9:00

Welcome and housekeeping
Douglas Besharov, University of Maryland

9:05

European Lessons for U.S. Poverty Measurement
Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University, “Deconstructing Poverty Measures in Europe and the U.S.”
Presentation

David Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau, “Issues in measuring income and poverty in the U.S.”
Presentation

Douglas Besharov, University of Maryland, “Why a Cross-National Approach?”

9.35

Audience questions and comments

9:50

The European Framework
David Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau (chair)

David Stanton, Social Protection Committee, European Commission, “Income Indicators for the EU’s Social Inclusion Strategy”
PaperPresentation

Holly Sutherland, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, “EUROMOD: A multi-country, Europe-wide tax-benefit model”
PaperPresentation

10:20

Audience questions and comments

10:30

Break

10:45

In-kind benefits and taxes
Timothy Smeeding, University of Wisconsin-Madison (chair)

Panos Tsakloglou, Athens University and Holly Sutherland, Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, “Accounting for the distributional effects of in-kind public benefits”
PaperPresentation

Neil Gilbert, University of California-Berkeley, “Accounting for employee benefits: Issues of measurement, valuation, and social equivalencies”
Paper

11:15

Audience questions and comments

11:30

Home equity and assets
Kenneth Couch, University of Connecticut (chair)

Joachim Frick, German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), “Accounting for imputed and capital income flows in inequality analyses”
PaperPresentation

Andrea Brandolini, Bank of Italy and Luxembourg Wealth Study, “Asset-related measures of poverty and economic stress”
Presentation

12:00

Audience questions and comments

12:15

Lunch (Ballroom F)
Rebecca Blank, Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, “Re-Thinking the U.S. Poverty Measure”
Presentation

1:45

Consumption and Social Exclusion
Neil Gilbert, University of California-Berkeley (chair)
Presentation

Eric Marlier, Centre d’Etudes de Populations, de Pauvreté et de Politiques Socio-Economiques / International Network for Studies in Technology, Environment, Alternatives, Development (CEPS/INSTEAD), “Developing and learning from measures of social inclusion in the European Union”
Presentation

2:00

Audience questions and comments

2:10

Income levels for Social Assistance
Richard Bavier (chair)

Chris de Neubourg, Maastricht University, “Social safety nets and targeted social assistance: Lessons from the European experience”
Paper

Emil Tesliuc, The World Bank, “Social assistance schemes across the world: eligibility conditions and benefits”
Presentation

2:40

Audience questions and comments

2:50

Break

3:00

The Future of the U.S. Poverty Measure: What to Expect from Congress
Ron Haskins (chair)

Indivar Dutta-Gupta, Democratic staff, U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means
Presentation

Michael Laracy, Annie E. Casey Foundation

Robert Rector, Heritage Foundation

3:45

Audience questions and comments

4:15

Workshop on U.S. data set
Charles Nelson, U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS) Table Creator II

Douglas Call, University of Maryland, Poverty Analysis and Tabulation Tool (PATT)
Presentation

4:45

Audience questions and comments

5:15

Closing Remarks
Douglas Besharov, University of Maryland

David Johnson, U.S. Census Bureau

5:30

Reception
(Cash bar)