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IARIW 27th General Conference 
- FINAL PROGRAM

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MONDAY, 19 AUGUST, MORNING

PLENARY SESSION 1

The "New" Economy: Definition, Measurement and Implications

Organizer: Per Ericson, Statistics Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
Chair: Svante Öberg, Statistics Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden

1. Reflecting what is New in the Economy
   Eva Hagsten, Statistics Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
   
   
2. Simulating the New Economy
   Gunnar Eliasson, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
   Dan Johansson, Ratioinstitutet, Stockholm, Sweden
   Erol Taymaz, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
   
   
3. ICT Investment and Growth Accounts for the European Union 1980-2000
   Bart van Ark, Marcel Timmer, Gerard Ypma, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands & The Conference Board, Brussels, Belgium
   Johanna Melka, Nanno Mulder, Centre d'études prospectives et d'informations internationals (CEPII), Paris, France
   
   
4. Will European Economies also benefit from the ICT Revolution?
   Harald Edquist and Magnus Henrekson, Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden
   
   
5. Alternative Price Indices for Computers in the Netherlands using Scanner Data.
   Peter Hein van Mulligen, University of Groningen and Statistics Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands
   
   
6. The adoption of a new General Purpose Technology - The case of the internet
   Cover Page
   Dietmar Moch and Dirk Engel, ZEW - Centre for European Economic Research, Mannheim, Germany

Discussants
Barbara Fraumeni, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington, DC, USA
Daniel Lind, TCO- The Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees, Stockholm, Sweden
Henrik Braconier, National Institute of Economic Research, Stockholm, Sweden
Paul Schreyer, OECD, Paris, France

MONDAY, 19 AUGUST, AFTERNOON

PARALLEL SESSION 2A

The Measurement and Interpretation of Poverty: Theoretical Issues and Applications to Developed, Transition, and Developing Countries

Organizer: Stephan Klasen, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

1. Re-estimating Poverty Rates for Canada: Accounting for Time Poverty
   Andrew S. Harvey, St. Mary's University, Halifax, Canada and A. Mukhopdhyay and Jordan Hunt
    
2. The Endogenous Poverty Line as a Change Point in the Income Distribution
   Conchita D'Ambrosio, Universita' Bocconi, Milan, Italy, P. Muliere, and P. Secchi
    
3. How Not to Count the Poor: Measuring Global Poverty
   Sanjay Reddy, Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, USA and Thomas W. Pogge
    
4. A New "Official Poverty Measure" for the U.S.?: Experimental Measurement and Analysis
   Thesia Garner, US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC, USA and Kathleen Short, US Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, USA
    
5. Income and Non-Income Poverty in Europe: What is the Minimum Acceptable Standard in an Enlarged European Union?
   Annex1,  Annex2 , Annex3
   Michael Foerster, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna, Austria, Mattias Till, ICCR, Vienna, Austria and Géza Tarcali, European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research, Vienna, Austria
   
   
6. A Robust Poverty Profile for Brazil Using Multiple Data Sources,
   Francisco Ferreira, P.Lanjouw, and M.Neri

Discussants:
Michael Ward, Cambridge, UK
David Johnson, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC, USA
Joakim Palme, SOFI, Stockholm University, Stockholm

PARALLEL SESSION 2B

Quarterly National Accounts

Organizer: Bent Thage, Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

1. QNA: A Development Perspective
   Adriaan Bloem, Statistics Department, IMF, Washington, DC, USA
     
2. Application of the Commodity-Flow Method in the Compilation of QNA
   Timmi Graversen, Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
     
3. Compilation of QNA in Transition Economies
   Fenella Maitland-Smith, OECD, Paris, France
     
4. Some Recent Developments in the Brazilian QNA
   Roberto Ramos, Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
     
5. Reconciliation of Quarterly and Annual QNA
   Karl-Gustav Hansson, Statistics Sweden, Stockholm, Sweden
     
6. The UK Preliminary Estimate of GDP and How it is Produced
   Geoff Reed, Office for National Statistics, London, UK

Discussants
Brian Newson, Eurostat, Luxembourg
Emmanuel Chion, INSEE, Paris, France
Nils Maehle, IMF, Washington, DC, USA

