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 …

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

analyses of low-income populations. We focus on the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and … understates the effects of anti-poverty programs and changes our understanding of program targeting, often making it seem that … data rather than survey data alone, the poverty reducing effect of all programs together is nearly doubled while the effect …

This paper compares the poverty reduction impact of income sources, taxes and transfers across five OECD countries … analysis, it is done by using the Shapley value. Estimates of the poverty reduction impact are presented in a normalized and un …

outcomes of individuals living in concentrations of poverty. Through this we identify the theoretical case for promoting … socially mixed communities. We then review the empirical evidence base, focusing on outcomes of the American poverty …

Employment helps reduce the risk of poverty. Through a randomized controlled trial, we evaluate the impact of a …

The non take-up of social assistance benefits due to claim costs may seriously limit the anti-poverty effect of these …