The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Poverty

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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Poverty is a pressing and persistent problem. While its extent varies across countries, its presence always represents the diminution of human capacity. Therefore, it seems natural to want to do something about it. Have countries made progress in mitigating poverty? How do we determine who is poor and who is not poor? What intuitions or theories guide the design of anti-poverty policy? Is overall labor market performance the key to keeping the poverty rate low? Or, does it matter how well- connected an individual is to those who know about the availability of jobs? Does being an immigrant increase the odds of being poor? Are there anti-poverty policies that work? For whom do they work? If I'm poor, will I have access to health care and housing? Am I more likely to be obese, polluted upon, incarcerated, un-banked, and without assets if I'm poor? Is poverty too hard a problem for economic analysis? These are some of the questions that a distinguished group of scholars have come together to confront in this handbook. The Handbook is written in a highly accessible style that encourages the reader to think critically about poverty. Theories are presented in a rigorous but not overly technical way; concise and straightforward empirical analyses enlighten key policy issues. The volume has six parts: Poverty in the 21st Century; Labor Market Factors; Poverty Policy; Poverty Dynamics; Dimensions of Poverty; and Trends and Issues in Anti-Poverty Policy. A goal of the handbook is to stimulate further research on poverty. To that end, several chapters challenge conventional thinking about poverty and in some cases present specific proposals for the reform of economic and social policy.

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Utgivningsdatum:2012-11-29
Mått:251 x 183 x 45 mm
Vikt:1 520 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Oxford Handbooks
Antal sidor:864
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195393781

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Philip N. Jefferson is a professor of economics at Swarthmore College. His research has appeared in several journals and has been funded by grants from the National Science Foundation. He has taught at Columbia University and the University of Virginia and has worked as an economist for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Jefferson has held visiting appointments at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the University of California at Berkeley, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. He is a past president of the National Economic Association. He has also served as a director of the Eastern Economic Association.

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This timely handbook on the economics of poverty revisits traditional economic theory of poverty and at the same time offers contemporary analysis of various aspects of poverty. Overall, an excellent resource for graduate-level students in economics and public policy as well as faculty and public policy practitioners in relevant fields. Highly recommended.

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Preface ; Contributors ; Introduction and Overview ; Philip N. Jefferson ; Part I. Poverty in the 21st Century ; Chapter 1. The Alleviation of Poverty: How Far Have We Come? ; Robert D. Plotnick ; Chapter 2. Consumption and Income Poverty in the U.S. ; Bruce D. Meyer and James X. Sullivan ; Chapter 3. Poverty Lines across the World ; Martin Ravallion ; Chapter 4. Theories of Poverty: Traditional Explanations and New Directions ; Christopher K. Johnson and Patrick L. Mason ; Part II. Labor Market Factors ; Chapter 5. Poverty and the Labor Market ; Kevin Lang ; Chapter 6. Employment in Black Urban Labor Markets: Problems and Solutions ; Judith K. Hellerstein and David Neumark ; Chapter 7. Low-Skilled Immigrants and the U.S. Labor Market ; Brian Duncan and Stephen J. Trejo ; Chapter 8. Poverty and Low Earnings in the Developing World ; Gary S. Fields ; Part III. Poverty Policy ; Chapter 9. Anti-Poverty Programs for Poor Children and Families ; Janet Currie ; Chapter 10. Education and the Poor ; Lisa Barrow and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach ; Chapter 11. Poverty, Health, and Healthcare ; Darrell J. Gaskin and Eric T. Roberts ; Chapter 12. Geographical Price Variation, Housing Assistance, and Poverty ; Dirk W. Early and Edgar O. Olsen ; Part IV. Poverty Dynamics ; Chapter 13. Distributions in Motion: Economic Growth, Inequality, and Poverty Dynamics ; Francisco H.G. Ferreira ; Chapter 14. Is Poverty Incompatible with Asset Accumulation? ; Signe-Mary McKernan, Caroline Ratcliffe, and Trina Williams Shanks ; Chapter 15. Poverty Transitions ; Ann Huff Stevens ; Chapter 16. Macroeconomic Fluctuations and Poverty ; Philip N. Jefferson and Kunhee Kim ; Part V. Dimensions of Poverty ; Chapter 17. Obesity, Poverty, and the Ability to Pay for Calories ; Susan L. Averett ; Chapter 18. Environmental Justice: Do Poor and Minority Populations Face More Hazards? ; Wayne B. Gray, Ronald J. Shadbegian, and Ann Wolverton ; Chapter 19. Female Trust in Government and Gender Income Inequality in Sub- Saharan Africa ; Juliet U. Elu and Gregory N. Price ; Chapter 20. Crime, Incarceration, and Poverty ; Steven Raphael ; Chapter 21. Payday Lending: New Research and the Big Question ; John P. Caskey ; Part VI. Trends and Issues in Anti-Poverty Policy ; Chapter 22. An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Anti-Poverty Programs in the United States ; Yonatan Ben-Shalom, Robert Moffitt, and John Karl Scholz ; Chapter 23. Are Economists in Over Their Heads? ; Kevin S. O'Neil and Marta Tienda ; Chapter 24. Anti-Poverty Policy: The Role of Individualist and Structural Perspectives ; William A. Darity, Jr., Mary Lopez, Olugbenga Ajilore, and Leslie Wallace ; Chapter 25. A New Statistic: The U.S. Census Bureau's Supplemental Poverty Measure ; Philip N. Jefferson ; Index