MONDAY, 19 AUGUST, EVENING

PARALLEL SESSION 2A Continued

The Measurement and Interpretation of Poverty: Theoretical Issues and Applications in Developed, Transition, and Developing Countries

Organizer: Stephan Klasen, University of Munich, Munich, Germany  

1. Can Subjective Poverty Line be Applied to China?
   Björn Gustafsson, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden, Li Shi and Hiroshi Sato
     
2. Is Poverty About Poor Individuals?
   Flavio Comim and Wiebke Kuklys, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
   
   
3. Methodological Issues in the Production of Canada's Market Basket Measure
   Cathy Cotton, Kevin Bishop and Sylive Michaud, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada
    

Discussants
Stephan Klasen, University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Joakim Palme, SOFI, Stockholm University, Stockholm
Cathy Short, Bureau of the Census, Washington, DC, USA

PARALLEL SESSION 7B Continued

Microsimulation

Organizers: Joachim Merz, University of Lüeneberg, Lüeneberg, Germany
Holly Sutherland, Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

1.  Beyond Oaxaca-Blinder: Accounting for Differences in Household Income Distributions Across Countries  
   François Bourguignon, DELTA, Paris, France and World Bank, Washington, DC, USA, Francisco H.G. Ferreira and Phillippe G. Leite, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
   
   
2. The Evolution of (Lifetime) Earnings Inequality: Period and Cohort Perspectives from Canada
   Steve Gribble, Geoff Rowe, Chantal Hicks and Michael Wolfson, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada
   
   
3. Indicators for Social Inclusion in the European Union: How Responsive Are They to Macro-Level Changes?
   Patricio Feres and Herwig Immervoll, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Horacio Levy, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, Daniela Mantovani and Holly Sutherland, University of Cambridge, UK 
   
   
4. Professions, Entrepreneurs, Employees and the New German Tax (Cut) Reform: A MICSIM Microsimulation Analysis of Distributional Impacts
   Joachim Merz and Henning Stolze, University of Lüeneberg, Lüeneberg, Germany and Markus Zwick, Federal Statistical Office, Wiesbaden, Germany

Discussants
Joachim Merz, University of Lueneberg, Lueneberg, Germany
Anthony King, NATSEM, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
Michael Wolfson, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Holly Sutherland, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

TUESDAY, 20 AUGUST, MORNING

PLENARY SESSION 3

Measuring Savings, Assets, and Liabilities: From Macro- and Microeconomic Perspectives

Organizers: Barbara Fraumeni, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington, DC, USA
Thesia Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC, USA

1. Alternative Measures of Household Saving: An International Comparison
   Xiaoyi Yan, Canada Customs and Revenue, Canada and Marshall Reinsdorf, Bureau of Economic Analysis, Washington, DC, USA
     
2. Employee Stock Options and Holding Gains in National Accounts: An Empirical Paper from the Finnish Household Sector Point of View
   Ilja Kristian Kavonius and Eeva Hamunen, Statistics Finland, Helsinki, Finland
     
3. Household Financial Wealth: Trends, Structures and Valuation Methods
   Betina Christensen and Tue Mathiasen, Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
   
   
4. Wealth Accumulation and the Importance of Precautionary Saving  Figures
   Arthur Kennickell, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Board, Wachington, DC, USA and Annamaria Lusardi, Dartmouth College, Hanover USA
     
5. Ensuring Time-Series Consistencies in Estimates of Income from Wealth
   Thomas Juster, Joseph Lupton and Hanggao Cao, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA   

Discussants:
Anne Harrison, OECD, Paris, France
Erich Battistin, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK

BEFORE LUNCH: Jean-Yves Duclos – Demonstration of DAD (Distributive Analysis/Analyse Distributive Software)

TUESDAY, 20 AUGUST, AFTERNOON

PARALLEL SESSION 4A

Size Distribution of Wealth

Organizers: Tim Smeeding, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA
Edward Wolff, New York University, New York, USA
Chairman: Tim Smeeding, Syracuse University, Syracuse, USA

1. Estimating the Size of Bequests in Japan: 1986 - 94
   Keiko Shimono, Nagoya City University, Nagoya, Japan and Miho Ishikawa, Imai Accounting Group, Japan
     
