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Title: Wisconsin Poverty Report: Were Antipoverty Policies Effective in 2009?
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Publication Year: 2011
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Abstract: In this third annual Wisconsin Poverty Report, we use the Wisconsin measure to examine need in 2009 and changes in economic security from 2008 to 2009. Unveiled by Institute for Research on Poverty researchers in 2010, the Wisconsin Poverty Measure more broadly assesses needs and resources to better understand the impact of state and federal policies. The basic results of IRPs 2011 Wisconsin Poverty Project are found in the Wisconsin Poverty Report: Were Antipoverty Policies Effective in 2009? Two companion technical reports offer additional details to serve as a resource to other states and localities. The reports look at antipoverty programs during the Great Recession. We find that expanded tax credits and food assistance benefits offset a drop in families earnings and cash income in 2009 and kept child poverty from rising between 2008 and 2009.
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Authors: Thornton, Katherine A.; Marks, Joanna Y.; Smeeding, Timothy M.; Isaacs, Julia B.
Publisher: University of Wisconsin--Madison
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Poverty and Welfare
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