Measures of material hardship: Rationale and recommendations

Volume: 5, Issue: 1, Pages: 23 - 41
Published: Jan 1, 2001
Abstract
Although there has been much discussion in the United States regarding the definition of economic poverty, we continue to measure poverty almost exclusively in terms of current income. However, there are many reasons to supplement measures of income-poverty with measures of material hardship. First, material hardship and income-poverty represent alternative conceptions of poverty. Second, material hardship is of both normative and instrumental...
Paper Details
Title
Measures of material hardship: Rationale and recommendations
Published Date
Jan 1, 2001
Volume
5
Issue
1
Pages
23 - 41
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