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Trends In Poverty In The United States, 1967–84

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The sensitivity of movements in poverty to the method used in measuring poverty is examined. The use of various poverty indices, and of various ways of setting the poverty lines, does not affect the conclusion that poverty followed a U‐shaped pattern from 1967 to 1984. A model for a family's income/needs ratio is estimated and used to explore the factors that might lie behind this pattern. The results suggest that changes over time in the location of the income distribution are most relevant to the corresponding changes in poverty. Changes in the structure of families, and in labor supply within families, have also been relevant to recent movements in poverty.

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  • McKinley L. Blackburn, 1990. "Trends In Poverty In The United States, 1967–84," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 36(1), pages 53-66, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:36:y:1990:i:1:p:53-66
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.1990.tb00261.x
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    1. Chen, Feifei & Qiu, Huanguang & Zhang, Jun, 2022. "Energy consumption and income of the poor in rural China: Inference for poverty measures," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 163(C).
    2. Blisard, Noel & Harris, J. Michael, 2002. "Measuring the Well-Being of the Poor: Demographics of Low Income Households," Technical Bulletins 184325, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Marc Rubin, 1996. "Poverty, Labor Force Status and the Social Safety Net," LIS Working papers 141, LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg.

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