Jäntti (Stockholm University, Institute for Social Research, Sweden) and John Micklewright (Institute of Education, UK)

1. Bruce Bradbury (University of New South Wales, Australia), Miles Corak (University of Ottawa, Canada), Jane Waldfogel (Columbia University, USA and London School of Economics, UK) and Elizabeth Washbrook (University of Bristol, UK), “Early child outcomes and parental resources in Australia, Canada, the UK and the USA” (Abstract)

2. Francisco H.G. Ferreira (The World Bank) and Jeremie Gignoux (Paris School of Economics, France), “Inequality and Intergenerational Persistence in Educational Achievement around the World: Evidence from PISA” (Abstract)

3. Bhashkar Mazumder (Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, USA), Miles Corak (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Matthew Lindquist (Stockholm University, Sweden), “A Comparison of Upward Intergenerational Mobility in Canada, Sweden and the United States” (Abstract)

4. Ricardo Sabates (University of Sussex, UK), “A Decade of Progress with the Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Advantage? Evidence from Seven African Countries” (Abstract)

5. Peter Burton (Dalhousie University, Canada), Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University, Canada) and Lihui Zhang (Dalhousie University, Canada), “Is the American Dream More Likely for Children in Canada than the US?” (Abstract)

6. Jo Blanden (Surrey University, UK), Kathryn Wilson (Kent State University, USA), Robert Haveman (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) and Timothy Smeeding (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), “Understanding the Mechanisms Behind Intergenerational Persistence: A Comparison Between the US and UK” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 4C: The Impact of Globalisation II
Organisers: Organising Committee
Chair: Albert Braakman (German Federal Statistical Office)

1. Adelheid Bürgi-Schmelz (IMF), Ralph Kozlow (IMF) and Andrew Kitili (IMF), “Recent Progress in Measuring FDI in the Wake of Globalization” (Abstract)

2. Robert E. Lipsey (National Bureau of Economic Research, USA), “Firm Globalization, Intangible Assets and the Measurement of National Output and Trade” (Abstract)

3. Göran Svensson (Statistics Sweden), Jose Camacho (Statistics Sweden) and Gunnar Holm (Statistics Sweden), “Global Manufacturing in the Swedish GDP 1995-2008” (Abstract)

4. Kam Ki Tang (University of Queensland, Australia) and Amy Wagner (University of Queensland, Australia), “Weighted Network Analysis of Globalization Applications to International Trade and Investment” (Abstract)

5. Kristian Taskinen (Statistics Finland), Tarja Hatakka (Statistics Finland) and Eeva Hamunen (Statistics Finland), “Turnkey Projects Abroad–Challenge to Economic Statistics” (Abstract)

6. Marjolijn Jaarsma (Statistics Netherlands) and Mark Vancauteren (Statistics Netherlands), “Offshoring, Competition and Productivity (Growth) in Dutch Manufacturing and Service” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 4D: Surveys and Data Combination II
Organisers: Organising Committee
Chair: Philippe Van Kerm (CEPS/INSTEAD and University of Essex, UK)

1. Nick Buck (University of Essex, UK), “Scale Issues in the Analysis of Spatial Variations in the Distribution of Household Income” (Abstract)

2. Luc Christiaensen (United Nations University- World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER)), Tim Thomas, Le Dang Trung and Quy Toan Do, "Household Welfare Loss in the Face of Natural Disasters – Evidence from Vietnam” (Abstract)

3. Thesia Garner (DPINR, Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA) and Kathleen Short (Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division, US Census Bureau), “Combining Surveys for Poverty Measurement” (Abstract)

4. Melanie Grosse (Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, Germany) and Boris Branisa (Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research, Germany), “Estimating the Stability of Poverty Analysis: Out-of-Sample Prediction in Dynamic Poverty Mapping” (Abstract)

5. Victoria Roshal (Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel) and Shlomo Yitzhaki (Central Bureau of Statistics, Israel), “Who Does not Respond to Happiness Questionnaires?” (Abstract)

6. Jörg Schoder (Freiburg University, Germany), “The Future of Retirement Income in Germany – a Regional Perspective Using Imputation Methods” (Abstract)

TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, LATE AFTERNOON

Nancy and Richard Ruggles Memorial Lecture
Session Chair: Stephen Jenkins (ISER, University of Essex, UK)
Honoured Guest Speaker: Francois Bourgignon, France
TBA

