poverty line stated that 10.4 million of their children require more time than they anticipated, and 1.3 million children make … children in families with incomes above the poverty threshold. The data refer to all American children under age 18 and derive …

The four-year rise in the U.S. poverty rate that began with the 2001 recession and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina … has sparked renewed interest in poverty among researchers and policymakers. Policies for addressing poverty are influenced … by perceptions of its causes. Accordingly, this article evaluates the impact of several purported causes of poverty in …

concentrated poverty--neighborhoods with poverty rates of at least 40 percent. ; In collaboration with Washington-based nonprofit … the Brookings Institution, the Community Affairs offices wrote "The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America …: Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S." The report aims to deepen understanding of how poverty and place intersect …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate the determinants of rural and national poverty, of income … national rural poverty line in a developing country is dependent upon the logarithm of per capita purchasing power parity gross … geographic location; agriculture value added growth linearly depends on the share of women in the agricultural labor force …

poor- instead of the entire transition matrix. Various poverty duration models are examined. …

Does more education really mean less poverty and less inequality? How much less? What are the transmission mechanisms …-based policies aimed at increasing educational attainment would have substantial impacts on poverty reduction, but muted effects on … distribution of earnings and for the distribution of household income per capita. A large share of the poverty reducing effect of …