of the assumption and explored alternative methods to account for time deficits in the measurement of poverty. I …Official poverty thresholds are based on the implicit assumption that the household with poverty-level income possesses … individual approaches. I also propose a two-dimensional, time-income poverty measure that accounts for intrahousehold disparities …

address three shortcomings in recent poverty research, including (1) severe measurement error in the data from which U … of American poverty outcomes and a more fruitful integration of the U.S. into comparative research. The augmentations ….S. poverty estimates are most often derived, (2) the conceptualizations of poverty adopted within U.S.-centric research, and (3 …

Income inequality and relative poverty in the United States are among the highest in the OECD and have substantially … of growth. The present paper analyses the causes of US income inequality and relative poverty in an OECD context … addition, taxes and transfers contribute less to income redistribution than in other OECD countries. If well designed, reforms …

Income inequality and relative poverty in the United States are among the highest in the OECD and have substantially … of growth. The present paper analyses the causes of US income inequality and relative poverty in an OECD context … addition, taxes and transfers contribute less to income redistribution than in other OECD countries. If well designed, reforms …