Overview
ECON-642 Public Economics: Discussion 4b
Discussion Questions:
- Considering opportunity, empowerment, and security, which of these three dimensions of poverty is the most relevant in the United States?
- Looking at the U.S. Equivalence Scales for Minimum Needs, would you suggest a higher or lower scale for large families?
Sen suggested that one of the properties of a good poverty measure is: The poverty measure should rise after a regressive transfer among the poor. What does this mean?