zero. Using the estimated optimal weights, we compute estimates of true income per capita and $1/day poverty rates for the … developing world and its regions. We get poverty estimates that are substantially lower and fall substantially faster than those … of Chen and Ravallion (2010) or of the survey-based poverty literature more generally …

World Distribution of Income and estimate poverty rates, poverty counts and various measures of income inequality and … welfare. Using the official $1/day line, we estimate that world poverty rates have fallen by 80% from 0.268 in 1970 to 0 … of the global poverty count in 2006 are much smaller than found by other researchers. We also find similar reductions in …

We document how an anti-poverty program improves economic and subjective wellbeing, and self-sufficiency. Familias en …

living in poverty. Households with a beneficiary increased their level of consumption by 44 percent. The program improved …

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 …