2. Demographic Shifts in the Distribution of Wealth, 1992 to 1998: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances
   Arthur Kennickell, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, DC, USA
     
3. International Comparisons of Life-Cycle Savings
   Axel Borsch-Supan, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
     
   
4. Trends in the Distribution of Income and Wealth: Finland 1987 - 98
   Markus Jäntti, Statistics Finland, Finland
     
5. Household Wealth Distribution in Italy, 1987 – 2000
   Andrea Brandolini, Guigi Cannari, Giovanni D'Alessio and Ivan Faiella, Bank of Italy, Rome, Italy

Discussants
Patricia Ruggles, Joint Economic Committee, Washington, DC, USA
Anders Klevmarken, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

PARALLEL SESSION 4B

National Accounts and Prudential Data

Organizer: Carol Carson, IMF, Washington, DC, USA

1. Banking system Losses in Indonesia. Looking Out for $50 Billion – Can the SNA Help?
   Olivier Frecaut, International Monetary Fund, Washington, DC, USA
     
2. Compiling Financial Stability Indicators from National Accounts and Prudential Data: A Central Bank's Practical Experience
   Simon Debbage, Bank of England, London, U.K.
     
3. Macroeconomic and Prudential Information as a Source of Financial Stability Indicators—Conceptual and Practical Issues from an EU Perspective
   Mauro Grande and Michel Stubbe, European Central Bank, Luxembourg
     
4. Macroeconomics Indicators for Monetary Policy
   Ruth Meier, Dario Florey and Phillippe Stauffer, Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Neuchatel, Switzerland
     
5. Vunerability of the Financial Sector and the Impact on other Sectors in the Economy
   John Ramaker, Rob van der Holst, and Jorrit Zwijnenburg, Statistics Netherlands, Voorburg, Netherlands

Discussants:
Adrian Bloem, IMD, Washington, DC, USA, Györrgy Sandor, National Bank of Hungary, Budapest, Hungary

WEDNESDAY, 21 AUGUST

Full Day Excursion

THURSDAY , 22 AUGUST, MORNING

PLENARY SESSION 5

New Developments in International Price Comparisons, Production and Consumption

Organizer: Bart van Ark, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

1. Measuring Price Differences Across Space and Time: The Case of the European Union's Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices
   Robert J. Hill, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
     
2. Consistency Between PPP Benchmarks and National Price and Volume Indices
   Esben Dalgaard and Henrik Sørenson, Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
     
3. Purchasing Power Parity: A Canada/U.S. Exploration
   Cover Page
   Beiling Yan, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada
     
4. International Comparisons of the Computer Price Index
   Dietmar Moch, ZEW, Mannheim, Germany and Jack Triplett, The Brookings Institution, Washington, DC, USA
     
5. Reconciliations of Multiple Benchmarks and National Statistics Using Space-Time Dependence Models of Spatial Regressions
   Bettina Aten, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, USA and Alan Heston, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
   
   
6. Cross-Population Comparability and PPs: Issues Relating to Health Prices
   A.Tandon, J.Klavus, K.Kawabata, D.Evans and C.J.L.Murray, Evidence and Information for Policy, World Heal Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
   

Discussants:
D.S. Prasada Rao, University of New England, Armidale, Australia
Györgi Szilágyi, Statistical Office Hungary, Budapest, Hungary
Paul Schreyer, OECD, Paris, France
Bart van Ark, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

THURSDAY, 22 AUGUST, AFTERNOON

PARALELL SESSION 6A

Is the Asset Boundary of the SNA Adequate – Where Are the New Frontiers?

Organizer: Søren Broderson, Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
Chairman: Ole Berner, Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark

1. Human Capital as a Produced Asset
   Pirkko Aulin-Ahmavaara, Statistics Finland, Helsinki, Finland
       
2. Government Assets and Liabilities: Licenses, Leases and Other Issues
   John Pitzer, McLean, USA
     
3. The Asset Boundary in National Accounts with Respect to Permits and Assets and Computer Software
   Robin Lynch and Graham Jenkinson, Office for National Statistics, London, UK
   
   
4. Economic Accounting for Software Innovations and Their Applications: Are We Up to the Task?
   Harry Postner, Ottawa, Canada

