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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.

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Working Paper
The SPM in the Survey of Income and Program Participation
This paper proposes a methodology for estimating the SPM in the 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation Panel and subsequent panels.


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Benchmarking the Redesigned Survey of Income and Program Participation
This poster compares estimates of social insurance and pension income in SIPP, National Income and Product Accounts, and administrative records.


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Capping Nutritional Assistance in the Supplemental Poverty Measure
This paper develops a methodology and investigates the potential impact of capping nutritional assistance benefits in the estimation of the SPM.


Working Paper
Impact of Using State Average WIC Values in the SPM
Using data from the 2018 CPS ASEC, this paper analyzes the impact of using state-varying WIC values instead of national WIC values to estimate SPM rates.


Working Paper
An Analysis of the Gender Poverty Gap
This paper explores the gender poverty gap using the American Community Survey and how this gap varies by state and by demographic groups.


Working Paper
Poverty and the Incidence of Material Hardship, Revisited
This working paper uses the Survey of Income and Program Participation to examine trends in hardship over time.


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The Supplemental Poverty Measure using the American Community Survey
This working paper develops a research series implementing the SPM in the ACS.

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