---
title: "Consumer Expenditure Survey: papers using it"
description: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 41 archived papers mentioned Consumer Expenditure Survey in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2024 (4)."
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share_text: "From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 41 archived papers mentioned Consumer Expenditure Survey in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2024 (4). (as of 2026-11-05)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-05T06:02:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05
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---

# Consumer Expenditure Survey

[Browse dataset profiles](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/directory/page/2.md)

US panel and cross-section surveys of households and workers: income, wealth, spending, health and work.

- data category: US household and labour surveys
- 0 papers in the last 7 days
- Names searched for: Consumer Expenditure Survey

Most-used data: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/datasets.md · All US household and labour surveys datasets: https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/us-household-and-labour-surveys.md



## Key findings

- From Nov 2023 to Oct 2026, 41 archived papers mentioned Consumer Expenditure Survey in their title, abstract or keywords (the search of earlier months' full texts is still under way), most of them in Apr 2024 (4).
- Consumer Expenditure Survey was mentioned in 1 paper in the last 30 days (2026-10-07 to 2026-11-05), ranking #165 of the 246 datasets mentioned.
- By journal category: Marketing (1).
- Most of them appeared in Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science (1).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), Consumer Expenditure Survey was mentioned in 56 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in economics (43), statistics (3) and health economics and policy (3).
- 7 of them were published in 2025, against 3 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Cardiff University (2), Smith College (2) and University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2).
- The journals publishing most of them were Journal of Public Economics (3), Business Economics (2) and Journal of International Economics (2).
- The most-cited of them is “Innocent Bystanders? Monetary policy and inequality” (Journal of Monetary Economics, 2017), with 628 citations.
- Papers use Consumer Expenditure Survey most often with Bureau of Labor Statistics (12), PSID (7) and University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers (7); it has 11 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

## Mentions over 36 months

*Papers mentioning it by publication month, Nov 2023 to Oct 2026 (titles, abstracts and keywords; the full texts of earlier months are still being searched)*

| Trend | Nov 23–Oct 24 | Nov 24–Oct 25 | Nov 25–Oct 26 | 36 months |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
|  | 19 | 7 | 15 | 41 |

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 10 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 14 |

## Where the papers come from

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Journal of Public Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-public-economics.md) | 3 |
| 2 | [Business Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/business-economics.md) | 2 |
| 3 | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 2 |
| 4 | [Journal of Environmental Economics and Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-environmental-economics-and-management.md) | 2 |
| 5 | [Economics Letters](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/economics-letters.md) | 2 |
| 6 | [Journal of Monetary Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-monetary-economics.md) | 2 |
| 7 | [Explorations in Economic History](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/explorations-in-economic-history.md) | 1 |
| 8 | [Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-academy-of-marketing-science.md) | 1 |
| 9 | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 1 |
| 10 | [Energy Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/energy-economics.md) | 1 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Cardiff University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/cardiff-university.md) | 2 |
| 2 | Smith College | 2 |
| 3 | [University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-illinois-urbana-champaign.md) | 2 |
| 4 | [University of Wisconsin–Madison](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/university-of-wisconsinmadison.md) | 2 |
| 5 | Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt University | 1 |
| 6 | Auburn University | 1 |
| 7 | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (Spain) | 1 |
| 8 | Banco Santander (Spain) | 1 |
| 9 | Bank of Israel | 1 |
| 10 | Bank of Spain | 1 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | United States | 20 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 8 |
| 3 | Italy | 4 |
| 4 | China | 3 |
| 5 | Spain | 3 |
| 6 | Switzerland | 2 |
| 7 | Israel | 2 |
| 8 | India | 2 |
| 9 | Australia | 1 |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 1 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Consumer Expenditure Survey | 7 |
| 2 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 4 |
| 3 | consumption smoothing | 4 |
| 4 | household consumption | 4 |
| 5 | household expenditure | 4 |
| 6 | [household income](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/household-income.md) | 3 |
| 7 | income distribution | 3 |
| 8 | [income inequality](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/income-inequality.md) | 3 |
| 9 | age differences | 2 |
| 10 | consumer price index | 2 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 628 | 5.5 | [Innocent Bystanders? Monetary policy and inequality](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmoneco.2017.05.005) | [Journal of Monetary Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-monetary-economics.md) | 2017-05-17 | Olivier Coibion, Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Lorenz Kueng et al. |
| 2 | 38 | 0.4 | [Time use, mobility and expenditure: an innovative survey design for understanding individuals’ trade-off processes](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11116-018-9961-9) | [Transportation](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/transportation.md) | 2018-12-28 | Florian Aschauer, Inka Rösel, Reinhard Hössinger et al. |
| 3 | 34 | 0.3 | [The income elasticity of import demand: Micro evidence and an application](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jinteco.2018.04.001) | [Journal of International Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-international-economics.md) | 2018-04-06 | David Hummels, Kwan Yong Lee |
| 4 | 25 | 0.3 | [Consumption externalities and growth: Theory and evidence for the United States](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jebo.2019.02.021) | [Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-economic-behavior-organization.md) | 2019-03-01 | Luke Petach, Daniele Tavani |
| 5 | 18 | 0.2 | [Medicaid, family spending, and the financial implications of crowd-out](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhealeco.2017.02.002) | [Journal of Health Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-health-economics.md) | 2017-02-16 | Marcus Dillender |

## Used together with

Papers use Consumer Expenditure Survey most often with Bureau of Labor Statistics (12), PSID (7) and University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers (7); it has 11 partners in the code and data network, in the group around World Development…, Eurostat, International Energy….

*What papers use Consumer Expenditure Survey together with (at least 3 papers; lift 1 = chance)*

| Used with | Type | Papers using both | Lift |
|---|---|---:|---:|
| [Bureau of Labor Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/bureau-of-labor-statistics.md) | Dataset | 12 | 28.1 |
| [PSID](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/psid.md) | Dataset | 7 | 30.4 |
| [University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/university-of-michigan-surveys-of-consumers.md) | Dataset | 7 | 30.8 |
| [American Community Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/american-community-survey.md) | Dataset | 5 | 14.4 |
| [Bureau of Economic Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/bureau-of-economic-analysis.md) | Dataset | 5 | 21.1 |
| [Current Population Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/current-population-survey.md) | Dataset | 4 | 17.6 |
| [India National Sample Survey](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/india-national-sample-survey.md) | Dataset | 4 | 43.2 |
| [IPUMS](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/ipums.md) | Dataset | 4 | 22.8 |
| [Eurostat](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/eurostat.md) | Dataset | 3 | 1.8 |
| [Survey of Consumer Finances](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/survey-of-consumer-finances.md) | Dataset | 3 | 29.8 |
| [US health surveys (NHANES, BRFSS, MEPS)](https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/us-health-surveys-nhanes-brfss-meps.md) | Dataset | 3 | 9.1 |

The whole network: https://scholar4ai.com/code/network.md

## Papers

*Papers mentioning Consumer Expenditure Survey in the last 30 days, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | [Pet-owner synchrony: Operationalization, application, and implications](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11747-026-01214-9) | [Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-the-academy-of-marketing-science.md) | Sunhee Choi, Wesley Friske, Mayukh Dass | Shippensburg University; Missouri State University; Texas Tech University |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Consumer Expenditure Survey. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/consumer-expenditure-survey

```bibtex
@misc{scholar4ai-datasets-consumer-expenditure-survey,
  author = {{Scholar4AI}},
  title = {Consumer Expenditure Survey},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://scholar4ai.com/datasets/consumer-expenditure-survey}},
  urldate = {2026-11-05},
  note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
}
```

License: CC BY-NC 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).