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Social Policy Trends: What Does The Poverty Line Measure?

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: The federal government identifies who is experiencing poverty by comparing household incomes to a measure called the Poverty Line. What does this poverty line measure? Lifting people out of poverty is an important public policy goal. Some public policies are more successful at reducing poverty than others. Identifying which approaches are most successful is the task of policy analysts. Their conclusions depend at least in part on how poverty is defined. But that is controversial.

Source: The School of Public Policy Publications

DOI: 10.55016/mc0kn922

Authors: Ronald Kneebone, Margarita Wilkins

Institution: University of Calgary

Language: English

Topic: Income, Poverty, and Inequality

Subfield: Sociology and Political Science

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: No poverty

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W7128211772

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