Census Poverty Estimates Should Come With Warning Labels, Says Center for Economic & Policy Research Policy Expert
September 14, 2021
September 14, 2021
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSRes) -- The Center for Economic and Policy Research issued the following statement on Sept. 13, 2021:
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In response to tomorrow's release of income, poverty, and health insurance estimates for 2020 from the Census Bureau, CEPR senior policy fellow Shawn Fremstad issued the following statement:
"As it has in past years, Census will report two poverty measures:
"1) an official poverty measure (OPM) lim . . .
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In response to tomorrow's release of income, poverty, and health insurance estimates for 2020 from the Census Bureau, CEPR senior policy fellow Shawn Fremstad issued the following statement:
"As it has in past years, Census will report two poverty measures:
"1) an official poverty measure (OPM) lim . . .