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, ALL DAY

Full day excursion

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, MORNING

Plenary Session 5: Human Capital
Organiser and Chair: Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine, USA)

1. Haizheng Li (Georgia Tech, USA), Barbara Fraumeni (University of Southern Maine, USA), Zhiqiang Liu (University of Iowa, USA) and Xiaojun Wang (University of Hawaii, USA), “Human Capital in China” (Abstract)

2. Marco Mira (OECD) and Gang Liu (Statistics Norway), “The OECD Project on Building Human Capital Accounts” (Abstract)

3. Jhon James Mora (Universidad Icesi, Colombia and Universidad de Alcalá, Spain) and Juan Muro (Universidad de Alcalá, Spain), “Diploma Earning Differences by Gender in Colombia” (Abstract)

4. Mary O'Mahony (University of Birmingham, UK), “Measuring Human Capital: Informal Training in the EU” (Abstract)

5. Michele Raitano (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) and Francesco Vona (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy), “Neighbourhood Effects and the Appropriate Educational Policy: Evidence from PISA Tests” (Abstract)

6. Simon Fietze (Helmut Schmidt University, Germany), Elke Holst (Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung, Germany) and Verena Tobsch (Helmut Schmidt University, Germany), “Personality, Gender and Career in Management” (Abstract)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, AFTERNOON

Parallel Session 6A: Greening and Economic Growth
Organisers and Chairs: Steivan Defilla (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, SECO, Switzerland and Thesia Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA)

1. Bram Edens (Statistics Netherlands) and Mark de Haan (Statistics Netherlands), “How the SEEA Contributes to Environmental Sustainability Policies” (Abstract)

2. Maryse Fesseau (INSEE, France) and Christophe Lesieur (INSEE, France), “The Economic and Ecological Impact of Consumption Expenditures by Household’s Categories: An Input-Output Analysis” (Abstract)

3. Itziar Lazkano (University of Calgary, Canada), “The Contribution of the Environment to Dynamic Efficiency – an Empirical Approach” (Abstract)

4. Tony Meagher (Monash University, Australia), P. D. Adams (Monash University, Australia) and Felicity Pang (Monash University, Australia), “Climate Change Mitigation, Economic Growth and the Distribution of Income” (Abstract)

5. Viveka Palm (Statistics Sweden) and Nancy Steinbach (Statistics Sweden), “Environmental Economic Instruments in the SEEA: Measuring Governments Price Policies” (Abstract)

6. Victor Yakovenko (University of Maryland, USA) and Anand Banerjee (University of Maryland, USA), “Global Distribution and Inequality in Energy Consumption Compared with the Money, Wealth and Income Distributions and Inequality: Insights from Statistical Physics” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 6B: Well-Being across Time and Space
Organisers and Chairs: Joachim R. Frick (DIW Berlin, Germany) and Stephan Klasen, (University of Göttingen, Germany)

1. Siobhan Austen (Curtin University, Australia) and Gerry Redmond (The University of New South Wales, Australia), “Women’s Employment and Household Income Inequality: Australia since the 1980s” (Abstract)

2. Henning Lohmann (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW)), “Comparability of EU-SILC Survey and Register Data: The Relationship of Employment, Earnings and Poverty”“ (Abstract)

3. Catherine Porter (University of Oxford, UK), “Welfare Volatility or Measurement Error? Some Implications for Chronic Poverty Measurement” (Abstract)

4. Arie Kapteyn, James P. Smith and Arthur van Soest (Tilburg University, the Netherlands), “Are Americans Really Less Happy with Their Incomes?” (Abstract)

5. Christoph Wunder (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany), “What (if anything) do Satisfaction Scores Tell us About the Intertemporal Change in Living Conditions?” (Abstract)

6. Gaston Yalonetzky (Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative, UK), “Exploring Missing Dimensions of Gender Inequality: Evidence from a New Chilean Dataset Using (Old and) New Indices of Gender Inequality” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 6C
Organisers: Organising Committee
Chair: Marcel Timmer (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)

1. Stephen Broadberry (University of Warwick, UK), Bruce Campbell (Queen’s University, Ireland), Alexander Klein (University of Warwick, UK), Mark Overton (University of Exeter, UK) and Bas van Leeuwen (University of Warwick, UK, “British Economic Growth, 1300-1850” (Abstract)

2. Suresh Aggarwal (University of Delhi, India), Abdul Azeez Erumban (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), Deb Kusum Das (Indian Council for Research and Economic Relations (ICRIER), India) and Deepika Wadhwa (ICRIER, India), “India’s Economic Growth: Accumulation or Productivity” (Abstract)

