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## SCF Bibliography 

The bibliography file below aims to be a comprehensive list of working papersand published work written using the SCF.  The search underlying this effortwas based on a limited number of indexes with imperfect search tools.  Thus,the list may inappropriately include some papers and omit some others.  In ourmanual review of the file, we corrected some of these errors.  Others may wellremain.
Authors of papers using the SCF who would like to correct entries for theirpapers or to add citations of their papers are invited to request such changesby emailing us at [email protected].  From this point forward, the intention is thatusers will be the primary source of updates.
Inclusion of any paper in this list in no way indicates approval by the Boardof Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the statement of the researchproblem, the methodology applied, or the conclusions drawn.  Similarly, nojudgment is implied of any papers not included in the list.
SCF Bibliography (258 KB PDF)SCF Working Papers*Try, Try Again: Response and Nonresponse in the 2009 SCF Panel*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardPaper (80 KB PDF) , September 2010*Getting to the Top: Reaching Wealthy Respondents in the SCF*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardPaper (398 KB PDF) , August 2009*Ponds and Streams: Wealth and Income in the U.S., 1989-2007*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardFEDSPaper (2334 KB PDF) , March 2009 *The Bitter End? The Close of the 2007 SCF Field Period*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardPaper (176 KB PDF)  , October 2008*What's the Difference? Evidence on the Distribution of Wealth, Health, Life Expectancy and Health Insurance Coverage*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardPaper (396 KB PDF)  , October 2008*Look and Listen, But Don't Stop: Interviewers and Data Quality in the 2007 SCF*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardPaper (304 KB PDF)  , October 2008*The Role of Over-sampling of the Wealthy in the Survey of Consumer Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardPaper ( 128 KB PDF) 
Paper (HTML version)  , July 2007*Measuring the Impact of Data Protection Techniques on Data Utility Evidence from the   Survey of Consumer Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardJulia Lane, NORC/University of ChicagoPaper (143 KB PDF) 
Paper (HTML version)  , July 2007*How Do We Know If We Aren't Looking?  An Investigation Of Data Quality in the 2004 SCF*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardPaper (117 KB PDF)  , September 2006*Who's Asking?  Interviewers, Their Incentives, and Data Qualtiy in Field Surveys*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardPaper (102 KB PDF)  , June 2006*Currents and Undercurrents: Changes in the Distribution of Wealth, 1989-2004*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardPaper (458 KB PDF)  , January 2006*Disentangling the Importance of the Precautionary Saving Motive*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve BoardAnnamaria Lusardi, Dartmouth College and NBER, November 2005Paper (492 KB PDF) *Managing Data Quality on the 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances*Leslie A. Athey, NORCArthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve Board, June 2005Paper (105 KB PDF) *Consider the Source: Differences in Estimates of Income and Wealthfrom Survey and Tax Data*Barry Johnson, Internal Revenue ServiceKevin Moore, Federal Reserve Board, January 2005Paper (432 KB PDF) *The Good Shepherd:  Sample Design and Control for Wealth Measurement in the Survey of Consumer Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve Board, January 2005Paper (401 KB PDF) *Darkness Made Visible:  Field Management and Nonresponse in the 2004 SCF*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve Board, August 2005Paper (1.11 MB PDF) *Action at a Distance:  Interviewer Effort and Nonresponse in the SCF*Arthur B. Kennickell, Federal Reserve Board, August 2004Paper (366 KB PDF) *Reordering the Darkness:  Application of Effort and Unit Nonresponse in the Survey of Consumer Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, August 2003Paper (349 KB PDF) *Disclosure Review and the 2001 Survey of Consumer Finances*Gerhard Fries, August 2003Paper (297 KB PDF) *Making Complex Data Available to Users with Simple Tools:  The Case of the Survey of Consumer Finances*Ryan M. Bledsoe, August 2003Paper (321 KB PDF) *A Rolling Tide:  Changes in the Distribution of Wealth in the U.S.,1989-2001*Arthur B. Kennickell, March 2003Paper (872 KB PDF) *Interviewers and Data Quality: Evidence from the 2001 Survey of