Experimental poverty measures : summary of a workshop / / John Iceland, rapporteur ; Planning Group for the Workshop to Assess the Current Status of Actions Taken in Response to Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, Committee on National Statistics, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council of the National Academies

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 45 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Poverty - United States - Statistical methods; Poor - United States; Income distribution - United States; Households - United States; Wealth - United States
• Altri autori: IcelandJohn <1970->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 35-36).
• Nota di contenuto: FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction and Background -- 2 Setting and Updating Thresholds -- 3 Equivalence Scales -- 4 Geographic Adjustments to Thresholds -- 5 Medical Expenses -- 6 Work-Related and Child Care Expenses -- 7 Housing -- 8 Data Issues, Other Topics, and Future Research -- References -- APPENDIXES -- A Workshop Agenda -- B Workshop Participants.
• Titolo autorizzato: Experimental poverty measures
• ISBN: 9786610173709; 9780309165471; 0309165474; 9781280173707; 128017370X; 9780309547123; 0309547121; 9780309547121
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910966806603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II