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Title: Measuring Poverty in the NLSY97
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Hill, Carolyn J. Michael, Robert T. |
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Measuring Poverty in the NLSY97 Working Paper Series No. 00.27, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, November 2000. Also: http://www.harrisschool.uchicago.edu/pdf/wp_00_27.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY97 Publisher: Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago Keyword(s): Aid for Families with Dependent Children (AFDC); Child Care; Economics, Demographic; Family Income; Family Size; Food Stamps (see Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program); Peabody Individual Achievement Test (PIAT- Math); Poverty; Program Participation/Evaluation Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. Using data from the NLSY97, we construct two measures of poverty using the official definition and The National Research Council (NRC) definition. We estimate the two poverty rates for 1996 for youths 12-16 as 17.9 (official) and 23.4 (NRC), and document the discrepancies between youths considered in poverty under the two measures. We also explore the influence of poverty on youths' outcomes using the official and NRC measures of poverty. The paper shows that the prevalence of poverty and its measured consequences are affected by the way we measure poverty. |
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Hill, Carolyn J. and Robert T. Michael. "Measuring Poverty in the NLSY97." Working Paper Series No. 00.27, Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies, University of Chicago, November 2000. |