Organizers:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University

Session Chairs:

John P. Formby, University of Alabama

Papers:

"Developing Poverty Thresholds"
Thesia I. Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics (Contact Author)

"Estimating Family Resources for Poverty Measurement"
Kathleen Short, U.S. Census Bureau (Contact Author)

"Politics and Poverty in Taiwan"
Jong-Rong Chiou, Tam Kang University
Hoseong Kim, University of Alabama (Contact Author)

"The Patterns of Poverty: Evaluating County Level Effects"
John A. Bishop, East Carolina University
Andrew Grodner, East Carolina University

"Unit-Consistent Poverty Indices"
Buhong Zheng, University of Colorado - Denver and HSC (Contact Author)

Discussants:

John A. Bishop, East Carolina University
Andrew Grodner, East Carolina University
Thesia I. Garner, Bureau of Labor Statistics
Chris Johnson, University of North Florida