Gov’t better equipped to measure, address poverty

The Government of Jamaica is now better equipped to measure and address poverty across the island following the launch of the ...
American Enterprise Institute

Even the Supplemental Poverty Measure Skews Our Views of Poverty

Last month, the Census Bureau released the official and supplemental poverty measures; both intended to measure hardship in America. For the country as a whole, each measure showed impressive gains, ...
Heartland

“Supplemental” Poverty Measure Shows Uneven Redistribution of Poverty by Government

The release of a supplemental poverty measure by the Census Bureau is being touted in the media as indicating the government is not doing enough to ameliorate poverty in the country. The number of ...
Forbes

Series: Are We Using A Poor Measure For Poverty?

The measure of poverty in the United States, a basic basket of essential food items, hasn't changed in almost 60 years. One other stop we need to make before we delve into a look back at the look back ...
Center for Public Integrity

Why the way we measure poverty matters

The way the country defines poverty has ripple effects for people's ability to access government help, including the Women, Infants and Children nutrition program, known as WIC. (Justin Sullivan/Getty ...
Wall Street Journal

Another Wrong Way to Measure Poverty

Wonder Land: Citing the president’s age lets Democrats off the hook for the political failure of his economic policies. Images: AP/AFP/EPA/Getty Images Composite: Mark Kelly The credibility of the ...
The Root

Poverty in America: Census Bureau Releases Alternative Measurements

The Census Bureau took a baby step toward redefining what is considered poor in America on Tuesday when it released several alternative measurements of poverty, fundamentally revising a ...
The New York Times

The Unfinished Pursuit of a Better Poverty Measure

On Tuesday the Census Bureau is scheduled to release income and poverty statistics for 2022. It’s safe to say that the report will be hard to interpret. Last year, the two poverty measures released by ...
LAist

New Measure Shows Higher Poverty Rate In U.S.

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Reuters

Key U.S. poverty measure hit record low in 2021 largely due to federal aid

Sept 13 (Reuters) - A key measure of how many Americans lived in poverty in 2021 fell to a record low thanks in large part to federal government assistance measures aimed at supporting households ...
American Enterprise Institute

Another Wrong Way to Measure Poverty

The credibility of the Census Bureau’s official measure of poverty didn’t survive the pandemic. Though government payments for social benefits rose by $1.5 trillion, or 47%, between 2019 and 2021, ...