Measuring poverty : a new approach
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Measuring poverty : a new approach
National Academy Press, 1995
Available at 22 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-482) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Each year's poverty figures are anxiously awaited by policymakers, analysts, and the media. Yet questions are increasing about the 30-year-old measure as social and economic conditions change.
In Measuring Poverty a distinguished panel provides policymakers with an up-to-date evaluation of:
Concepts and procedures for deriving the poverty threshold, including adjustments for different family circumstances.
Definitions of family resources.
Procedures for annual updates of poverty measures.
The volume explores specific issues underlying the poverty measure, analyzes the likely effects of any changes on poverty rates, and discusses the impact on eligibility for public benefits. In supporting its recommendations the panel provides insightful recognition of the political and social dimensions of this key economic indicator.
Measuring Poverty will be important to government officials, policy analysts, statisticians, economists, researchers, and others involved in virtually all poverty and social welfare issues.
Table of Contents
Front Matter
Summary and Recommendations
1 Introduction and Overview
2 Poverty Thresholds
3 Adjusting Poverty Thresholds
4 Defining Resources
5 Effects of the Proposed Poverty Measure
6 Other Issues in Measuring Poverty
7 Use of the Poverty Measure in Government Assistance Programs
8 The Poverty Measure and AFDC
APPENDIX A Dissent
APPENDIX B Data Sources for Measuring Poverty
APPENDIX C The Interdependence of Time and Money
APPENDIX D Assistance Programs for People with Low-Incomes
References and Bibliography
Biographical Sketches of Panel Members and Staff
Index
Table of Contents
- 1 FRONT MATTER
- 2 SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- 3 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW
- 4 2 POVERTY THRESHOLDS
- 5 3 ADJUSTING POVERTY THRESHOLDS
- 6 4 DEFINING RESOURCES
- 7 5 EFFECTS OF THE PROPOSED POVERTY MEASURE
- 8 6 OTHER ISSUES IN MEASURING POVERTY
- 9 7 USE OF THE POVERTY MEASURE IN GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
- 10 8 THE POVERTY MEASURE AND AFDC
- 11 APPENDICES
- 12 A DISSENT
- 13 B DATA SOURCES FOR MEASURING POVERTY
- 14 C THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF TIME AND MONEY
- 15 D ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE WITH LOW INCOMES
- 16 REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
- 17 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PANEL MEMBERS AND STAFF
- 18 INDEX
by "Nielsen BookData"