Using the American Community Survey to create a National Academy of Sciences-style poverty measure: Work by the New York City Center for economic opportunity

Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 373-386

  Levitan, Mark ^a   D'Onofrio, Christine ^a   Koolwal, Gayatri ^b   Krampner, John ^a   Scheer, Daniel ^a   Seidel, Todd ^a   Virgin, Vicky ^c  

^a New York City Center for Economic Opportunity   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

^c New York City Department of City Planning   (United States)

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EID: 77955617330     PISSN: 02768739     EISSN: 15206688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pam.20496     Document Type: Article

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