Discussants:
Rob Edwards, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Belconnen, Australia
Jacques Magniez, INSEE, Paris, France

PARALLEL SESSION 6B

Income Mobility and Poverty Dynamics

Organizer: Stephen Jenkins, University of Essex, Colchester, UK

1. "Social Cohesion" and the Dynamics of Income in Four Countries
   Miles Corak, Wen-Hao Chen, Abdelatif Demnati and Dinnis Batten, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada
     
2.  Earnings Mobility Among Italian Low Paid Workers 
   Lorenzo Cappellari, Universita del Piemonte Orientale, Novara, Italy
     
3. The Persistence of Poverty: True State Dependence or Unobserved Heterogeneity? Some Evidence from the Italian Survey on Household Income and Wealth
   Ugo Trivellato, Anna Giraldo and Enrico Rettore, Universita di Padova, Padua, Italy
     
4. How exits from the Labor Force or death Impact Household Income: A four country Comparison of Public and Private Income Support
   Tables, Figures
   Richard Burkhauser, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, Philip Giles, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Canada, Dean Lillard, Cornell University, Ithaca, USA, and Johannes Schwarze
     
5. Income Mobility of the Elderly in Great Britain and the Netherlands: a comparative investigation
   Klaas de Vos, Tilburg University, Tilburg, Netherlands and Asghar Zaidi, London School of Economics, London, UK and DIW, Berlin, Germany
   

Discussants:
Jean-Yves Duclos, University of Laval, Sainte-Foy, Canda
Markus Jäntti, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Björn Gustafsson, University of Göteborg, Göteborg, Sweden
Mercedes Sastre, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain

THURSDAY, 22 AUGUST, EVENING

PARALLEL SESSION 6B Continued

Mobility and Poverty Dynamics

Organizer: Stephen Jenkins, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Chair: Julie Lithfield, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

1. Income Mobility and Household Dynamics in South Africa
   Stefan Klasen, University of Munich, Munich, Germany and Ingrid Woolard, University of Port Elizabeth, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
     
2. Poverty Dynamics in Rural Vietnam: Winners and Losers During Reform
   Patricia Justino and Julie Litchfield, University of Sussex, UK
     
3. Poverty Statics and Dynamics: Does the Accounting Period Matter?
   Coral del Rio, Olga Canto, and Carlos Gradín, Universidade de Vigo, Spain
     
4. Vunerability and Chronic Poverty in Rural Sichuan
   Neil McCulloch and Michele Calandrino, University of Sussex

Discussants:
Niel McCulloch, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Carlos Gradín, University of Vigo, Spain
Patricia Justino, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
Stephan Klasen, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

FRIDAY, 23 AUGUST, MORNING

PARALLEL SESSION 7A

Government: Its Role and How to Measure It

Organizer: Peter van de Ven, Statistics Netherlands, Voorburg, The Netherlands

1. An alternative Way of Treating Government Consumption Expenditure in the National Accounts
   Jacques Bournay, INSEE; Paris, France
   
   
2. Statistics on Public Sector Employment: A Review of Quality Issues
   Eivind Hoffman, ILO, Geneva, Switzerland
   
   
3. Measuring the Role of Government in Developing and Transition Countries
   Markos Mamalakis, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, USA
     
4. Privatisation, Outsoursing and Deregulation in Denmark in the 1990s: Illustrated by Means of National Accounts
   Carsten Petersen, Statistics Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
   
   
5. Measuring Government Output: Mystical or Misunderstood?
   Alwyn Pritchard and Matthew Powell, Office for National Statistics, London, UK
     
6. Government Statistics: Information or Pro Forma Data?
   Michael Ward, Cambridge, UK

Discussants:
Gabriel Gamez, Swiss Federal Statistical Office, Neuchantel, Swizerland
Paul Screyer, OECD, Paris, France
Anne Harrison, Stockbridge, UK
Emmanuel Rousselot, INSEE, Paris, France

PARALLEL SESSION 7B

Microsimulation

Organizers: Joachim Merz, University of Lueneberg, Lueneberg, Germany
Holly Sutherland, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

1. Modelling the Impact of AIDS on Income Inequality and Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa with an Application to Côte d'Ivoire  
   Denis Cogneau and Michael Grimm, DIAL, Paris, France
   
