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Poverty Working Papers
Poverty Working Papers
Working papers are intended to make results of Census Bureau research available to others and to encourage discussion on a variety of topics. They have not undergone a review and editorial process generally accorded official Census Bureau publications.
View the list of working paper topics or list of working papers by year.
Working Paper
Examining the Effect of Off-Campus College Students on Poverty Rates
Analyzes the impact of college students in particular of those not living with relatives, on the poverty rate of places in which the schools are located.
Working Paper
Defining Poverty in Terms of Time and Income: Parental Time
This poster was presented at PAA. It looks at poverty in terms of time use using time diary data to identify families who are income poor, time poor, and both.
Working Paper
Comparing Supplemental Poverty Thresholds and Family Budgets
Explores how to characterize various percentages of Supplemental Poverty Measure threshold relative to standard budgets and to the official poverty thresholds.
Working Paper
Dynamics of Disconnection
In the wake of welfare reform and the recent recession, there has been increased interest
in identifying and assessing the well-being of disconnected families.
Working Paper
Supplemental Poverty Measure: Geographic Adjustments
The Supplemental Poverty Measure adjusts the housing portion of the thresholds for differences in costs, and the food portion.
Working Paper
Using W2 Administrative Records to Compare SIPP & SIPP-EHC
To reduce costs and improve data quality, the SIPP was reengineered by using a longer retrospective reference period and adopting an event history calendar.
Working Paper
The SIPP-EHC’s Type2 Question Battery
We test the efficacy of the SIPP-EHC with regard to the capture of information about former household members.
Working Paper
Lone Mothers' Educational Attainment, Labor Market Outcomes, & Poverty
This paper assesses the well-being of lone mothers. It compares educational attainment, labor force participation, and poverty status from 1967 to the present.
Working Paper
Life on the Edge: Living Near Poverty in the United States, 1966-2011
This paper takes a deeper look at those living just above the official poverty thresholds.
Working Paper
Changes in Poverty Measurement
Explores trends in the gender disparities in poverty status and describes the impact of using an alternative poverty measure.
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