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 considers the long-run patterns of poverty in the United States from the early 1960s to 2010. Our results … contradict previous studies that have argued that poverty has shown little improvement over time or that anti-poverty efforts … have been ineffective. We find that moving from traditional income-based measures of poverty to a consumption-based measure …

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

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

using the Current Population Survey (CPS), the source of official poverty and inequality statistics. We link administrative … income of poor households. Underreporting in the survey data also greatly understates the effects of anti-poverty programs … and changes our understanding of program targeting. Using the combined data rather than survey data alone, the poverty …