   
2. Intergenerational Redistribution of Income Through Capital Funding Pension Schemes: Simulating the Dutch Pension Fund ABP
   Gijs Dekkers, Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium. Henk Becker, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Jan Nelissen, Tilburg University, The Netherlands
   
   
3. Reducing the Need for Social Assistance by Fifty Percent - A Goal for Sweden between 1999 and 2004
   Bengt Eklind, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden and Eva Löfbom, Ministry of Finance, Stockholm, Sweden
   
   
4. Regional Microsimulation for Improved Service Delivery in Australia: Centrelink's CuSP Model (2Mb)
   Anthony King, Rachel Lloyd, University of Canberra and NATSEM, Canberra Australia and Jeannie McLellan, Centrelink, Canberra, Australia
       
5. Redistribution of Income Through Taxes and Benefits in the Czech Republic Between 1989 and 2000 and Beyond: Observation and Simulation
   Petra Stepankova, CERGE, Prague, Czech Republic and Jiri Vecernik, University of Prag, Prag, Czech Republic

Discussants:
Stephen Jenkins, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
Asghar Zaidi, London School of Economics, London, UK and DIW, Berlin, Germany
Ann Harding, NATSEM, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
Julie Litchfield, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK

FRIDAY, 23 AUGUST, AFTERNOON

PARALELL SESSION 8A

Contributed Macro Papers: Topics in National and Historical Accounting and Productivity Comparisons

Organizer: Edward Wolff, New York University, New York, USA

Group 1, Chairman: Adam Szirmai, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netheröands

Nancy Ruggles Travel Grant Prize for 2002

1. Capital Stock Contribution to the Productivity of the Argentine Economy During the 1990s  
   Ariel Coremberg, Ministry of Economy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
      
2. Growth and Convergence: An Alternative Empirical Framework
   Quentin Wodon, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA and Shlomo Yitzhaki, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israe
     
3. A Reconsideration of Terms of Trade Effects of 93 SNA Within the Framework of UN ICP Programme
   Yoshimasa Kurabayashi, Toya Eiwa University, Japan, and Itsuo Sakumo, Senshu University, Japan
     
4. Quality Adjustment of the CPI Railway Fares and the Productivity of Railway Industry in Japan
   Utsunomiya Kiyohito, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan
     
5. Measuring the Capital Stock in Chinese Industry
   Harry X. Wu, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China and Xianchun Xu, National Bureau of Statistics, Beijing, China
   
   
6. Assessment of the Reliability of the Dutch Provisional National Accounts
   Brugt Kazemier and Robert van Rooijen, Statistics Netherlands, Voorburg, Netherlands  
   
   
7. Comparative Productivity Performance in Chinese Manufacturing, 1980-1999: Is Chinese Manusfacturing Catching Up?
   Rouen Ren, Adam Szirmai, Eindhover University of Technology, The Netherlands, and M. Bai, Beijing University
   

Group 2, Chairman: Lars Osberg, Dalhousie Univetsity, Halifax, Canada

1. Estimating Permanent Income Using Indicator Variables
   B.Ferguson, A.Tandor and Gakidou, C.J.L.Murray, Evidence and Information for Policy, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland
   
   
2. An Index of Labour Market Well-Being
   Tables
   Andrew Sharpe, Centre for the Study of Living Standards, Ottawa, Canada and Lars Osberg, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
   
   
3. Portraying the Nonprofit Sector in the Official Statistics: Early Findings from NPI Satellite Accounts
   Helen Stone Tice, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, US
     
4. Income Dynamics Across EU Regions: Empirical Evidence from Kernal Estimation
   M. Grazia Pittau and Roberto Zelli, Università di Roma "La Sapienza," Rome, Italy
    
   
5. Pay as You Go Pensions, Endogenous Fertility and the Aaron Condtion
   Miriam Steurer, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
   
   

6. Different measures of the saving ratio and their interpretation
   Cédric Audenis, Francois Hild, Claudie Louvot, INSEE, France

7. Labour productivity in Slovenia and International Comparison
   Dr. Tanja Cesen, Government Ministry of Labour, Kotnikova 5, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
   
   

