This paper introduces a new long-run data set based on archival data from historical waves
of the Survey of Consumer Finances. Studying the joint distribution of household income …

Household-level data on consumer expenditures underpin a wide range of empirical
research in modern economics, spanning micro-and macroeconomics. This research …

In this essay, we discuss the importance of consumption inequality in the debate concerning
the measurement of disparities in economic well-being. We summarize the advantages and …

Most available estimates of US wealth and income concentration indicate that the top shares
are high and have been rising in recent decades, but there is some disagreement about …

A large literature shows that the self-employed underreport their income to tax authorities. In
this paper, we quantify the extent to which the self-employed also systematically underreport …

Earnings nonresponse in household surveys is widespread, yet there is limited knowledge
of how nonresponse biases earnings measures. We examine the consequences of …

Income differences across US cities are well documented, but little is known about the level
of standard of living in each city—defined as the amount of market-based consumption that …

I investigate the relationship between income inequality and the carbon dioxide (CO 2)
content of consumption. I quantify the CO 2 content of household expenditure using input …

Unsustainable environmental degradation and extreme economic inequality are two of
humanity's most pressing challenges. They are intimately linked. Climate-altering …

A major difficulty faced by researchers who want to study the consumption and savings
behavior of households is the lack of reliable panel data on household expenditures. One …