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Poverty Measurement Studies and Alternative Measures
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Working Paper Series
Who are the poor? Using different measures
- Defining and Redefining Poverty
(Kathleen Short, John Iceland, and Joseph Dalaker, August 2002) [PDF]
- Application of Experimental Poverty Measures to the Aged
(Kelly A. Olsen, April 2000) [PDF]
- Who are the Poor Elderly? An Examination Using Alternative Poverty Measures
(David S. Johnson and Timothy M. Smeeding, February 2000) [PDF]
- Who Is Better Off Than We Thought? Evaluating Poverty with a Different Measure
(Kathleen Short and John Iceland, January 2000) [PDF]
- Are Children Worse Off?
Evaluating Child Well-Being Using a New (and Improved) Measure of Poverty*
(John Iceland, Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau)
(Thesia Garner, David Johnson, Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 1999)
- Do the Proposed Revisions of the Poverty Measure Matter for Rural America?
(Mark Nord, Peggy Cook, July 1995)
- Poor Old Folks: Have Our Methods of Poverty Measurement Blinded
Us to Who is Poor?
(David Betson, November 1995) [PDF]
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division