3. Gaaitzen De Vries (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), “Policy Reforms and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Industry-level Growth Accounts for Latin America” (Abstract)

4. Terje Skjerpen (Statistics Norway), Øivind Anti Nilsen (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration), Arvid Raknerud (Statistics Norway) and Marina Rybalka (Statistics Norway), “The Importance of Skill Measurement for Growth Accounting” (Abstract)

5. Adam Szirmai (Maastricht Economic and Social Research and Training Centre on Innovation and Technology (MERIT), the Netherlands) and Bart Verspagen (MERIT, the Netherlands), “Is Manufacturing Still an Engine of Growth in Developing Countries?” (Abstract)

6. Harry X. Wu (Hitotsubashi University, Japan) and Ximing Yue (Renmin University, China), “Accounting for Labor Input in the Chinese Economy, 1949-2008” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 6D: Poverty and Deprivation
Organisers: Organising Committee
Chair: Holly Sutherland (University of Essex, UK)

1. Valerie Berenger (Université de Nice, France) and Florent Bresson Leo (Université d'Orléans, France), “On the "Pro-Poorness" of Growth in a Multidimensional Context” (Abstract)

2. Lidia Ceriani (Universita' Bocconi, Italy) and Chiara Gigliarano (Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy), “A Multitemporal Relative Deprivation Index” (Abstract)

3. Giacomo Damioli (University of Essex, UK), “How and Why the Dynamics of Poverty Differ across European Countries” (Abstract)

4. John P. Haisken-DeNew (University of Bochum and RWI Essen, Germany and McMaster University, Canada) and Sonja C. Kassenboehmer (RWI Essen and University of Bochum, Germany), “Social Jealousy and Stigma: Negative Externalities of Social Assistance Payments in Germany” (Abstract)

5. Geranda Notten (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Keetie Roelen (Maastricht University, the Netherlands), “Cross-national Comparisons of Multidimensional Child Poverty in the European Union; Puzzling with the Few Pieces that the EU-SILC Provides” (Abstract)

6. Ive Marx (University of Antwerp, Belgium), Pieter Vandenbroucke (University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Gerlinde Verbist (University of Antwerp, Belgium), “Work as an Antidote to Poverty? An Empirical Analysis for EU Countries” (Abstract)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, LATE AFTERNOON

Second Poster Session

Poverty, Deprivation and Exclusion

Francisco Azpitarte (Universidade de Vigo, Spain and London School of Economics, UK), “Measuring Multidimensional Poverty Using Income and Wealth: Does the Integration Method Matter?” (Abstract)

Hasan Basarir (University of York, UK), “On the Measurement of Poverty: An Empirical Study on South Africa”(Abstract)

Roxana Maurizio (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina), Luis Beccaria (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina), Ana Laura Fernandez (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina) and Ana Paula Monsalvo (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina), “Dynamics of Poverty, Labor Market and Public Policies In Latin America” (Abstract)

Asghar Zaidi (European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Austria), “Poverty and Incomes of Older People in OECD Countries” (Abstract)

Florent Bresson Leo (Université d'Orléans, France) and Jean-Yves Duclos (Université Laval, Canada), “Intertemporal Poverty” (Abstract)

Luca Piccoli (Paris School of Economics, France) and Lucia Mangiavacchi (University of Florence, Italy), “Intra-household Inequality and Child Poverty in Albania” (Abstract)

Nicole Rippin (German Development Institute (DIE) and University of Göttingen, Germany), “The Concept of Multidimensional Poverty: Accounting for Dimensional Poverty” (Abstract)

Alina Strugut (University of Leipzig, Germany), “The Impact of the EU Sustainable Development on Subsistence Households in Romania, Poland and Eastern Germany” (strugut.pdf>Abstract)

Stephan Klasen (University of Göttingen, Germany), Tobias Lechtenfeld (University of Göttingen, Germany) and Felix Povel (University of Göttingen, Germany), “What about the Women? Female Headship, Poverty and Vulnerability in Thailand and Vietnam” (Abstract)

Achal Gaur (Banaras Hindu University, India), “Estimating Deprivation and Inequality in Human Well Beings; a Case Study of Indian States” (Abstract)

