United States Poverty Studies and Poverty Measurement: The Past Twenty‐Five Years

This article discusses the contribution American social scientists have made to the study of poverty over the past 25 years as viewed from a comparative perspective. It has two parts. The first concentrates on the measurement of poverty and the fact that the U.S. poverty line remained fundamentally...

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Published in:The Social service review (Chicago) 2002-03, Vol.76 (1), p.83-107
Main Author: Glennerster, Howard
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Comparative studies
Economic hardship
Economic systems
Government statistics
Income distribution
International aspects
Measurement
Medicaid
Older adults
Poverty
Poverty line
Private pensions
Public assistance programs
Social policy
Social research
Social Science Research
Social sciences
Social sciences research
Social scientists
Social services
Social work
Sociology
U.S.A
United States
United States of America
USA
Welfare state
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Summary:This article discusses the contribution American social scientists have made to the study of poverty over the past 25 years as viewed from a comparative perspective. It has two parts. The first concentrates on the measurement of poverty and the fact that the U.S. poverty line remained fundamentally unchanged in that period despite increasingly important deficiencies in the way it was calculated. The second analyzes the broadened scope of U.S. research on the causes of poverty and its growing impact on poverty policy far beyond the United States.
ISSN:0037-7961
1537-5404
DOI:10.1086/324609