Consumer Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, September 2002Paper (577 KB PDF) *Editing the 2001 Survey of Consumer Finances*Ryan M. Bledsoe and Gerhard Fries, September 2002 Paper (424 KB PDF) *Demographic Shifts in the Distribution of Wealth, 1992 to 1998: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer of Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, August 2002Paper (538 KB PDF) *Modeling Wealth with Multiple Observations of Income: Redesign ofthe Sample for the 2001 Survey of Consumer Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, October 2001Paper (39 KB PDF) *A Comparison of the Household Sector from the Flow of FundsAccounts and the Survey of Consumer Finances*Rochelle L. Antoniewicz, October 2000Paper (39 KB PDF)      | Tables (23 KB PDF) *Revisions to the Variance Estimation Procedure for the SCF*Arthur B. Kennickell, October 2000Paper (85 KB PDF) *Disclosure Review and the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances*Gerhard Fries and Barry Johnson, September 2000Paper (210 KB PDF) *Asymmetric Information, Interviewer Behavior, and UnitNonresponse*Arthur B. Kennickell, August 2000Paper (277 KB PDF) *An Examination of Changes in the Distribution of Wealth from 1989to 1998: Evidence from the Survey of Consumer Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, June 2000Paper (425 KB PDF) *Wealth Measurement in the Survey of Consumer Finances: Methodologyand Directions for Future Research*Arthur B. Kennickell, May 2000Paper (181 KB PDF) *What Do the "Late" Cases Tell Us? Evidence from 1998 Survey ofConsumer Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, October 1999 (Revised February 2000)Paper (332 KB PDF) *Measuring Data Quality In the 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances*Arthur B. Kennickell, August 1999 (Revised February 2000)Paper (212 KB PDF) *Using Income Data to Predict Wealth*Arthur B. Kennickell, January 1999Paper (270 KB PDF) *Workers' Knowledge of their Pension Coverage: A Reevaluation* M. Starr-McCluer and A. Sunden, January 1999Paper (77 KB PDF) *Revisions to the SCF Weighting Methodology: Accounting forRace/Ethnicity and Homeownership* Arthur B. Kennickell, January 1999Paper (57 KB PDF) *Analysis of Nonresponse Effects in the 1995 Survey of ConsumerFinances*Arthur B. Kennickell, October 1998Paper (182 KB PDF)*Multiple Imputation in the Survey of Consumer Finances*     A. Kennickell, September 1998       Part I: Paper (78 KB PDF)| Part II: Additional Figures (1.07MB PDF)*Enhancing the SCF with Administrative and Alternative Survey   Data*     G. Fries, September 1998Paper (62 KB PDF) *Comments on "Recent Trends in the Size Distribution of HouseholdWealth," by Edward N. Wolff, Journal of Economic Perspectives v.12,no. 3, summer 1998, pp. 131-150*     Arthur B. Kennickell, Summer 1998Paper (16 KB PDF) *List Sample Design for 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances*     A. Kennickell, April 1998Paper (145 KB PDF) *A Measurement of Household Wealth Using Survey Data:  An Overviewof the Survey of Consumer Finances*     G. Fries, M. Starr-McCluer, and A. Sunden, March 1998Paper (36 KB PDF) *Gender Differences in the Allocation of Assets in RetirementSavings Plans*     A. Sunden and B. Surette, January 1998 Paper (22 KB PDF) |        Paper (56 KB Postscript) *Market Definition and the Analysis of Antitrust in Banking*      M. Kwast, M. Starr-McCluer, and J. Wolken, Winter 1997Paper (977 KB PDF) *Multiple Imputation and Disclosure Protection:  The Case of the1995 Survey of Consumer Finances*     A. Kennickell, November 1997 Paper (350 KB PDF) *Pensions, Social Security, and the Distribution of Wealth*     A. Kennickell and A. Sunden, Finance and Economics DiscussionSeries 1997-55, October 1997 Paper (296 KB PDF) *Analyzing the Disclosure Review Procedures for the 1995Survey of Consumer Finances*     G. Fries, B. Johnson, and R. L. Woodburn, September 1997 Paper (178 KB PDF)     |  Paper (874 KB Postscript) *Who Uses Electronic Banking?  Results from the 1995 Survey ofConsumer Finances*    A. Kennickell and M. Kwast, July 1997 Paper (178 KB PDF) *Consistent Weight Design for the 1989, 1992, and 1995 SCFs, and theDistribution of Wealth*     A. Kenickell and R. L. Woodburn, July 1997 Paper (310 KB PDF)   and  Appendix (4.7 MB PDF) Paper (918 KB Postscript)   and  Appendix (13.3 MB Postscript)*Weighting Design for the 1983-89 Panel Survey of ConsumerFinances*A. Kennickell and R. L. Woodburn, June 1997Documentation (136 KB ASCII)*Household Saving and Portfolio Change: Evidence from the 1983-89SCF Panel*    A. Kennickell and M. Starr-McCluer, April 1997 Paper (69 KB PDF)     |  Paper (179 KB Postscript) *Using Range Techniques with CAPI in the 1995 Survey of Consumer Finances*