Winning the War? : New Evidence on the Measurement and the Determinants of Poverty in the United States /

Using micro-data from household expenditure surveys, we document the evolution of consumption poverty in the United States over the last four decades. Employing a price index that appears appropriate for low income households, we show that poverty has not declined materially since the 1980s and even...

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主要作者: Bergant, Katharina
其他作者: Medici, Andrea, Weber, Anke
格式: 雜誌
語言:English
出版: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2022.
叢編:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2022/004
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