Hoynes, Hilary W.; Page, Marianne E.; Stevens, Ann Huff - In: Journal of Economic Perspectives 20 (2006) 1, pp. 47-68
Despite robust growth in real GDP per capita in the last three decades, U.S. poverty rates have changed very little. We summarize some basic facts about poverty in the United States, relying on a combination of previously published data from the Census Bureau and our own tabulations based on...