Forecasting Estimates of Poverty During the COVID-19 Crisis

Zachary Parolin () and Christopher Wimer
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Christopher Wimer: Columbia University

No 2046, Poverty and Social Policy Brief from Center on Poverty and Social Policy, Columbia University

Abstract: To what extent will the COVID-19 pandemic increase levels of poverty in the United States? Official estimates of poverty in the United States are presented on an annual basis and with a considerable lag. In this brief, we apply a novel method for forecasting poverty rates in the United States using the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) framework with a goal of providing projections of poverty rates throughout the COVID-19 crisis.

Keywords: poverty; COVID-19; social policy; SPM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2020-04
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