U.S. Poverty Measures

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Multi-Dimensional Poverty Index: An Application to the United States

  • Shatakshee Dhongde and Robert Haveman
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2015
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Measuring progress in the fight against poverty

  • Gregory Acs
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2014
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Family instability and the risk of material hardship

  • Colleen Heflin
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2014
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Chapter 6: Poverty Measurement

  • Timothy M. Smeeding
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2014
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An Intelligent Consumer’s Guide to Poverty Measurement

  • Timothy Smeeding and Kathleen Short
  • Webinar
  • 2014
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Trends in Poverty with an Anchored Supplemental Poverty Measure

  • Christopher Wimer, Liana Fox, Irv Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, and Jane Waldfogel
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2013
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Effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on the New York City poverty rate

  • Mark Levitan and Daniel Scheer
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2012
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A consumer’s guide to interpreting various U.S. poverty measures

  • David S. Johnson and Timothy M. Smeeding
  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2012
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An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States

  • Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2011
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Child Poverty during the Great Recession: Predicting State Child Poverty Rates for 2010

  • Julia B. Isaacs
  • Discussion Paper
  • 2011