The US Census Bureau publishes the Supplemen­tal Poverty Measure (SPM) each year to provide important information on low-income Americans’ well-being. In early 2021, a National Academies of Sciences, ...
The intent of these two tables, prepared by panel staff, is to provide a reference document with specifications for the Official Poverty Measure (OPM) and the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) ...
In this post I discuss the policy implications of declaring the Supplemental Poverty Measure the new official measure, an action that could be taken unilaterally by the Director of the Office of ...