Giovanna Giuliano (Institute for the Development and Training for Workers (ISFOL), Italy), Paola Raciti (Institute for the Development and Training for Workers (ISFOL), Italy) and Simona Tenaglia (Institute for the Development and Training for Workers (ISFOL), Italy), “An Application of Multidimensional Poverty Indicator to Survey Data” (Abstract)

Carola Gruen (Göttingen University, Germany), “Determinants of Take-up Rates of the Child Support Grant in South Africa” (Abstract)

Lucia Mangiavacchi (University of Florence, Italy) and Paolo Verme (University of Turin and SDA-Bocconi, Italy), “Evaluating Pro-poor Transfers When Targeting is Weak: The Albanian Ndihma Ekonomike Program Revisited” (Abstract)

Silvia Pacei (University of Bologna, Italy), Enrico Fabrizi (Catholic University, Italy) and Maria Rosaria Ferrante (University of Bologna, Italy), “Poverty and Social Transfers in Italy: An Analysis Based On Eu-Silc Data” (Abstract)

Veronica Polin (University of Verona, Italy), “Microcredit: A Strategy for Reducing Financial Exclusion in Developed Countries?” (Abstract)

Bob McColl (Australian Bureau of Statistics) and John Billing (Australian Bureau of Statistics), Bindi Kindermann (Australian Bureau of Statistics), “Improving our Understanding and Measures of Economic Hardship: Australia's Development of a Low Consumption Possibilities Framework” (Abstract)

Alessio Fusco (CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg), “The Dynamics of Deprivation in Luxembourg” (Abstract)

Sara Ayllon (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), “Modelling State Dependence and Feedback Effects between Poverty, Employment and Parental Home Emancipation Among European Youth” (Abstract)

Olga Canto (Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Spain), “Poverty Recurrence and Household Economic Vulnerability: the Case of Spain” (Abstract)

Olga Canto (Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, Spain), “Time and Income Poverty in Spain” (Abstract)

Kristof Bosmans (Maastricht University, the Netherlands), Luc Lauwers (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) and Erwin Ooghe (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), “Prioritarian Multidimensional Poverty Measurement” (Abstract)

Emma Samman (University of Oxford, UK and University of Sussex UK) and Maria Emma Santos (University of Oxford, UK and Universidad Nacional del Sur, Argentina), “Income and Multidimensional Poverty Alongside the ‘Missing Dimensions’: an Empirical Exploration of Changes over Time in Chile” (Abstract)

Income Distribution, Inequality and Wealth

Anthony Atkinson (University of Oxford, UK), Andrea Brandolini (Bank of Italy), Joachim R. Frick (DIW Berlin, Germany) and Janet Gornick (City University of New York, USA and LIS, Luxembourg), Markus Jäntti (Stockholm University, Sweden and LIS, Luxembourg), Stephen P. Jenkins (University of Essex, UK), Teresa Munzi (LIS, Luxembourg) and Brian T. Nolan (University College, Ireland), “The Social Cost of the Crisis: First Estimates of Income Distribution in 2008 in Selected OECD Countries” (Abstract)

Kristof Bosmans (Maastricht University, the Netherlands), Koen Decancq (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) and André Decoster (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium), “The Evolution of Global Inequality: Absolute, Relative and Intermediate Views” (Abstract)

Asena Caner (Economics and Technology University, Turkey), “Income Inequality in Turkey: Sources and Changes” (Abstract)

Michael Feil (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany) and Jürgen Wiemers (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany), “Jobs at Risk - Assessing the Equity-employment Trade-off of a General Minimum Wage” (Abstract)

Irina Gerasimova (The Central Economics and Mathematics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CEMI RAS), Russia), “Dynamics and Factors of Income Inequality across the Regions of The Russian Federation (1995 – 2007)” (Abstract)

Seth Omondi Gor (University of Nairobi, Kenya), “Inequality and Child Survival in Kenya: A Probit Model Approach” (Abstract)

Tina Haux (University of Essex, UK), Francesco Figari (University of Essex, UK), Alari Paulus (University of Essex, UK) and Holly Sutherland (University of Essex, UK), “Using Microsimulation to improve Cross-national Comparability in Measures of Policy Impact and Income Redistribution” (Abstract)

Jeff Larrimore (Cornell University, USA), “The Impact of Changing Earnings Distributions and Household Characteristics on US Income Inequality Trends since 1967”(Abstract)

Maria Molnar (Institute of National Economy of the Romanian Academy, Romania), “Income Distribution in Romania” (Abstract)

