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Rural And Urban Poverty: An Income/Net Worth Approach

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  • Donald L. Lerman
  • James J. Mikesell

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This paper examines rural and urban changes in the distribution of poverty that would result from modifying the conventional poverty measure to include the annuity value of household net worth. Use of this new income/wealth measure caused numerous shifts in the location and demography of the poverty population. Among those more often found to be in poverty under the new measure were young, renter, and large central city resident households. Age, homeownership, farm employment, education, retirement status, public assistance participation, and residence in the West were important factors in explaining the divergence of the WH and INC measures. The age and retirement impacts were significantly different in rural and urban areas. Rural residence itself was not an important factor in explaining WH and INC differences.

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  • Donald L. Lerman & James J. Mikesell, 1988. "Rural And Urban Poverty: An Income/Net Worth Approach," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 7(4), pages 765-781, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revpol:v:7:y:1988:i:4:p:765-781
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1988.tb00895.x
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    1. Elliott, William, 2013. "The effects of economic instability on children's educational outcomes," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(3), pages 461-471.
    2. Cheatham, Gregory A. & Smith, Sean J. & Elliott, William & Friedline, Terri, 2013. "Family assets, postsecondary education, and students with disabilities: Building on progress and overcoming challenges," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 35(7), pages 1078-1086.
    3. Yonatan Berman & Eshel Ben-Jacob & Yoash Shapira, 2016. "The Dynamics of Wealth Inequality and the Effect of Income Distribution," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 11(4), pages 1-19, April.
    4. Su Jin Jez, 2008. "The Influence of Wealth and Race in Four-Year College Attendance," University of California at Berkeley, Center for Studies in Higher Education qt0cc2x5tj, Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley.

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