Workshop

Novel measurement methods for understanding economic behaviour

Organisers

Thomas Crossley, Andrew Chesher

Date & Time

25 September 2009

Type

Workshop

Venue

The Institute for Fiscal Studies
7 Ridgmount Street,
Fitzrovia,
London,
WC1E 7AE

Organised by: Andrew Chesher (cemmap and UCL), James Banks (IFS and UCL), Thomas Crossley (IFS and Cambridge), Liam Delaney (UCD), Colm Harmon (UCD) and Joachim Winter (Munich).

This workshop explores new methods of measuring economic constructs and magnitudes in surveys. The papers will explore frontier developments in survey modes (such as internet surveys), in the measurement of particular constructs (such as preferences, attitudes to risk, and expectations) and in the use of such measures in the estimation of economic models.