Chapter 14
A brief history of the supplemental poverty measure1
Thesia I. Garner1, and Liana E. Fox2 1Research Economist, Division of Price and Index Number Research, Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S Department of Labor, Washington, DC, United States 2Research Economist Social, Economic and Housing Statistics Division, U.S. Census Bureau, Washington, United States
Abstract
This chapter describes the research and historical events that led to the production of the Supplemental Poverty Measure for the United States. This chapter includes an overview of the official measure, a description of numerous attempts to replace the official measure with an alternative poverty measure, and finally the recommendations for the production of a measure that ...
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