Trends in Deep Poverty from 1968 to 2011: The Influence of Family Structure, Employment Patterns, and the Safety Net

Trends in Deep Poverty from 1968 to 2011: The Influence of Family Structure, Employment Patterns, and the Safety Net

This paper examines the changing face of deep poverty in the United States over the past fifty years and the role of family structure, employment patterns, and governmental taxes and transfers in explaining these trends. Using a newly developed historical measure of poverty based on the Census Burea...

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Main Authors: Liana Fox, Christopher Wimer, Irwin Garfinkel, Neeraj Kaushal, JaeHyun Nam, Jane Waldfogel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Russell Sage Foundation 2015-11-01
Series:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Subjects:
historical poverty trends
antipoverty programs
historical Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)
Online Access:http://www.rsfjournal.org/doi/full/10.7758/RSF.2015.1.1.02

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