Two Subjective Definitions of Poverty: Results from the Wisconsin Basic Needs Study

Diane Colasanto, Arie Kapteyn and Jacques van der Gaag

Journal of Human Resources, 1984, vol. 19, issue 1, 127-138

Abstract: We test two hypotheses about the relationship between age and reported difficulty paying bills or buying things the family needs, such as food, clothing, medicine, and medical care. The affluence-trajectory hypothesis follows from age-group differences ...

Date: 1984
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