The poverty of "the poverty rate" measure and mismeasure of want in modern America by Nicholas Eberstadt
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TextLanguage: English Publisher: Washington, DC AEI Press c 2008Description: XV, 175 S. graph. DarstContent type: - Text
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- 0844742465
- 9780844742465
- 362.5/20973 22
- HC110.P6
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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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