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An Alternative Approach To Defining And Assessing Poverty Thresholds

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  • Blaylock, James R.
  • Smallwood, David M.

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This paper introduces a new method for defining poverty lines based on an individual' s self-evaluation of the household's present situation. The proposed method focuses on the minimum household income necessary to purchase food supplies evaluated by society to be barely adequate. The method is especially useful for evaluation and comparing poverty thresholds derived from different methods. It is also valuable for comparing the official U.S. poverty guidelines across households of different sizes. The approach can be extended to include estimation of thresholds differentiated by various household characteristics and comparison of thresholds across these characteristics.

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  • Blaylock, James R. & Smallwood, David M., 1986. "An Alternative Approach To Defining And Assessing Poverty Thresholds," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 11(1), pages 1-6, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:wjagec:32536
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.32536
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    1. Roger Love & Gail Oja, 1977. "Low Income In Canada," Review of Income and Wealth, International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, vol. 23(1), pages 39-61, March.
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    1. Rose, Donald & Oliveira, Victor, 1997. "Validation of a Self-Reported Measure of Household Food Insufficiency with Nutrient Intake Data," Technical Bulletins 156808, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Zhong, Funing & Xiang, Jing & Zhu, Jing, 2012. "Impact of demographic dynamics on food consumption — A case study of energy intake in China," China Economic Review, Elsevier, vol. 23(4), pages 1011-1019.
    3. Wenying Li & Jeffrey H. Dorfman, 2021. "Intrahousehold Economies of Scale with Application to Food Assistance and Work Incentive Programs," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 103(4), pages 1251-1267, August.
    4. Moepeng, Pelotshweu T. & Tisdell, Clement A., 2008. "Can Subjective Measures for Rapid Assessment of Rural Poverty and Inequality be Useful in Botswana?," Social Economics, Policy and Development Working Papers 123547, University of Queensland, School of Economics.
    5. Basiotis, P. Peter, 1987. "ANALYSIS OF SELF-REPORTED HOUSEHOLD FOOD SUFFICIENCY STATUS USING USDA's 1977-78 NATIONWIDE FOOD CONSUMPTION SURVEY DATA," 1987 Annual Meeting, August 2-5, East Lansing, Michigan 269925, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    6. Blaylock, James R., 1991. "The Impact Of Equivalence Scales On The Analysis Of Income And Food Spending Distributions," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 16(1), pages 1-10, July.

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