New for Poverty Studies

Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America

2008-11-10T16:35:58Z

U.S. Federal Reserve System and Brookings Institution.
Available online.
Subtitled Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S, this report "profiles 16 high-poverty communities from across the country, including immigrant gateway, Native American, urban, and rural communities."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

Small Area Health Insurance Estimates

2008-10-20T19:21:58Z

U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
The most extensive estimates ever published on county-level demographic characteristics of people with and without health insurance coverage.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

America’s Four Middle Classes

2008-08-01T19:22:23Z

Pew Research Center.
Available online.
"There isn’t one American middle class; there are four. Each is different from the others in its attitudes, outlook and financial circumstance—sometimes in ways that defy traditional stereotypes of the middle class, according to an analysis of a recent national survey."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America

2008-07-31T19:28:55Z

Economic Mobility Project.
Available online. Printed copy to be added to the collection.
New report from the EMP, which is a collaboration of the Pew Charitable Trusts, American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, Heritage Foundation, and Urban Institute to study income inequality and economic mobility in the U.S.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

"New" Library Web Site

2008-07-24T16:18:35Z

On Monday 28 July, the Washington and Lee University is going to unveil a new version of its Web site, which you can preview at this temporary URL.

Changes from the current site to the new one are not drastic or fundamental, but more cosmetic and organizational.
Lots of pages will have URL's different from their current ones, but we think (fingers crossed) that automatic forwarding will take of most of those issues.

If you notice any problems with the new site -- links not working, etc. -- please feel free to let me know.
We realize that this change likely will require quite a bit of trouble-shooting and tinkering over the next few weeks, but we have a goal of getting the site cleaned up by the time the students begin returning next month.

We also know that this change is likely to cause you and your students some inconvenience at some point and we apologize for that. If that happens, please just let us know how we can help.

Food Security Assessment, 2007

2008-07-07T17:21:34Z

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
Available online.
"The report, the latest in an ERS annual series, examines food prices and other factors that affect food security globally, regionally, and in 70 developing countries studied. Researchers also measure the food distribution gap (the amount of food needed to raise consumption of each income group to the nutritional requirement) and examine the factors that shape food security. Food security is defined as access by all people at all times to enough food for an active and healthy life."
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

Encyclopedia Of Social Work

2008-06-12T18:44:54Z

Oxford University Press / Oxford Digital Reference Shelf.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Created by the National Association of Social Workers, this 20th edition (2008) is a four-volume set, containing about 400 articles which "cover all aspects of social, work from practice and interventions, social environments, social conditions and challenges, to social policy and history."
Links will be maintained in various locations in our Web site, including here.

Rich And Poor In America: A Reference Handbook

2008-06-12T18:39:38Z

ABC-Clio.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
Edited by Geoffrey Gilbert, this 2008 handbook provides an overview of the widening income gap in the U.S. It includes introductory essays, examinations of particular controversies and problems (families, schools, etc.), biographical entries, a collection of data and documents, and more.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

2008-05-26T13:21:28Z

Massachusettes Institute of Technology.
Available online.
"Objective is to improve the effectiveness of poverty programs by providing policy makers with clear scientific results that help shape successful policies to combat poverty."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

"Rising Food Prices, Poverty, and the Doha Round"

2008-05-26T12:54:15Z

Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Available online.
"Sandra Polaski examines the role of a Doha agreement in light of rising food prices and their impact on global poverty. She finds that conventional wisdom about the price rises, their effect on the poor, and how best to respond is largely wrong."
A link will be mainained on this library Web page.

Participation of Mothers in Government Assistance Programs: 2004

2008-05-26T12:35:08Z

U.S. Census Bureau.
Available online.
"Although participation in government assistance programs has risen somewhat in recent years among mothers with a birth in the last year, it is much lower than when welfare reform was enacted in 1996." This report analyzes the socioeconomic characteristics of mothers participating in six different public assistance programs.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

Statistical Handbook On The Social Safety Net

2008-05-07T19:03:29Z

Greenwood.
Available online. (W&L subscription)
This 2004 volume opens with discussion of "social safety net" and the economic health of various nations and their definition of poverty. Other chapters cover social security, unemployment insurance and workers compensation, Medicare and Medicaid, the welfare system in the United States and other countries, and more. Includes 300 tables, graphs, and charts.
Links will be maintained in several locations in our Web site, including here.

Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress

2008-04-28T15:12:17Z

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Available online.
Key topics addressed in this second annual report include: the number of homeless persons based on point-in-time counts; the number and characteristics of sheltered homeless persons based on longitudinal data; the nation’s capacity to house homeless persons; where homeless persons receive shelter; and the patterns of shelter use in emergency shelter and transitional housing.
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

Income Inequality, Income Mobility, and Economic Policy: U.S. Trends in the 1980s and 1990s

2008-04-28T14:03:45Z

U.S. Congressional Research Service.
Available online.
"Income inequality has been increasing in the United States over the past 25 years. Several factors have been identified as possibly contributing to increasing income inequality."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.

Resource List for State Anti-Poverty Strategies

2008-04-08T14:32:15Z

National Governors Association.
Available online.
"A list of organizations, individuals and reports that states can use as resources when developing policies to reduce poverty and promote family economic opportunity."
A link will be maintained on this library Web page.