The growing problem that has serious implications for the poor, By Roberto A. Ferdman, November 2, 2015, Washington Post: “For decades, the U.S. government has used the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) to calculate several of the most important measures of national well-being. The CPS reaches roughly 100,000 households each year and captures important information about poverty and other things. And that’s a problem, because, over time, the survey has become a misrepresentation of what is actually happening. That, at least, is the conclusion of an important new paper looking at how well we measure poverty—and how well we take into account the impact of the safety net…”
Poverty-related issues in the news, from the Institute for Research on Poverty