Econ Focus
Drawing the Line
New measures of poverty illustrate just how hard it is to define who is poor
Related Links
Census Bureau website on experimental poverty measures
Fisher, Gordon M. "The Development and History of the Poverty Thresholds." Social Security Bulletin, Winter 1992, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 3-14.
Meyer, Bruce, and James Sullivan. "Identifying the Disadvantaged: Official Poverty, Consumption Poverty, and the New Supplemental Poverty Measure." Journal of Economic Perspectives, Summer 2012, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 111-136.
National Research Council. Measuring Poverty: A New Approach. Washington, D.C.: The National Academies Press, 1995.
Orshansky, Mollie. "Children of the Poor." Social Security Bulletin, July 1963, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 3-13.
Contact Us
David A. Price
(804) 697-8018