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abstract: 'We present a 50-year historical perspective of the nation''s antipoverty
efforts, describing the evolution of policy during four key periods
since 1965. Over this half-century, the initial heavy reliance on cash
income support to poor families has eroded; increases in public support
came largely in the form of in-kind (e.g., Food Stamps) and tax-related
(e.g., the Earned Income Tax Credit) benefits. Work support and the
supplementation of earnings substituted for direct support. These shifts
eroded the safety net for the most disadvantaged in American society.
Three poverty-related analytical developments are also described. The
rise of the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM)taking account of noncash
and tax-related benefitshas corrected some of the serious weaknesses of
the official poverty measure (OPM). The SPM measure indicates that the
poverty rate has declined over time, rather than being essentially flat
as the OPM implies. We also present snapshots of the composition of the
poor population in the United States using both the OPM and the SPM,
showing progress in reducing poverty overall and among specific
socioeconomic subgroups since the beginning of the War on Poverty.
Finally, we document the expenditure levels of numerous antipoverty
programs that have accompanied the several phases of poverty policy and
describe the effect of these efforts on the level of poverty. Although
the effectiveness of government antipoverty transfers is debated, our
findings indicate that the growth of antipoverty policies has reduced
the overall level of poverty, with substantial reductions among the
elderly, disabled, and blacks. However, the poverty rates for children,
especially those living in single-parent families, and families headed
by a low-skill, low-education person, have increased. Rates of deep
poverty (families living with less than one-half of the poverty line)
for the nonelderly population have not decreased, reflecting both the
increasing labor market difficulties faced by the low-skill population
and the tilt of means-tested benefits away from the poorest of the poor.'
author: Haveman, Robert and Blank, Rebecca and Moffitt, Robert and Smeeding, Timothy
and Wallace, Geoffrey
author_list:
- family: Haveman
given: Robert
- family: Blank
given: Rebecca
- family: Moffitt
given: Robert
- family: Smeeding
given: Timothy
- family: Wallace
given: Geoffrey
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1002/pam.21846
eissn: 1520-6688
files: []
issn: 0276-8739
journal: JOURNAL OF POLICY ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT
keywords-plus: 'INCOME-TAX CREDIT; WHITE WAGE INEQUALITY; UNITED-STATES;
PRESIDENTIAL-ADDRESS; TECHNOLOGICAL-CHANGE; TRANSFER PROGRAMS;
MINIMUM-WAGE; WELFARE; EMPLOYMENT; WORK'
language: English
month: SUM
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '145'
pages: 593-638
papis_id: 68713e0bf0d5ced9415ad9c362b04066
ref: Haveman2015warpoverty
times-cited: '58'
title: 'THE WAR ON POVERTY: MEASUREMENT, TRENDS, AND POLICY'
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type: article
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unique-id: WOS:000356005100008
usage-count-last-180-days: '4'
usage-count-since-2013: '110'
volume: '34'
web-of-science-categories: Economics; Public Administration
year: '2015'