Rural Poverty: Do Assets Matter?

Donald L. Lerman and James L. Mikesell

Rural America/ Rural Development Perspectives, 1989, vol. 05, issue 2

Abstract: A poverty measure revised to include personal wealth would change the makeup of the rural poor. There would be more young persons, renters, unemployed persons, and members of large families among the rural poor and fewer older people and homeowners. These findings alter the view of who is poor.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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