Includes bibliographical references (pages 51-54).
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Explaining CPI biases. Substitution bias in the CPI-U. New goods and quality bias in the CPI-U. Product turnover and quality upgrades. Globalization and new goods -- CPI biases and poverty measures. Real wages of the poor using alternative inflation measures. The impact on poverty rates -- Prices and inequality, 1990-2005. How do consumption baskets differ by income level? China and the poor in America.