"We examine the relationship between the business cycle and poverty for the period from 1960 to 2008 using income data … relationship between macroeconomic conditions and poverty is of particular interest given recent changes in anti-poverty policies … poverty, examining alternative income poverty and consumption poverty, which have conceptual and empirical advantages as …

This paper investigates the impacts of macroeconomic activity and policy on the poverty population. It is shown that … both the poverty count and the income share of the lowest quintile of income recipients move significantly with the … structure. Special attention is given to changes in the poverty rate over the past decade and to prospective changes in the …

Why are people living in poverty disproportionately affected by mental illness? We review the interdisciplinary … evidence of the bi-directional causal relationship between poverty and common mental illnesses -- depression and anxiety -- and … psychological interventions generate economic gains. Similarly, negative economic shocks cause mental illness, and anti-poverty …

We examine the relationship between the business cycle and poverty for the period from 1960 to 2008 using income data … relationship between macroeconomic conditions and poverty is of particular interest given recent changes in anti-poverty policies … poverty, examining alternative income poverty and consumption poverty, which have conceptual and empirical advantages as …

Food Stamp spending, during the Great Recession. In this paper we examine the relationship between poverty, the social … the Great Recession. We do so using an alternative measure of poverty that incorporates taxes and in-kind transfers. We … disadvantaged. In the post-welfare reform world, TANF did not respond in the Great Recession and extreme poverty is more cyclical …