The poverty of "the poverty rate" measure and mismeasure of want in modern America by Nicholas Eberstadt

By:

Eberstadt, Nick, 1955- [aut]

Contributor(s):

American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research [oth]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: Washington, DC AEI Press c 2008Description: XV, 175 S. graph. DarstContent type:

Text

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ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen

Carrier type:

Band

ISBN:

0844742465
9780844742465

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Genre/Form:

DDC classification:

362.5/20973 22

LOC classification:

HC110.P6

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents:

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
single unit book	HAC Library - Holdings of the American Academy in Berlin HAC – 1st floor – Library Room – Open Stacks	F (Affiliated)	F:HC110 .P6 E24 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	2023-1942

Includes bibliographical references

What is the official poverty rate, and what does it actually measure? -- Poverty trends in modern America, according to the official poverty rate -- The official poverty rate versus other statistical indicators bearing on material deprivation in America -- Systematic differences between income and expenditures among poorer households in modern America -- Accounting for the widening reported gap between income and consumption for lower-income Americans -- Trends in living standards for low-income Americans -- Conclusion : wanted, new poverty measure(s) in modern America

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