CRIW Pre-Conference
Organized by Thesia Garner, Joseph Gyourko, and Sonya Porter
July 16, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom
Format: 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.
Wednesday, July 16
Measurement of Housing and the Housing Sector
8:15 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:45 am
Welcome and Conference Overview
9:00 am

Measuring Housing Quality Using Revealed Preference: A Geographic PageRank Approach

Alex Bell, Georgia State University
Sophie Calder-Wang, University of Pennsylvania
Shusheng Zhong, Northwestern University

Discussant:
TBA
9:30 am

Measuring Costs and Coverage in Homeowners Insurance

Parinitha R. Sastry, University of Pennsylvania
Therese C. Scharlemann, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Ishita Sen, Harvard University
Ana-Maria Tenekedjieva, Arizona State University

Discussant:
TBA
10:00 am

The Positive Spillovers to Risky Investments in Vacant, Abandoned, and Disinvested Properties

Edward W. Chen, Princeton University
Omar Asensio, Georgia Institute of Technology

Discussant:
TBA
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

A Blended Data Approach to Measuring Monthly Housing Starts: Satellite Imagery, Survey Data and More! (slides)

Nicole M. Czaplicki, U.S. Census Bureau
Colin J. Shevlin, Reveal Global Consulting
Hector R. Ferronato, Reveal Global Consulting
Aidan D. Smith, U.S. Census Bureau
Dwarakh R. Nayam, Reveal Global Consulting
Lei Peng, Reveal Global Consulting
Scott W. Springer, U.S. Census Bureau
Doren Walker, Reveal Global Consulting

Discussant:
TBA
11:15 am

Rental Prices and the Cost of Living in the United States, 1914-2006

Ronan C. Lyons, Trinity College Dublin
Allison Shertzer, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
Rowena Gray, University of California, Merced

Discussant:
TBA
11:45 am

Rental Property Ownership in the United States

Rebecca Diamond, Harvard University and NBER
John Eric Humphries, Yale University and NBER
Stephanie Kestelman, Harvard University
Kate Pennington, U.S. Census Bureau
Winnie van Dijk, Yale University and NBER
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
TBA
12:15 pm
Lunch - Riverfront Room
1:15 pm

Nonresponse Imputations and Related Measurement Issues in the CPI for Shelter

Lara Loewenstein, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Hugh G. Montag, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Randal Verbrugge, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland

Discussant:
TBA
1:45 pm

Measuring The Distribution of Flood Insurance and Flood Risk in the US Housing Market (slides)

Suvy Qin, University of California, Berkeley
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
TBA
2:15 pm

Filling the Gaps with MICE-RF: Addressing Missing Data in Property Price Indices

Miriam Steurer, University of Graz
Sabrina S. Spiegel, ZT datenforum

Discussant:
TBA
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Intergenerational Mobility and Housing Wealth in the United States

Ariel J. Binder, U.S. Census Bureau
Max Risch, Carnegie Mellon University
John L. Voorheis, U.S. Census Bureau

Discussant:
TBA
3:30 pm

The Effect of Land Supply for New Homes on Residential Investment and House Prices

Justin Katz, Harvard University
Paul S. Willen, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and NBER

Discussant:
TBA
4:00 pm

Characteristics of a Sufficient Statistic to Measure City Housing Prices

Daniel Broxterman, Florida State University
William Larson, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Anthony Yezer, The George Washington University

Discussant:
TBA
4:30 pm
Adjourn