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In-Kind Benefits And The Nonmetro Poor

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  • Getz, Virginia K.

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Income used to measure poverty excludes in-kind benefits, such as food stamps. After valuing in-kind benefits as income, poverty is reduced, but not completely eliminated. This study reviews the current method of measuring poverty and compares it with alternative methods. Differences in poverty rates in metro and nonmetro areas are examined. Nonmetro areas continue to have a higher poverty rate after including in-kind benefits. Changes in the composition of the poor after including in-kind benefits are identified for some subgroups.

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  • Getz, Virginia K., 1984. "In-Kind Benefits And The Nonmetro Poor," Staff Reports 277633, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:277633
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.277633
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    1. Carlin, Thomas A. & Hoppe, Robert A. & Ghelfi, Linda M. & Coffin, Janet W., 1979. "Aspects of Welfare and Poverty in Rural America: Two Issue Briefs," Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports 283421, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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    1. Robert Hoppe, 1991. "Defining and measuring poverty in the nonmetropolitan United States using the survey of income and program Participation," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 24(2), pages 123-151, March.

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