This paper examines poverty in the United States from 1960 through 2005. We investigate how poverty rates and poverty … different income and consumption measures of poverty, and consider explanations for the differences in trends. We document sharp … differences, particularly in recent years, between different income poverty measures, and between income and consumption poverty …

expenditure and permanent income are compared regarding their level and structure of inequality and poverty. Both inequality and … poverty appear to be substantially lower using the distribution of permanent income instead of either the distribution of … of inequality and poverty is employed using appropriate indices …