Presidential address: How to improve poverty measurement in the United States

Rebecca Blank

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 2008, vol. 27, issue 2, 233-254

Abstract: This paper discusses the reasons why the current official U.S. poverty measure is outdated and nonresponsive to many anti-poverty initiatives. A variety of efforts to update and improve the statistic have failed, for political, technical, and institutional reasons. Meanwhile, the European Union is taking a very different approach to poverty measurement. The paper ends with four recommended steps that would allow the U.S. to improve its measurement of poverty and economic need.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1002/pam.20323

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