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