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Bane, Mary Jo; Ellwood, David T. – 1983
This paper examines the dynamics of poverty. Previous analyses of dynamics of poverty have either examined only fluctuations in the male head of family's earnings or looked at the frequency of poverty periods over a fixed time frame. A more appropriate way to understand the dynamics of poverty is to define spells of poverty. Using this…
Descriptors: Family Structure, Heads of Households, Income, Poverty
