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Drawing the Line: Alternative Poverty Measures and Their Implications for Public Policy.
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Alternative Poverty MeasuresPopulation PovertyPublic WelfareEducationPolicy AnalysisPoverty ReductionWelfare EconomicsPovertyWealth JusticePoverty AlleviationEconomic InequalitySocio-economic IssueSocial InequalityPublic PolicyEconomicsPublic Policy EconomicsLate 1960STheir ImplicationsPolicy StudiesPoverty MeasurementSociologyBusinessSocial PolicyPoverty Line
The official U.S. poverty measures were adopted in the late 1960s and were based on data from the mid-1950s. This book argues for a reevaluation of the experts' consensus on where we draw the poverty line.