A comparison of poverty trends and policy impacts for working families using different poverty indexes

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 32, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 129-147

  DeFina, Robert H ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti poverty policy; Inequality; Poverty; Poverty measurement; Working poor

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECOMPOSITION ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INDEX METHOD; POVERTY; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 38949163296     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/jem-2007-0286     Document Type: Article

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