CRIW Conference on Measurement of Housing and the Housing Sector
Organized by Thesia Garner, Joseph Gyourko, and Sonya Porter
Supported by Arnold Ventures
March 12-13, 2026
Hotel AKA Alexandria, 625 First Street, Alexandria, VA (Ballroom, First Floor)
The format for each paper will be a 20-minute presentation by the author, followed by one 15-minute discussion, and then another 15 minutes of general audience discussion.
Thursday, March 12
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
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:
Jacob Krimmel, Realtor.com
9:50 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:
Robert Martin, Arizona State University
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am

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:
Boaz Abramson, Columbia University
11:50 am
Lunch
1:00 pm

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

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

Discussant:
Yanjun Liao, Resources for the Future
1:50 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:
Christopher R. Bollinger, University of Kentucky
2:40 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:
Andrew Paciorek, Federal Reserve Board of Governors
3:50 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:
Tobias Peter, American Enterprise Institute
4:40 pm
Adjourn
Friday, March 13
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast
9:00 am

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

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

Discussant:
Shan Jiang, Tufts University
9:50 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:
Oren Ziv, Michigan State University
10:40 am
Break
11:00 am

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

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:
Linda Young, Young Statistical Consulting LLC
11:50 am

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:
Thomas Davidoff, University of British Columbia
12:40 pm
Lunch and Adjourn