"Despite robust growth in real per capita GDP over the last three decades, the U.S. poverty rate has changed very … little. In an effort to better understand this disconnect, we document and quantify the relationship between poverty and four … different factors that may affect poverty and its evolution over time: labor market opportunities, family structure, anti-poverty …

Despite robust growth in real per capita GDP over the last three decades, the U.S. poverty rate has changed very little …. In an effort to better understand this disconnect, we document and quantify the relationship between poverty and four … different factors that may affect poverty and its evolution over time: labor market opportunities, family structure, anti-poverty …