The cost of living and the geographic distribution of poverty / Dean Jolliffe.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Jolliffe, Dean, 1963-

Contributor:

United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service

Series:

Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ; no. 26.

Economic research report ; no. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Economic conditions.

United States.

Poverty--United States.

Poverty.

Cost and standard of living--United States.

Cost and standard of living.

Urban poor--United States--Economic conditions.

Urban poor.

Rural poor--United States.

Rural poor.

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Economic history.

Urban poor--Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

iv, 22 pages : digital, PDF file.

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, [2006]

Summary:

The prevalence of poverty has been greater in nonmetro areas than in metro areas in every year since the 1960s when poverty rates were first officially recorded. Accordingly, Federal funds for social assistance programs and community development have favored nonmetro areas. This study suggests that adjusting poverty measures to account for cost-of-living differences between metro and nonmetro areas reverses that ranking. Once adjusted for cost-of-living differences using the Fair Market Rents index, metro poverty is greater than nonmetro poverty in terms of prevalence, depth, and severity over the entire 1991-2002 study period.

Notes:

Title from Web page (viewed Oct. 25, 2006).

"September 2006."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-18).

OCLC:

74337420