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Transitions In and Out of Poverty: New Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
Transitions In and Out of Poverty: New Data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation
Working Paper Number SEHSD-WP1987-20 or SIPP-WP-38
Factors associated with the onset of poverty spells and with exits from poverty have long been a major topic of interest to policy makers and analysts alike. From a policy perspective, information on the events likely to be associated with major changes in income is clearly helpful in designing anti-poverty initiatives. Further, a better understanding of the relative importance of various possible causes of poverty is potentially useful in improving the targeting of existing income assistance programs. And finally, if program participants and other members of the poverty population are to be encouraged to leave poverty and become self-sufficient, data on the major factors associated with exits from poverty may help us to assess the potential for success of alternative anti-poverty strategies.
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