Did We Lose the War on Poverty
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4029162 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D W Jorgenson (0000-0002-1346-7940, Harvard University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 79-96 |
| Publication date | 1998-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0895-3309 • E-ISSN: 1944-7965 |
| Publisher | American Economic Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1257/jep.12.1.79 |
| OpenAlex | W2064379554 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 12 |
Official U.S. poverty statistics based on household income imply that the proportion of the U.S. population below the poverty level reached a minimum in 1973, giving rise to the widespread impression that the elimination of poverty is impossible. By contrast, poverty estimates based on household consumption have fallen through 1989 and imply that the war on poverty was a success. This paper recommends replacing income by consumption in official estimates of poverty in order to obtain a more accurate assessment of the impact of income support programs and economic growth on the level and distribution of economic well-being among households
Basic needs · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Income distribution · Inequality · Population · Poverty · Poverty rate · Poverty threshold · Sociology · Demography · Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality
Consumption and Income Inequality
Rethinking the Sociological Measurement of Poverty
Toward an Improved Definition of Poverty
The Impact of State Minimum Wages on Child Poverty in Female-Headed Families
On intra-annual consumption-poverty in the U.S
War metaphors in public discourse
China's Income Distribution, 1985–2001
Income inequality and social institutions
International evidence on the impact of transfers and taxes on alternative poverty indexes
The Impact of Transfers and Taxes on Alternative Poverty Indexes
The Impact of Macroeconomic Performance on Alternative Poverty Measures
A Treatise on the Family
Social Indifference Curves
The Optimal Production of Social Justice
Theory of the Consumption Function
On the measurement of inequality
Poverty
Aggregate Consumer Behavior and Household Equivalence Scales
Aggregate Consumption and Saving in the Postwar United States
Gaining Ground
Consumption and Poverty
Bargaining and Distribution in Marriage
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,41 |
| Citation span | 1999 - 2018 (20) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |