Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee (FESAC)
Charter of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee
The members of the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee are:
- Professor Joseph G. Altonji, Department of Economics, Yale University
- Professor Ernst R. Berndt, Professor of Applied Economics, Sloan School, MIT
- Dr. Barry P. Bosworth, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, Brookings Institution
- Professor F. Jay Breidt, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University
- Professor Don A. Dillman, Departments of Sociology and Community and Rural Sociology, Washington State University
- Professor Pinelopi K. Goldberg, Department of Economics, Princeton University
- Professor Robert M. Groves, Director, Survey Research Center and Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan
- Professor Bronwyn H. Hall, Department of Economics, University of California, Berkeley
- Professor John C. Haltiwanger, Department of Economics, University of Maryland
- Professor Valerie A. Ramey, Department of Economics, University of California, San Diego
- Dr. Richard D. Rippe, Economic Consultant
- Professor Joseph Sedransk, Department of Statistics, Case Western Reserve University
- Professor Matthew D. Shapiro (FESAC Chairperson), Department of Economics and Survey Research Center, University of Michigan
- Professor Kirk M. Wolter, Senior Fellow, National Opinion Research Center (NORC); Director, Center for Excellence in Survey Research; and Professor, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago
The Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee meets twice yearly. The planned meeting schedule through 2009 is as follows:
Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee Meetings
June 19, 2009 - Canceled
December 12, 2008
June 13, 2008 - Canceled
December 14, 2007
- Agenda (PDF)
- Papers presented:
- Measuring Labor Composition: A Comparison of Alternate Methodologies (PDF)
- Assessing Nonresponse Bias in Estimates of Employment (PDF)
- Issues Related to Achieving Target Response Rates for Economic Surveys at the U.S. Census Bureau (PDF)
- FESAC Statement on Data Sharing (PDF)
June 8, 2007
December 15, 2006
June 9, 2006
- Agenda (PDF)
- Papers presented:
- Services Producer Price Indices: Past, Present, and Future (PDF)
- Plans for New PPI Service Sector Aggregation Indexes (PDF)
- Outliers and Influential Observations in Establishment Surveys (PDF)
December 9, 2005
- Agenda (PDF)
- Papers presented:
- Treatment of Owner-Occupied Housing in the CPI (PDF)
- Discrepancy in CPS-CES (PDF)
June 10, 2005
- Agenda (PDF)
- Papers presented:
- Comparison of BEA and BLS NAICS-based Output Measures (PDF)
- Progress Toward Completing Historical Production Accounts using the North American Industry Classification System (PDF)
- Births and Deaths in Business Surveys (PDF)
December 14, 2004
- Agenda (PDF)
- Papers presented:
- Alternative Measures of Household Income: BEA Personal Income, CPS Money Income, and Beyond (PDF)
- Response Rates and Nonresponse in Establishment Surveys BLS and Census Bureau (PDF)
- Perspective on Response Rates and Nonresponse in Establishment Surveys (PDF)
- Development of an ECI excluding Workers Earning Incentive Pay (PDF)
June 11, 2004 - Canceled
October 17, 2003
- Agenda (PDF)
- Papers presented:
- Imputation in Three Federal Statistical Agencies (PDF)
- Examining the Discrepancy in Employment Growth between the CPS and the CES (PDF)
March 21, 2003
- Agenda (PDF)
- Papers presented:
- The Consumer Expenditure Survey in Comparison: Focus on Personal Consumption Expenditures (PDF)
- Changes to Editing Strategies when Establishment Survey Data Collection Moves to the Web (PDF)
- Should Benefit Usage Be Held Constant when Calculating the ECI? A Theoretical Perspective (PDF)
For more information on the Federal Economic Statistics Advisory Committee, please contact advisorycommittees@bls.gov
Last Modified Date: April 17, 2009
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