TY - BOOK AU - Eberstadt,Nick ED - American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research TI - The poverty of "the poverty rate": measure and mismeasure of want in modern America SN - 0844742465 AV - HC110.P6 U1 - 362.5/20973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, DC PB - AEI Press KW - Armut KW - stw KW - Lebensstandard KW - Messung KW - Indexberechnung KW - USA KW - Poverty KW - United States KW - Poor KW - Income distribution KW - Class of Fall 2017 KW - Kurt Viermetz Distinguished Visitor KW - Distinguished Visitor KW - Statistik KW - Buch N1 - 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 UR - https://www.gbv.de/dms/zbw/573650012.pdf ER -