February 26, 2010
Organizers
- Steven Davis, University of Chicago
- Erik Hurst, University of Chicago
Leading researchers highlighted current problems with data and measurement techniques underlying poverty and growth estimates and proposed alternative analytical approaches. Improved estimates on consumption, income, and other measures of standard of living are instrumental to understanding economic growth and development, shaping how policy decisions are made, and guiding public discourse. Other work at the conference examined how individual firms and households in developing countries make economic decisions. Better information on behavior at the microeconomic level is a crucial input for designing policies that target poverty and nurture economic growth. Read more details...
Sponsor
- The Milton Friedman Institute for Research in Economics
Program
Measurement and the Analysis of Financial Systems in Developing Economies
- Robert Townsend, MIT
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Does Management Matter: Evidence from India
- Nicholas Bloom, Stanford University
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Real Consumption Measures for the Poorer Regions of the World
- Alwyn Young, London School of Economics
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Price Indexes, Inequality, and the Measurement of World Poverty
- Angus Deaton, Princeton University
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Is Newer Better? Penn World Table Revisions and Their Impact on Growth Estimates
- Simon Johnson, MIT (with William Larson, George Washington University, Chris Papageorgiou, IMF, and Arvind Subramanian, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Center for Global Development, and Johns Hopkins University)
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