Communication Are Children Worse Off'? Evaluating Well-Being Using a New (and Improved) Measure of Poverty
Although child poverty rates continue to surpass those of others, there is growing consensus that current official poverty measure has become outdated and flawed. Using data from the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation, we implement an experimental poverty me...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.232.5917 2023-05-15T16:49:31+02:00 Communication Are Children Worse Off'? Evaluating Well-Being Using a New (and Improved) Measure of Poverty John Iceland Kathleen Short Thesia I. Garner David Johnson The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 1999 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.232.5917 http://stats.bls.gov/pir/journal/gt06.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.232.5917 http://stats.bls.gov/pir/journal/gt06.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://stats.bls.gov/pir/journal/gt06.pdf text 1999 ftciteseerx 2016-01-07T18:49:16Z Although child poverty rates continue to surpass those of others, there is growing consensus that current official poverty measure has become outdated and flawed. Using data from the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation, we implement an experimental poverty measure based on recommendations by a National Academy of Sciences panel. We find that while child poverty rates continue to surpass those of others, the gap between child and adult poverty rates is smaller under the experimental measure. Results highlight the impact of noncash government benefits and the Earned Income Tax Credit in reducing child poverty. John Iceland and Kathleen Short are researchers at the U.S. Census Bureau. Thesia L. Garner and David Johnson are research economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Public-use versions of the survey data analyzed here are available from the U.S. Census Bureau, Direct all correspondence and Text Iceland Unknown Kathleen ENVELOPE(-116.836,-116.836,55.617,55.617) |
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Although child poverty rates continue to surpass those of others, there is growing consensus that current official poverty measure has become outdated and flawed. Using data from the Current Population Survey and the Survey of Income and Program Participation, we implement an experimental poverty measure based on recommendations by a National Academy of Sciences panel. We find that while child poverty rates continue to surpass those of others, the gap between child and adult poverty rates is smaller under the experimental measure. Results highlight the impact of noncash government benefits and the Earned Income Tax Credit in reducing child poverty. John Iceland and Kathleen Short are researchers at the U.S. Census Bureau. Thesia L. Garner and David Johnson are research economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Public-use versions of the survey data analyzed here are available from the U.S. Census Bureau, Direct all correspondence and |
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