| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 849 pages) |
| Series |
[Oxford handbooks series] |
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Oxford handbooks.
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| Contents |
Introduction and overview / Philip N. Jefferson -- The alleviation of poverty : how far have we come? / Robert D. Plotnick -- Consumption and income poverty in the United States / Bruce D. Meyer and James X. Sullivan -- Poverty lines across the world / Martin Ravallion -- Theories of poverty : traditional explanations and new directions / Christopher K. Johnson and Patrick L. Mason -- Poverty and the labor market / Kevin Lang -- Employment in Black urban labor markets : problems and solutions / Judith K. Hellerstein and David Neumark -- Low-skilled immigrants and the US labor market / Brian Duncan and Stephen J. Trejo -- Poverty and low earnings in the developing world / Gary S. Fields -- Antipoverty programs for poor children and families / Janet Currie -- Education and the poor / Lisa Barrow and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach -- Poverty, health, and healthcare / Darrell J. Gaskin and Eric T. Roberts -- Geographical price variation, housing assistance, and poverty / Dirk W. Early and Edgar O. Olsen -- Distributions in motion : economic growth, inequality, and poverty dynamics / Francisco H.G. Ferreira -- Is poverty incompatible with asset accumulation? / Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline Ratcliffe, and Trina Williams Shanks -- Poverty transitions / Ann Huff Stevens -- Macroeconomic fluctuations and poverty / Philip N. Jefferson and Kunhee Kim -- Obesity, poverty, and the ability to pay for calories / Susan L. Averett -- Environmental justice : do poor and minority populations face more hazards? / Wayne B. Gray, Ronald J. Shadbegian, and Ann Wolverton -- Female trust in government and gender income inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa / Juliet U. Elu and Gregory N. Price -- Crime, incarceration, and poverty / Steven Raphael -- Payday lending : new research and the big question / John P. Caskey -- An assessment of the effectiveness of antipoverty programs in the United States / Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz -- Are economists in over their heads? / Kevin S. O'Neil and Marta Tienda -- Antipoverty policy : the role of individualist and structural perspectives / William A. Darity, Jr., Mary Lopez, Olugbenga Ajilore, and Leslie Wallace -- A new statistic : the US Census Bureau's supplemental poverty measure / Philip N. Jefferson |
| Summary |
This handbook examines poverty measurement, anti-poverty policy and programs, and poverty theory from the perspective of economics. It is written in a highly accessible style that encourages critical thinking about poverty. What's known about the sources of poverty and its alleviation are summarized and conventional thinking about poverty is challenged |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Poor -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Labor market -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Labor market.
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Poor.
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Poverty.
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Business & Economics.
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Economic History.
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| Genre/Form |
Handbooks and manuals.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Jefferson, Philip N., editor.
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| LC no. |
2012006275 |
| ISBN |
0199971285 |
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9780199971282 |
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