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Poverty & Economic Mobility

ASPE releases the annual U.S. Federal Poverty Guidelines, which are used to determine financial eligibility for some Federal programs. Presented here are the poverty lines for every State and the District of Columbia. You will also find extensive resources on poverty estimates, trends, and analysis, plus historical information on poverty and the Guidelines. More broadly, this section also encompasses issues like poverty and income dynamics, and asset building and financial literacy.

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Children’s Interagency Coordinating Council FY 2023 Report to Congress

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Poverty Guidelines

Poverty Estimates, Trends, and Analysis

Marginal Tax Rates/Benefit Cliffs

Paid Family Leave

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A Synthesis of Research on Child Care Utilization Patterns

This paper synthesizes findings on current and future trends in child care usage patterns among employed mothers of preschoolers (less than 6 years old).

Overview of the Final Report of the Seattle-Denver Income Maintenance Experiment

The Seattle-Denver Income Maintenance Experiment (SIME/DIME) was the last in a series of four, large-scale income maintenance experiments undertaken in the late 1960s and early 1970s to measure the disincentive effects of cash transfers on the market work of those eligible for them.

Review of Income Concepts Used in Economic Analysis

Prepared by: R. William Thomas Abt Associates Prepared for: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Contract:  HEW-100-76-0179
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Recommendations of the Subcommittee on Updating the Poverty Threshold