PARALLEL SESSION 8B

Contributed Micro Papers: Issues in Income Distribution

Organizer: Edward Wolff, New York University, New York, USA

Group 1, Chairman: Edward Wolff, New York University, New York, USA

1. Trends in Income and Consumption Inequality in Australia.
   Ann Harding and Harry Greenwell, NATSEM, Canberra, Australia

2. Contrasting Factor Income of Income Distribution Survey to National Accounts' Primary Income in Finland
   Ilja Kristian Kavonius and Veli-Matti Törmälehto, Statistics Finland, Helsinki, Finland
     
3. A Comparison of Distributions: Income, Expenditures, and Home Market Value
   Eva Sierminska, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA and Thesia Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Washington, DC, USA
     
4. Europe vs. the United States: Is there a Trade-off Between Mobility and Inequality?
   Figures
   Mercedes Sastre, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain and Luis Ayala, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
     
5. Income Inequality and Ethnicity: An International View
   Brooks Robinson, Washington, DC, USA
       
6. How have Reforms to the Tax and Benefit system affected Inequality
   Tom Clark and Andrew Leicester, Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, UK
     
7. Socially-Efficient Tax Reforms  
   Jean-Yves Duclos, University of Laval, Canada, Paul Makdissi, University of Sherbrooke, Canada and Quentin Wodon, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
     
8. The Nature and Causes of the Shifting Distribution of U.S. Family Economic Well-Being.
   Type, Workforce Participation, and Family-head Attributes. Bradford Mills, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA
   
   
9. Bounds of the Gini Index Using Sparse Information on Mean Incomes
   Tomson Ogwang, University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
     

Group 2, Chairman: Orlando Sotomayor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, USA

1. Household composition, equivalence scales and the reliability of Income Distributions: Some evidence for Indigenous and other Australians
   Boyd Hunter, Steven Kennedy and Daniel Smith, Australian National University, Australia
   
   
2. Macroeconomic Performance and Poverty in Brazil  
   Orlando J. Sotomayor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, USA
   
   
3. Validation and Policy Analysis Using Dynamic Microsimulation Modelling: Evidence from Experiments in the Italian Case
   Pietro Vagliasindi, Carlo Bianchi and Marzia Romanelli, Institute of Economics and Finance, University of Parma, Italy
     
4. Short-Term Poverty Dynamics in Europe: A Comparative Analysis
   Fotis Papadopoulos and Panos Tsakloglou, Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens Greece
   (Paper to be posted in October 2002)
   
   
5. Impact of Choice of Equivalence Scale on Income Inequality and on Poverty Measures
   Ödön Éltetõ and Eva Havasi, , Hungarian Central Statistical Office, Budapest, Hungary
       
6. Measurement of the welfare in transition Countries: Conditions and Perspectives in the Republic of Macedonia
   Blagia Nokovska, State Official Office, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia   
       
7. Immigrants and Low-Income in Denmark: Is self-employment associated with an upward income mobility?
   Kraen Blume, Aarhus School of Business, Aarhus, Denmark
   
   
8. Does the Specification of a New Class of Poverty Measures Matter? Evidence from Tunisia
   Sami Bibi, URECA, University of Tunis, Tunisia.
   
   
9. Core Poverty and Extreme Vulnerability in South Africa
   David A.Clark, Saint Edmund´s College, Cambridge, UK and Muzaffar Qizilbash, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
   
   

Towards ICP 2003: Round Table Session on the Next Round of Purchasing Power Parity Collection

Organizer: Bart van Ark, University of Groningen, Netherlands and Prasada Rao, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia

1. Introduction of Plans and Progress for ICP 2003
   Barbro Hexberg, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
     
2. New Developments in ICP Work
   Alan Heston, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA
     
3. OECD/Eurostat Perspective on ICP 2003
   Paul Schreyer, OECD, Paris, France
   
   
4. Estimating Permanent Income Using Indicator Variables
   Construction Health Specific PPPs: What Should Go Into the Health Basket?
   Cross-Population Comparability and PPPs: Using Micro-Data on Indicators of Consumer Durables
   J.Klavius, A.Tandon, K.Kawabata, D.Evans and C.J.L Murray, Evidence and Information for Policy, World Health Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland