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Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Papers
Social, Economic, and Housing Statistics Division Working Papers
Working Paper
Medical Care Needs in Poverty Thresholds
This paper compares several methods of incorporating medical care needs into a revised poverty measure.
Working Paper
Response to Bavier’s Critique of the NRC Panel’s Recommendations
In a series of three papers, Richard Bavier of OMB has questioned the wisdom of the NRC Panel’s treatment of medical needs for measuring poverty.
Working Paper
Medical Out-Of-Pocket Spending in Poverty Thresholds
Two options for including amounts for MOOP in poverty thresholds like those proposed by the National Research Council are presented.
Working Paper
The "Family/Couple/Household" Unit of Analysis in Poverty Measurement
The unit of analysis used in poverty measurement continues to receive critical scrutiny.
Working Paper
Valuing Housing Subsidies: A Revised Method for Quantifying Benefits
This paper addresses the issue of valuing one such non-cash benefit, housing subsidies.
Working Paper
An Assessment of SIPP Benefit Data Using Longitudinal Admin. Records
Using Social Security Administration administrative records matched to SIPP panels, we assess discrepancies in reports of benefit receipt and benefit amounts.
Working Paper
Food Stamp Receipt
This paper compares individuals who received Food Stamps over the period 1996 – 1999 with those who left the Food Stamps rolls.
Working Paper
Who are the Poor Elderly? Report Using Alternative Poverty Measures
This paper reviews the recent literature on poverty measurement among the elderly by bringing together issues that bear upon measures of resources and needs.
Working Paper
Evaluating Poverty with a Different Measure
This paper describes and compares the poverty population under several different experimental measures of poverty.
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