Shaefer and Edin (2013) have found a large rise in “extreme poverty”—defined as cash
income of no more than 2perpersonperday,foramonthorcalendarquarter—amongUShouseholdswithchildrenbetween …

Poverty is often examined using cross-sectional data, with families categorized as poor by
comparing annual income to an annual poverty threshold amount. This approach to …

Poverty in the United States is typically measured over the calendar year. Resources (ie,
incomes) are aggregated across January to December and then compared to a poverty line …

Official poverty estimates for the United States are presented annually, based on a family
unit's annual resources, and reported with a considerable lag. This study introduces a …

This paper applies improved household income data to reevaluate the levels, trends,
composition, and role of social policy in extreme child poverty in the US from 1997 to 2015 …

One in five poor children in this country lives in a rural area. Yet this group of vulnerable
young Americans is seldom on the minds of the public or policy makers when they talk about …

Time constraints, like money constraints, affect Americans' well-being. This paper defines
what it means to be time poor based on the concepts of necessary and committed time and …

A revelatory account of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't think it exists
Jessica Compton's family of four would have no cash income unless she donated plasma …

BACKGROUND Just over fifty years ago, the War on Poverty marked a significant expansion
of the scope and scale of anti-poverty programs, as well as a considerable change in their …

According to the official US measure of poverty, in 1995 the child poverty rate in this country
was nearly 21%, compared with an adult poverty rate of 11%. This article explores why …