Why is Poverty Higher in Rural America According to the Supplemental Poverty Measure? An Investigation of the Geographic Adjustment
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DOI: 10.1007/s11113-020-09612-9
Abstract: Poverty is a key indicator of economic hardship. By providing a geographic adjustment for cost of living, the recently developed Supplemental Poverty Measure has upended long-held views that poverty is higher in rural compared to… read more here.
Keywords: poverty; poverty measure; adjustment; supplemental poverty ... See more keywords
Adjusting for family size in the supplemental poverty measure
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DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2017.1343444
Abstract: ABSTRACT We point out an anomaly in the adjustment for family size in the US Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). The equivalence scale for the SPM implies an instance of increasing marginal costs for an additional… read more here.
Keywords: poverty; poverty measure; supplemental poverty; family size ... See more keywords