Session 42:
Conceptualization and Measurement of Poverty
Chair: Stephen L. Morgan, Cornell University
Discussant: Timothy M. Smeeding, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Alternative Strategies for Grouping People into Resource Units: Measuring Poverty in the American Community Survey Trent Alexander, U.S. Census Bureau ; Misty L. Heggeness, U.S. Census Bureau ; Sharon Stern, U.S. Census Bureau
Using the American Community Survey (ACS) to Implement a Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) Trudi Renwick, U.S. Census Bureau ; Kathleen S. Short, U.S. Census Bureau ; Alemayehu Bishaw, U.S. Census Bureau ; Charles Hokayem, U.S. Census Bureau
The Illusion of Spells: Making Sense of Poverty Dynamics Jan O. Jonsson, Swedish Institute for Social Research ; Carina Mood, Institute for Futures Studies
Recent Developments in Antipoverty Policies in the United States James P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky
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