Ramses Abul Naga (University of Bath, UK) and Tarik Yalcin (Université de Lausanne, Switzerland), “Median Independent Inequality Comparisons for Ordered Response Data”(Abstract)

Javier Olivera (Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium), “Welfare, Inequality and Financial Consequences of a Multi-pillar Pension System. A Reform in Peru” (Abstract)

Andrea Passacantilli (University of Roma Tre, Italy), “The Measurement of Wealth Distribution through LSMS Surveys: the Case Study of Peru 1985-1991” (Abstract)

Nico Pestel (Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) and University of Cologne, Germany), Andreas Peichl (Institute for the Study of Labor, Germany) and Hilmar Schneider (Institute for the Study of Labor and DIW-Berlin, Germany), “The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany”(Abstract)

Janneke Pieters (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), “Education, Self-employment and Household Income Inequality in India” (Abstract)

Graham Pyatt (University of Warwick, UK), “On the Dynamic Relationships between Inequality, the Level of Development and the Incidence of Poverty” (Abstract)

Maximo Rossi (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay), Mariana Gerstenbluth (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay), Natalia Melgar (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay) and Juan Pablo Pagano (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay), “How Inequality Affects Tax Morale in Latin America and Caribbean” (Abstract)

M. Yusof Saari (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), “Sources of Income Growth and Inequality among Ethnic Groups for 1970-2000: a Decomposition Approach” (Abstract)

Timothy Smeeding (University of Wisconsin, USA) and Jeffrey Thompson (University of Massachusetts-Amherst, USA), “The Effects of the Great Recession on Income and Wealth Distributions in the USA” (Abstract)

Laurence G. Taff, “Annual Household Income and its Relationships with Demographic Factors and Portfolio Composition” (Abstract)

Patricia Triunfo (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay), Ana Balsa (University of Miami, USA) and Máximo Rossi (Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay), “Horizontal Inequity in Access to Health Care in Four South American Cities” (Abstract)

Inter-generational and Income Mobility

Silke Anger (German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Germany), Guido Heineck (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Germany), “Do Smart Parents Raise Smart Children? The Intergenerational Transmission of Cognitive Abilities” (Abstract)

Irene Brunetti (University of Pisa, Italy), “Intergenerational Mobility in Italy from 1976 to 2006” (Abstract)

Rosalia Castellano (University of Naples, Italy) and Gennaro Punzo (University of Naples, Italy), “The Employment Status as a Dimension of the Intergenerational Mobility: Evidence from European Countries” (Abstract)

Veronica Eberharter (University of Innsbruck, Austria), “Social Exclusion, Occupational Dynamics and Intergenerational Income Mobility, – Germany and the United States Compared”(Abstract)

Uwe Fachinger (University Vechta, Germany) and Ralf K. Himmelreicher (FDZ-RV Berlin, Germany), “Income mobility – Curse or Blessing?” (Abstract)

Pirmin Fessler (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria), Peter Mooslechner (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria) and Martin Schuerz (Oesterreichische Nationalbank, Austria), “Intergenerational Transmission of Educational Attainment in Austria” (Abstract)

Antonella D’Agostino (University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy), Achille Lemmi (University of Siena, Italy), Claudio Quintano (University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy), Andrea Regoli (University of Naples “Parthenope”, Italy), “Life Conditions and Opportunities of Individuals Under 40 Years Old in Italy: a Comparative Analysis Across Europe” (Abstract)

Randi Hjalmarsson (University of Maryland, USA) and Matthew J. Lindquist (Stockholm University, Sweden), “Like Godfather, Like Son: Explaining the Intergenerational Nature of Crime” (Abstract)

Ana Paula Monsalvo (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina), Ana Laura Fernandez (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina) and Roxana Maurizio (Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento and CONICET. Argentina), “Another Dimension of Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantages? A Comparative Analysis of Occupational Instability of Young Workers in Argentina and Brazil” (Abstract)

Gaston Yalonetzky (University of Oxford, UK), “Mobility Analysis with High-order Discrete Markov Chains: a New Index and an Application to Employment Dynamics in the U.S.” (Abstract)

PPP and Prices

Aashild Auglaend Johnsen (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration), “Spatial Price Differences in China – Implications for Poverty” (Abstract)

Carlo Declich (The Institute for Studies and Economic Analyses (ISAE), Italy) and Veronica Polin (University of Verona, Italy), “Minimum Income and the Cost of Living: An Alternative Proposal for Italian Households” (Abstract)

