Measuring Poverty In America
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Measuring Poverty
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Author : Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance: Concepts, Information Needs, and Measurement Methods
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 1995-05-10
Measuring Poverty written by Panel on Poverty and Family Assistance: Concepts, Information Needs, and Measurement Methods and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-05-10 with Business & Economics categories.
Each year's poverty figures are anxiously awaited by policymakers, analysts, and the media. Yet questions are increasing about the 30-year-old measure as social and economic conditions change. In Measuring Poverty a distinguished panel provides policymakers with an up-to-date evaluation of Concepts and procedures for deriving the poverty threshold, including adjustments for different family circumstances. Definitions of family resources. Procedures for annual updates of poverty measures. The volume explores specific issues underlying the poverty measure, analyzes the likely effects of any changes on poverty rates, and discusses the impact on eligibility for public benefits. In supporting its recommendations the panel provides insightful recognition of the political and social dimensions of this key economic indicator. Measuring Poverty will be important to government officials, policy analysts, statisticians, economists, researchers, and others involved in virtually all poverty and social welfare issues.
Measuring Poverty In America
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
Measuring Poverty In America written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Social Science categories.
Poverty In America
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Author : John Iceland
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2003-10
Poverty In America written by John Iceland and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-10 with Business & Economics categories.
"This volume is an excellent overview of the dimensions and sources of American poverty. John Iceland combines statistical data, theoretical arguments, and historical information in a book that is highly readable and will very likely become a standard reference for students of poverty."—William Julius Wilson, author of When Work Disappears "In just a few short pages, Iceland brings anyone--lay reader, student, professional researcher--up to speed on the major issues and debates about poverty in America. With succinct and engaging prose, Poverty in America covers the gamut--from theoretical issues to measurement to history to public policy--better than any other book out there right now."—Dalton Conley, author of Honky "Must reading on a tough and important topic. With some answers that may surprise, Iceland sorts out competing theories of why people are poor in the richest country in the world. His book should motivate every reader--policy maker, researcher, citizen-- to think hard about what it means to be poor today and how our society can best reduce the hardship and poverty still with us."—Constance F. Citro, National Research Council of the National Academies, Washington, D.C.
Experimental Poverty Measures
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Author : National Research Council
language : en
Publisher: National Academies Press
Release Date : 2005-01-27
Experimental Poverty Measures written by National Research Council and has been published by National Academies Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-01-27 with Political Science categories.
The Committee on National Statistics (CNSTAT) of the National Research Council (NRC) convened a workshop on June 15-16, 2004, to review federal research on alternative methods for measuring poverty. The workshop had been requested by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget to evaluate progress in moving toward a new measure of poverty, as recommended by the 1995 report, Measuring Poverty: A New Approach. Experimental Poverty Measures is the summary of that workshop. This report discusses which components of alternative measures are methodologically sound and which might need further refinement,toward the goal of narrowing the number of alternative measures that should be considered.
Measuring Poverty
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Author : United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Measuring Poverty written by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Economic indicators categories.
Counting The Poor
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Author : Douglas J. Besharov
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2012-06-15
Counting The Poor written by Douglas J. Besharov and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-15 with Social Science categories.
The poverty rate is one of the most visible ways in which nations measure the economic well-being of their low-income citizens. To gauge whether a person is poor, European states often focus on a person's relative position in the income distribution to measure poverty while the United States looks at a fixed-income threshold that represents a lower relative standing in the overall distribution to gauge. In Europe, low income is perceived as only one aspect of being socially excluded, so that examining other relative dimensions of family and individual welfare is important. This broad emphasis on relative measures of well-being that extend into non-pecuniary aspects of people's lives does not always imply that more people would ultimately be counted as poor. This is particularly true if one must be considered poor in multiple dimensions to be considered poor, in sharp contrast to the American emphasis on income as the sole dimension. With contributions from the world's foremost authorities on income and social measurement, the book provides detailed discussions of specific issues from a European perspective followed by commentary from American observers. The volume considers (1) current standards of poverty measurement in the European Union and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, (2) challenges in extending those measures to account for the value of the provision of in-kind and cash benefits from the government, (3) the interaction of poverty measures with social assistance, (4) non-income but monetary measures of poverty, and (5) multi-dimensional measures of poverty. The result is a definitive reference for poverty researchers and policymakers seeking to disengage politics from measurement.
Redrawing The Poverty Line
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Redrawing The Poverty Line written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Hunger and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Food relief categories.
The Poverty Of The Poverty Rate
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Author : Nick Eberstadt
language : en
Publisher: A E I Press
Release Date : 2008
The Poverty Of The Poverty Rate written by Nick Eberstadt and has been published by A E I Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Business & Economics categories.
Eberstadt contends that the defects of the current poverty rate are not only severe but irremediable.
Measuring Poverty
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Measuring Poverty written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Poverty categories.
Establishing A Modern Poverty Measure
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Establishing A Modern Poverty Measure written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Business & Economics categories.