Experimental Poverty Measures:

Summary of a Workshop

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Publication Year:2005

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John Iceland, Rapporteur, Planning Group for the Workshop to Assess the Current Status of Actions Taken in Response to Measuring Poverty: A New Approach, National Research Council
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Front Matter	i-x
1 Introduction and Background	1-7	(skim)
2 Setting and Updating Thresholds	8-10	(skim)
3 Equivalence Scales	11-13	(skim)
4 Geographic Adjustments to Thresholds	14-16	(skim)
5 Medical Expenses	17-20	(skim)
6 Work-Related and Child Care Expenses	21-24	(skim)
7 Housing	25-29	(skim)
8 Data Issues, Other Topics, and Future Research	30-34	(skim)
References	35-36	(skim)
Appendix A Workshop Agenda	37-42	(skim)
Appendix B Workshop Participants	43-46	(skim)

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