Steivan Defilla (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Switzerland), “PhPP Comparison for Major Currencies” (Abstract)

Georg Erber (German Institute for Economic Research), Alexandra Rudolph (German Institute for Economic Research) and Sebastian Weber (German Institute for Economic Research), “Facing a Break Point in Global Inflation Transmission?” (Abstract)

Kyoji Fukao (Hitotsubashi University, Japan), Harry X. Wu (Hitotsubashi University, Japan) and Tangjun Yuan (Hitotsubashi University, Japan), “Decomposition of Income Gaps between China, Japan and the United States for Circa 1935: A Production-side PPP Approach and Reconciliation of Production and Expenditure PPPS” (Abstract)

Anders Kjelsrud (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration), Ingvild Almås (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration) and Rohini Somanathan (University of Delhi, India), “Convergence and Falling Poverty in India? New Evidence Based on Micro Data and Engel’s Law” (Abstract)

Utz Reich (Mainz University of Applied Sciences, Germany), “PPP’s for SDR’s? Towards a Coherent Measure of Global Inflation” (Abstract)

Donald Roy (UK), “The Use and Abuse of Parities in Comparisons of Specific Volumes; Some Case Studies” (Abstract)

Pensions and Retirement Issues

Jens Grütz (Statistiches Bundesammt, Germany) and Thorsten Haug (Statistiches Bundesammt, Germany), “Raising Pensionable Age: Impact on Pension Entitlements by Social Background” (Abstract)

Michael V. Leonesio (Social Security Administration, USA), Benjamin Bridges (Social Security Administration, USA) and Linda Del Bene (Social Security Administration, USA), “The Increasing Labor-force Participation of Older Workers and its Effect on U.S. Retirement Income” (Abstract)

Elisabetta Magnani (University of New South Wales, Australia), “Workplace Outsourcing and Training. What Implications for Older Workers?” (Abstract)

Immigration

Chung Choe (CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg) and Vincent Hildebrand (York University, Canada), Eva Sierminska (CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg and DIW Berlin, Germany), “Immigrants, Assimilation and Wealth Portfolio Choices” (Abstract)

Vincent Corluy (University of Antwerp, Belgium) and Gerlinde Verbist (University of Antwerp, Belgium), “Immigration and Welfare State Provisions: a Comparison of Belgium with Three Other European Countries” (Abstract)

Catia Nicodemo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain), “Disadvantage and Discrimination of Immigrants in the Spanish Labour Market” (Abstract)

Maria Noel Pi Alperin (CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg and Université Montpellier, France), Philippe Van Kerm (CEPS/INSTEAD and University of Essex, UK) and Vincent Hildebrand (Glendon College, York University, Canada and CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg), “Measuring and Accounting for the ‘Deprivation Gap’ of Portuguese Immigrants in Luxembourg” (Abstract)

Alissa Tolstokorova (Ukrainian Ministry for Family, Youth and Sports, Ukraine), “‘Servants of Globalization’ or New Middle Class Elite?: Impact of International Labour Migration on Socio-economic Status of Ukrainian Women” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 7A: Micro-Macro Integration
Organiser and Chair: Philippe Stauffer (Swiss Federal Statistical Office)

1. Alessandra Coli (Department University of Pisa, Italy) and Francesca Tartamella (National Accounts Office, ISTAT, Italy), “Integrating Households Income Microdata in the Estimate of the Italian GDP” (Abstract)

2. Eric Crettaz (Swiss Federal Statistical Office and the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland), Stéphane Fleury (Swiss Federal Statistical Office) and Jürg Furrer (Swiss Federal Statistical Office), “Horizontal Reconciliation of Household Income Data – Experiences with Swiss Income Statistics” (Abstract)

3. Ilja Kristian Kavonius (European Central Bankand the University of Helsinki, Finland) and Veli-Matti Törmälehto (European Central Bank), “Integrating Micro and Macro Accounts – The Linkage between Household Wealth Surveys and National Accounts’ Balance Sheets” (Abstract)

4. Maryse Fesseau (INSEE, France) and Sylvie Le Laidier (INSEE, France), “Building a ‘Household-sub-categories Accounting System’ using French Micro and Macro Data” (Abstract)

5. Biljana Manasijevic (State Statistical Office, Republic of Macedonia), “Micro-macro Integration of Household Consumption in the Macedonian National Accounts” (Abstract)

