Poverty and government transfers in the United States

Dierk Herzer and Rainer Klump

Applied Economics Letters, 2010, vol. 17, issue 16, 1565-1569

Abstract: This article examines the long-term impact of government transfers on poverty in the United States using cointegration techniques. In contrast to most existing studies, we find that government transfers play an important poverty-reducing role.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/13504850903051516

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