Understanding poverty measures and the call to update them

Official poverty rates are on the rise in the United States. But does this necessarily mean that more people can’t meet their basic needs? This article examines how poverty is calculated and looks at the criticisms of these measures.

MoreLess

Year of publication:	2012
Authors:	Kolesnikova, Natalia A. ; Liu, Yang
Published in:	The Regional Economist. - Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. - 2012, Jul
Publisher:	Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Subject:	Poverty

More details

Extent:	application/pdf
Type of publication:	Article
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010727210