6. Bob McColl (Australian Bureau of Statistics), John Billing (Australian Bureau of Statistics) and Bindi Kindermann (Australian Bureau of Statistics), “Integration of Micro and Macro Economic Statistics for Australian Households: Recent Developments and Future Opportunities” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 7B: Economic Insecurity, Demography and Well-Being
Organisers and Chairs: Gordon Anderson (University of Toronto, Canada) and Conchita D’Ambrosio (University of Milan Bicocca, Italy)

1. Brian Bucks (U.S. Federal Reserve Board), “Economic Uncertainty in the United States: Measurement and Trends” (Abstract)

2. Andrew Clark (Paris School of Economics, France), Andreas Knabe (Freie Universität Berlin, Germany) and Steffen Rätzel (University of Magdeburg, Germany), “Boon or Bane? Others’ Unemployment Well-Being and Job Insecurity” (Abstract)

3. Andrea Brandolini (Bank of Italy), Silvia Giuseppina Magri (Bank of Italy) and Timothy Smeeding (University of Wisconsin-Madison, US), “Asset-related Measures of Poverty and Economic Stress” (Abstract)

4. Lars Osberg (Dalhousie University, Canada and Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), Tanzania), “Measuring Economic Security as a Component of Economic Well-being: Context and Concepts” (Abstract)

5. Peter Saunders (University of New South Wales, Australia), “Economic Insecurity in Old Age: Indicator Development and an Application to Australia and China” (Abstract)

6. Michael Wolfson (University of Ottawa, Canada) and Kevin Moore (Statistics Canada), “How is Retirement Income Risk Shared in Canada?” (Abstract)

1. Erwin Diewert (University of British Columbia, Canada), “New Methodological Developments for the International Comparison Program (ICP)” (Abstract)

2. Robert J. Hill (University of Graz, Austria) and Iqbal Syed (University of New South Wales, Australia), “Some Extensions of the Country-Product-Dummy Method for Comparing Price Levels across Countries: An Application to the Asia-Pacific Region” (Abstract)

3. Robert Inklaar (University of Groningen, the Netherlands) and Marcel Timmer (University of Groningen, the Netherlands), “Confronting Industry-of-origin and Expenditure PPPs: 2005 ICP in action” (Abstract)

4. Stephan Klasen (University of Göttingen, Germany), “Levels and Trends in Absolute Poverty in the World: What We Know and What We Don’t” (Abstract)

5. Ankita Mishra (Monash University, Australia) and Ranjan Ray (Monash University, Australia), “Prices, Inequality and Poverty: Methodology and Indian Evidence” (Abstract)

6. Bettina Aten (US Bureau of Economic Analysis) and Marshall Reinsdorf (US Bureau of Economic Analysis), “An Economic Approach to Measuring Real Income Levels of Regions of the United States” (Abstract)

1. Deng Quheng (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences) and Bjorn Gustafsson (University of Göteborg, Sweden and Institute of Labor (IZA), Germany), “A New Episode of Increased Urban Income Inequality in China” (Abstract)

2. Elisabetta Magnani (University of New South Wales, Australia) and Anu Rammohan (University of Western Australia), “Competition for Care? Coresidence, Care-Giving and Children's Education” (Abstract)

3. Andreas Peichl (Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Germany) and Erwin Ooghe (KU Leuven, Belgium), “To What Extent do Countries Compensate for Well-being Related Factors?” (Abstract)

4. Panos Tsakloglou (Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece) and others, “Distributional Effects of Non-cash Incomes in Seven European Countries” (Abstract)

5. Vamsi Vakulabharanam (University of Hyderabad, India), Wei Zhong (Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, China) and Xue Jinjun (Nagoya University, Japan), “Does Class Count? Class Structure and Worsening Inequality in China and India” (Abstract)

6. Philippe Van Kerm (CEPS/INSTEAD, Luxembourg), “Generalized Measures of Wage Differentials” (Abstract)

Parallel Session 8A: Price Comparisons II
Organiser and Chair: D.S. Prasada Rao (University of Queensland, Australia)

1. Ingvild Almås (Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration), “Convergence? Cost-of-living Indices for Measuring Global Trends in Inequality and Poverty” (Abstract)

2. John S. Greenlees (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA) and Robert B. McClelland (Bureau of Labor Statistics, USA), “RGEKS Superlative Consumer Price Indexes for Apparel using U.S. Scanner Data” (Abstract)

