News that the poverty rate has risen to 15.1 percent of Americans, the highest level in nearly a decade, has set off a … spend more than $668 billion on at least 126 different programs to fight poverty. And that does not even begin to count … nearly $1 trillion every year to fight poverty. That amounts to $20,610 for every poor person in America, or $61,830 per poor …

Although not characterized as a program designed to address the problems of poverty, Social Security, the linchpin of … America's social welfare enterprise, impacts poverty more significantly than most of the usually identified anti-poverty … reach more deeply into the jungle of poverty. Recognizing the limitations of existing social welfare anti-poverty programs …

Minimum wage increases are not an effective mechanism for reducing poverty. And there is little causal evidence that … to reduce poverty. It raises only the after-tax wage rates of workers in low- and moderate-income families, its tax …

In this paper, we analyze the effect of US economic sanctions on the target countries' poverty gap during the period … are indeed affecting the wrong people as we observe a 2.3-5.1 percentage points (pp) larger poverty gap in sanctioned … assets, or embargoes on most or all economic activity are particularly detrimental and lead to an increase in the poverty gap …

In this paper, we analyze the effect of US economic sanctions on the target countries' poverty gap during the period … are indeed affecting the wrong people as we observe a 2.3 - 5.1 percentage points (pp) larger poverty gap in sanctioned … assets, or embargoes on most or all economic activity are particularly detrimental and lead to an increase in the poverty gap …

effect of the DC supplemental earned income tax credit (EITC) and the federal EITC on poverty and income dynamics within … to estimate the likelihood of net-EITC income above poverty and near-poverty thresholds. We also estimate the likelihood … EITC raises the likelihood of net-EITC income above poverty and near poverty by as much as 9 percent, with the largest …

In this paper we make estimates of the potential short-term economic impact of COVID-19 on global monetary poverty …, and high global contractions of 5, 10, and 20 per cent; we calculate the impact of each of these scenarios on the poverty … headcount using the international poverty lines of US$1.90, US$3.20 and US$5.50 per day. Our estimates show that COVID poses a …