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Title: What Was the Value of the Consumer Bundle Then? A Data Study
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Publication Year: 2010
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Abstract: The objective of this study is to provide continuous, consistent (as much as possible), annual series of the three variablesaverage expenditures, number of consumer units, average size of the consumer unitfrom 1900 to the present. This objective can be met only by use of both BLS data and data from other sources, governmental and private. Lack of data prevents generation of the series early than 1900. The current survey from 1984 onward is taken as the basis, and the series for 1900-1983 are constructed consistently with the 1984-onward segment. To the best of the present-authors knowledge, there has been no previous work that generates or simulates annual BLS CES series continuouslyexcept, of course, that done by the BLS itself from 1980 onward.
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Authors: Officer, Lawrence H.
Publisher: www.measuringworth.org
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Poverty and Welfare
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