Poverty Measurement
The CEO Poverty Measure, 2005--2008 (pdf)
Mark Levitan, Christine D'Onofrio, John Krampner, Daniel Scheer and Todd Seidel, New York City Center for Economic Opportunity, March 2010
What Gets Measured Gets Done: How a Supplemental Federal Poverty Measure Will Drive Smarter Policy (pdf)
Melissa Boteach and Jitinder Kohli, Center for American Progress, March 2010
It’s Time for a Better Poverty Measure (pdf)
Mark Greenberg, Center for American Progress, August 2009
Implications of a New Poverty Measure for Program Funding Formulas and Benefits Eligibility (pdf)
Mark Greenberg, Center for American Progress, August 2009
Center for Economic Opportunity: Early Achievements and Lessons Learned (pdf)
New York City Center for Economic Opportunity, April 2009
Children in Immigrant Families -- The U.S. and 50 States: Economic Need Beyond the Official Poverty Measure (pdf)
Donald J. Hernandez, Nancy A. Denton and Suzanne Macartney, Child Trends and The Center for Social and Demographic Analysis, April 2009
The 2009 HHS Poverty Guidelines
United States Department of Health and Human Services, January 2009
Measuring Poverty and Economic Inclusion
Shawn Fremstad,Center for Economic and Policy Research, December 2008
Poverty in the U.S. and the UK: Relative Measurement and Relative Achievement Rebecca Schalb and Michael Wiseman, George Washington University, December 2008
Improving the Measurement of PovertyRebecca Blank and Mark Greenberg, The Hamilton Project, Brookings Institution, December 2008
The CEO Poverty Measure: A Working Paper (pdf) New York City Center for Economic Opportunity , August 2008
Measuring Poverty in the United StatesNancy K. Cauthen, Sarah Fass, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health, June 2008
Upward Intergenerational Economic Mobility in the United StatesBhashkar Mazumder,, The Economic Mobility Project, Pew Charitable Trusts
What We're In For: Projected Economic Impact of the Next RecessionJohn Schmitt and Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, January 2008
Counting What Counts. (Opinion) Read ArticleDouglas W. Nelson, Washington Times, August, 2007
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Related to Poverty Guidelines and PovertyAssistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, HHS, February 2007
How to Improve Poverty Measurement in the UnitedStatesRebecca M. Blank, University of Michigan and Brookings Institution, November 2007
National Academy of SciencesWorkshop on Experimental Poverty Measures, October 2007
Working Papers and More Information from the Census Bureau on the National Academy of Sciences Recommendations.
The Mismeasure of Poverty
Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute, August 2006
How Poor are America’s Poor? Examining the "Plague" of poverty in AmericaRobert Rector, Heritage Foundation, August 2007
Measuring Child Poverty
Department for Work and Pensions, December 2003
Is There Such a Thing as an Absolute Poverty Line Over Time? Evidence from the United States, Britain, Canada, and Australia on the Income Elasticity of the Poverty LineGordon M. Fisher, August 1995
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