3. Sylvie Michaud (Statistics Canada), Karen Mihorean (Statistics Canada) and Eric Olson (Statistics Canada), “Measuring Canadian Low-income across Time and Space: Local Thresholds or Spatial Price Indices?” (Abstract)

4. Carlo Milana (Birkbeck College, University of London, UK), “Solving the Index-Number Problem of Aggregate Price Comparisons in a Historical Perspective” (Abstract)

5. Nicholas Oulton (London School of Economics, UK), “How to Measure Living Standards and Productivity” (Abstract)

6. Matteo M. Pelagatti (University of Milan, Italy), “Price Indexes Across Space and Time and the Stochastic Properties of Prices” (Abstract)

1. Jorge R. Friedman (Universidad de Santiago de Chile) and Carlos F Yevenes (Universidad de Santiago de Chile), “Immigration Status and Criminal Violence: How Much More Dangerous are Local Residents than Immigrants?” (Abstract)

2. Olof Åslund (Institute for Labour Market Policy and Evaluation, Sweden), Per-Anders Edin (Upsalla University, Sweden), Peter Fredriksson (Upsalla University, Sweden) and Hans Grönqvist (Swedish Institute for Social Research, Sweden), “Peers, Neighborhoods and Immigrant Student Achievement: Evidence from a Placement Policy” (Abstract)

3. Elena Gross (University of Göttingen, Germany), “Well-being of Youth with Migration Background in Germany” (Abstract)

4. Jhon James Mora (Universidad Icesi, Colombia), “Remittances and Labor Participation in Colombia” (Abstract)

5. Peter Burton (Dalhousie University, Canada) and Shelley Phipps (Dalhousie University, Canada), “The Well-Being of Immigrant Children in Canada” (Abstract)

6. Raju Jan Singh (International Monetary Fund), Markus Haacker (International Monetary Fund) and Kyung-woo Lee (Columbia University, USA), “Determinants and Macroeconomic Impact of Remittances to Sub-Saharan Africa” (Abstract)

1. Efrat Averbach (Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics), Osnat Hazan (Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics), Aviad Tur-Sinai (Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics), Tom Caplan (Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics) and Dmitri Romanov (Israeli Central Bureau of Statistics), “Immigration, Occupation, Education and their Influence on the Human Capital in Israel” (Abstract)

2. Ariel Coremberg (ECLAC, Argentina), “The Economic Value of Human Capital and Education in an Unstable Economy: the Case of Argentina” (Abstract)

3. Arto Kokkinen (European University Institute (EUI) - Statistics Finland), “Assessing Human Capital in the National Accounts Frame – Is there a Feedback to Theory?” (Abstract)

4. Jacques Silber (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) and Joseph Deutsch (Bar-Ilan University, Israel), “Estimating an Educational Production Function for Five Countries of Latin America on the Basis of the PISA Data” (Abstract)

5. Nadia Di Veroli (Italian Institute of Statistics) and Francesca Tartamella (Italian Institute of Statistics), “The Challenge of Building Education Satellite Account and the Link with Human Capital Account” (Abstract)

6. Hui Wei (Australian Bureau of Statistics), “Measuring Option Values and the Economic Benefits of Completing Secondary Education” (Abstract)

1. Walter Bossert (University of Montreal, Canada) and Conchita D'Ambrosio (Universit a di Milano-Bicocca, DIW Berlin, Germany and Universit a Bocconi, Italy), “Measuring Economic Insecurity” (Abstract)

2. Indranil Dutta (University of Manchester, UK), James Foster (Vanderbilt University, USA) and Ajit Mishra (university of Bath, UK), “On Measuring Vulnerability to Poverty” (Abstract)

3. Stephen Jenkins (University of Essex, UK), “Spaghetti Unravelled: A Model-Based Description of Differences in Income-Age Trajectories” (Abstract)

4. Peder J. Pedersen (University of Aarhus, Denmark), “A Panel Study of Immigrant Poverty Dynamics – Denmark, 1981-2005” (Abstract)

5. Felix Povel (University of Goettingen, Germany), “Perceived Vulnerability to Downside Risk” (Abstract)

6. Nicholas Rohde (University of Queensland, Australia), Kam Ki Tang (University of Queensland) and D.S. Prasada Rao (University of Queensland) “Measurement of Income Mobility and Economic Insecurity with Applications to the United States, Australia and Europe” (Abstract)