A MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY INDEX FOR THE UNITED STATES
A multidimensional poverty index for the United States is designed, evaluated, and defended as a useful measurement tool for policymakers to evaluate poverty. Chapter 1 presents a normative case for the index. Chapter 2 reviews the literature on poverty measures. Chapter 3 constructs the proposed in...
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UKnowledge
2018
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| Online Access: | https://uknowledge.uky.edu/msppa_etds/24 https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1027&context=msppa_etds |
| Summary: | A multidimensional poverty index for the United States is designed, evaluated, and defended as a useful measurement tool for policymakers to evaluate poverty. Chapter 1 presents a normative case for the index. Chapter 2 reviews the literature on poverty measures. Chapter 3 constructs the proposed index. Chapter 4 is a statistical examination of the internal structure of the index. Chapter 5 explores the index across states, over time, and among population subgroups, as well as presenting policy applications. |
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