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Lee Rainwater

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Publications

5.4K

Citations

33

H-Index

1959

Active since

Affiliations

Harvard University Press(Current)

Syracuse University

Lee Rainwater is an author at Harvard University Press specializing in sociology, social sciences, and education.

Top concepts

SociologySocial InequalitySocial SciencesEducationPovertyPublic PolicyEconomic InequalityEconomicsSocial PolicyBusiness

Publications per year

1959–2006

49

Publications

49

EQUIVALENCE SCALES, WELL‐BEING, INEQUALITY, AND POVERTY: SENSITIVITY ESTIMATES ACROSS TEN COUNTRIES USING THE LUXEMBOURG INCOME STUDY (LIS) DATABASE

Brigitte Buhmann, Lee Rainwater, Guenther Schmaus et al. · Review of Income and Wealth · 1988 · 1.2K citations

Household Income Microdata, Population Poverty, Income Justice +26

Drawing the Line: Alternative Poverty Measures and Their Implications for Public Policy.

Lee Rainwater, Patricia Ruggles · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1991 · 344 citations

Alternative Poverty Measures, Population Poverty, Public Welfare +21

The Moynihan Report and the Politics of Controversy.

Mark A. Chesler, Lee Rainwater, William L. Yancey · American Sociological Review · 1970 · 336 citations

Social Criticism, Education, Public Participation +17

What Is a Good Job? A New Measure of Labor-Market Success

Christopher Jencks, Lauri Perman, Lee Rainwater · American Journal of Sociology · 1988 · 335 citations

Available Index, New Measure, Labor Market Participation +21

Behind Ghetto Walls: Black Families in a Federal Slum.

James W. Vander Zanden, Lee Rainwater · Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews · 1972 · 265 citations

Ghetto Walls, Regional Disparities, Education +24

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