Accurately measuring the trend in poverty in the United States using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Journal of Economic and Social Measurement

Volumn 34, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 105-117

  Grieger, Lloyd D ^a   Danziger, Sheldon ^a   Schoeni, Robert F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Current population survey; Panel study of income dynamics; Poverty rates

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BENCHMARKING; CORRELATION; ECONOMETRICS; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; POVERTY DETERMINANT; THRESHOLD; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 73549107675     PISSN: 07479662     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JEM-2009-0313     Document Type: Article

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