Policy affects poverty
Subtitle: the CEO poverty measure, 2005-2009 : a working paper by the NYC Center for Economic Opportunity
Series: Poverty research; Poverty research (Center for Economic Opportunity (New York, N.Y.))
Publisher: NYC Center for Economic Opportunity
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 130
Subjects: Poor; Statistics; Poverty; Measurement; Economic conditions; Social conditions
Other titles: CEO poverty measure, 2005-2009
Notes: "March 2011."

"The focus of this year's CEO working paper is on poverty in New York City from 2007 to 2009. Its findings provide a more complete account of how poverty rates have changed than the story told by the official measure. Job loss and declines in earned income play a role in year-to-year changes in the CEO poverty measure, of course. But their effect on the poverty rate takes place within the broader scope of our measure. To a larger degree than in the official one, the CEO measure captures the effect of income support programs that offset the impact of downturns in the business cycle. What does a more complete measure reveal about the recent trend in New York City poverty rates?" --P. viii.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface and acknowledgments; title: Executive summary; title: Introduction; title: Poverty in New York City, 2005-2009; title: Policy affects poverty; title: CEO poverty rates in demographic detail; title: Poverty among persons living in single-parent families; title: In conclusion; title: Appendix A: The poverty universe and unit of analysis; title: Appendix B: Deriving a poverty threshold for New York City; title: Appendix C: The CEO tax model; title: Appendix D: Estimating the value of nutritional assistance; title: Appendix E: Adjustment for housing status; title: Appendix F: Work-related expenses; title: Appendix G: Medical out-of-pocket spending; title: Appendix H: Accuracy of the data.