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Thesia I. Garner, Ph.D.

Senior Research Economist
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Division of Price Index Number Research

Contact Information
202-691-6576
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Fields of Interest
Measurement of Economic Well-Being including Subjective Measures, Poverty and Inequality, International Comparisons of Income and Expenditures, Consumer Expenditure Surveys, Applied Microeconomics

Education
Ph.D., Consumer Economics, University of Maryland, 1984
M.A., Consumer Economics, Purdue University, 1978

Professional Experience
Senior Research Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2006-present
Research Economist, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1984-2006
Fulbright Research Scholar, Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 1992-94

Selected Recent Publications and Working Papers

“The Puzzling Divergence of U.S. Rents and User Costs, 1980-2004: Summary and Extensions” (2007)
“The CE and the PCE: A Comparison” (2006)
"A Comparison of Income, Expenditures, and Home Market Value Distributions Using Luxembourg Income Study Data from the 1990's" (2005)
“Economic Well-Being Based on Income, Consumer Expenditures and Personal Assessments of Minimum Needs” (2004)
“The Influence of Demographic and Household Specific Price Indices on Consumption-Based Inequality and Welfare: A Comparison of Spain and the United States” (2003)
“Experimental Poverty Measures: Accounting for Medical Expenditures” (2002)
“Developing a New Poverty Line for the USA: Are There Lessons for India?” (2002)

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