We evaluate progress in President's Johnson's War on Poverty. We do so relative to the scientifically arbitrary but … policy relevant 20 percent baseline poverty rate he established for 1963. No existing poverty measure fully captures poverty … reductions based on the standard that President Johnson set. To fill this gap, we develop a Full-income Poverty Measure with …

analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … inequality statistics. We link administrative data for food stamps, TANF, General Assistance, and subsidized housing from New … understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often making it seem that …

, stable, and non-means-tested benefit. Its main aims are to mitigate poverty and subsequently promote self …

of estimated wages. This paper shows that employment growth does not necessarily result in lower relative poverty shares …At the European level and in most EU member states, higher employment levels are seen as key to better poverty outcomes … rising employment on relative income poverty. This method has serious limitations. We propose a more sophisticated simulation …