Understanding poverty

Introduction: The evolution of poverty and antipoverty policy / Sheldon H. Danziger, Robert H. Haveman

The level, trend, and composition of poverty / Gary Burtless, Timothy M. Smeeding

Changes in family structure: implications for poverty and related policy / Maria Cancian, Deborah Reed

The rising tide lifts...? / Richard B. Freeman

Mobility, persistence, and the consequences of poverty for children: child and adult outcomes / Mary Corcoran

U.S. poverty in a cross-national context / Timothy M. Smeeding, Lee Rainwater, Gary Burtless

The evolution of income support policy in recent decades / John Karl Scholz, Kara Levine

Welfare policy in transition: redefining the social contract for poor citizen families with children and for immigrants / Ladonna A. Pavetti

Health policies for the non-elderly poor / John Mullahy, Barbara L. Wolfe

Investing in the future: reducing poverty through human capital investments / Lynn A. Karoly

Housing discrimination and residential segregation as causes of poverty / John Yinger

The memberships theory of poverty: the role of group affiliations in determining socioeconomic outcomes / Steven N. Durlauf

Community revitalization, jobs and the well-being of the inner-city poor / Ronald F. Ferguson

Politics, race, and poverty research / Glenn C. Loury

Poverty research and antipoverty policy after the technological revolution / David R. Harris

Research on poverty and antipoverty policies / Jane Waldfogel