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Poverty, Non‐White Poverty, And The Sen Index

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  • Gary A. Hoover
  • John P. Formby
  • Hoseong Kim

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This paper investigates the impact of economic growth, and more specifically robust economic growth along with other macroeconomic determinants, on poverty levels using both the U.S. official measure of poverty and an estimated time series of Sen indices of poverty. The results reveal that the period of robust economic expansion that the U.S. economy experienced during the 1990s did not have a significant impact on poverty using either measure. In addition, we find that the impact of growth and other macro controls is dramatically different when a subset of the poverty population, namely non‐white poverty, is investigated. The percentage of households headed by women is shown to be a significant factor in examining poverty for this subgroup.

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  • Gary A. Hoover & John P. Formby & Hoseong Kim, 2004. "Poverty, Non‐White Poverty, And The Sen Index," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 50(4), pages 543-559, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:revinw:v:50:y:2004:i:4:p:543-559
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0034-6586.2004.00139.x
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    1. Dierk HERZER & Rainer KLUMP, 2009. "Poverty, Government Transfers, And The Business Cycle: Evidence For The United States," Applied Econometrics and International Development, Euro-American Association of Economic Development, vol. 9(2).
    2. Miguel Sanchez-Martinez & Philip Davis, 2014. "A review of the economic theories of poverty," National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) Discussion Papers 435, National Institute of Economic and Social Research.

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