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37 APPENDIX A Workshop Agenda Workshop on Experimental Poverty Measures The Melrose Hotel 2430 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC June 15-16, 2004 Day 1 Tuesday, June 15, 2004 8:30 am Continental Breakfast 9:00 Welcome and Opening Remarks Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University Katherine Wallman, Office of Management and Budget 9:10 Session 1: Overview of What Has Happened Since the 1995 NRC Study Chair: Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University Nancy Gordon, U.S. Census Bureau Katherine Wallman, Office of Management and Budget 9:30 Session 2: Work-Related and Child Care Expenses The Census Bureau has explored the use of multiple methods to account for work-related and child care expenses.
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38 EXPERIMENTAL POVERTY MEASURES Chair: Rebecca Blank, University of Michigan Presenter: Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau Discussants: Sandra Danziger, University of Michigan Douglas Besharov, American Enterprise Institute and University of Maryland 10:30 Break 10:45 Session 3: Incorporating Medical Out-of-Pocket Expenses (MOOP)
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APPENDIX A 39 Chair: Timothy Smeeding, Syracuse University Presenters: David Betson, Notre Dame University Discussants: David Johnson, Bureau of Labor Statistics 3:00 Break 3:15 Session 5: Geographic Adjustments The Census Bureau has been producing estimates that are adjusted for geographic differences based on differential housing costs and that are not adjusted for geographic differences. Is the Fair Market Rents method the most appropriate?
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40 EXPERIMENTAL POVERTY MEASURES other based on the 1999 American Housing Survey. What are the strengths and limitations of these approaches?
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APPENDIX A 41 Chair: David Betson, University of Notre Dame Presenter: Constance Citro, Committee on National Statistics, National Research Council Discussants: June O'Neill, Baruch College Nancy Folbre, University of Massachusetts 10:15 Break 10:30 Session 8: Data Issues (a) What adjustments ought to be considered for SIPP, if we were to consider moving away from CPS as the source of official poverty statistics in the future?
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42 EXPERIMENTAL POVERTY MEASURES 12:00 Wrap-up and Discussion: Overview of the Workshop and a Look Forward Rebecca Blank, University of Michigan 12:30 Adjourn
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