Chapter 18 Links

Data

·         CA30 Regional Economic Profiles http://www.bea.gov/bea/regional/reis/default.cfm#a.

·         Poverty Thresholds for 2005 by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/threshld.html.

·         Annual Demographic Supplements to the Current Population Survey http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/income/histinc/ie1.html.

·         Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) website, http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/saipe/saipe.html.

·         American Community Survey http://factfinder.census.gov.

·         Current Population Survey definitions http://www.census.gov/population/www/cps/cpsdef.html.

Other online sources

·         Brotherhood of St. Laurence. (2005) Poverty line update. http://www.antipovertyweek.org.au/documents/poverty_line_update_May05.pdf.

·         Burkhauser, R. V., A. D. Crews, M. C. Daly, and S. P. Jenkins. 1996. Income Mobility and the Middle Class (Washington DC: AEI Press) as cited in Daly, M. C. 1997. “The ‘Shrinking’ Middle Class?” FRBSF Economic Letter 97-07 now available through http://www.sf.frb.org/econrsrch/wklyltr/el97-07.html.

·         Cox, W. M., and R. Alm. 1995. “By our own bootstraps: Economic opportunity and the dynamics of income distribution.” http://www.dallasfed.org/fed/annual/index.html#1995.

·         Dalaker, J. U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports, Series P60-214. Poverty in the United States: 2000, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2001. http://www.census.gov/prod/2001pubs/p60-214.pdf.

·         DeNavas-Walt, C., R. W. Cleveland, and B. H. Webster, Jr. 2003. Income in the United States: 2002. http://www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/p60-221.pdf.

·         Gordon, D, P. Townsend, R. Levitas, C. Pantazis, S. Payne, D. Patsios, S. Middleton, et al. 2000. Poverty and Social Exclusion in Britain. Published by the Rowntree Foundation, http://www.rouncefield.homestead.com/files/rowntree_2000.html.

·         Hemphill, S. 2005. It's all about respect. Minnesota Public Radio September 20, 2005 http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2005/09/19_hemphills_hibtacsidebar/.

·         McFarlane, I. and R. Tiffin, 2003. The minimum cost of adequate nutrition using locally available food items, 2003 http://www.apd.rdg.ac.uk/AgEcon/research/workingpapers/dam_poster.pdf.

·         Ross, D., E. R. Shillington, and C. Lochhead. 1994. A working definitions of Statistics Canada Low Income Cut-offs (LICOs), http://www.ccsd.ca/pubs/archive/fb94/fs_povbk.htm.

·         Rowntree, S. S. 2000. [1901]. Poverty: A study of town life, Macmillan: London. Republished Poverty: A study of town life: Centennial edition. Bristol: The Policy Press, http://www.bris.ac.uk/Publications/TPP/Pages/at036.htm.

·         Saunders, P. 1996 Special Article - Poverty and Deprivation in Australia Year Book Australia, 1996, http://abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/5D709B83B7F7C25ECA2569DE00221C86#Links.

·         Tanner, M., S. Moore, and D. Hartman. 1995. The Work Versus Welfare Trade-Off: An Analysis of Total Level of Welfare Benefits by State. Cato Policy Analysis 240, http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-240.html.

·         Tentschert, U., M. Till, and J. Redl. 2000. Income poverty and minimum income requirements in the EU 14, Paper prepared for the VIth Bien Congress, Berlin October 5th, 2000, http://www.etes.ucl.ac.be/bien/Files/Papers/2000TenschertTill.pdf.

·         Treatment Action Network. 1996. 1996 Changes in Social Security Law: People diagnosed with substance abuse disability will no longer receive Social Security benefits, June 4. http://www.projinf.org/news/96_06ssa.html.

YouTube sources

·         More UK children in poverty. “The number of children living in relative poverty in the UK rose by 200000 last year, official figures say.” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rmaEW3qIU0. (Video provides a nice definition of relative poverty).

·         Poverty Group Calls for Minimum Living Income (Canadian) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVZps8NfRjQ.

·         North Country Trailer. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E_ifqj1rAQ (Good example of employee discrimination).

·         Civilians in West Belfast (1988). BBC report of civilian life in Belfast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0c3YXKP-deU (Video corroborates info in box on pages 605-606).

·         On CNN 5-17-2007 Talking about Poverty and Food Stamps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lK_l2AN1vWY.

·         Maria Shriver EITC Initiative. Talks about the importance of claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit and I-CAN! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pB6ZTjWrXQ.

·         Clinton’s Passion. His support for tax credits for low-income families http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaXypRf_Gc0

·         NEW COMMUNITY WELFARE - for The Hudson Institute. “A sample video clip by documentary film maker David Gillis. This clip takes a look at constructive local responses in to the Welfare Reform Act of 1994 in Indianapolis, Indiana” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTzU64bW_98.

·         This is Berea College. “All you ever wanted to know about Berea College” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXn91eMIKsI.

·         Labor program @ Berea College. “A look at Berea's labor program in which students work to help pay incidental costs at this tuition-free institution” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXciF78twag.