The Survey of Income and Program Participation

<p>Are those in poverty likely to remain there or can they move out of this situation without<br>help from other sources? Our understanding of those in or near poverty is primarily based upon<br>the analysis of either annual income or the income distribution from cross-sectional survey data.<br>It has been argued in the literature that using this type of data can be misleading when faced with<br>questions pertaining to transitions in and out of poverty. Studying the persistence of poverty<br>should focus on those characteristics of individuals and their families in conjunction with labor<br>market situations in order to provide an insight into why the situation continues.<br>Using the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) 1996 panel it was possible<br>to investigate low-income dynamics and model family incomes for the years 1996-1999. This<br>paper provides a descriptive analysis that evaluates the low-income dynamics for families their<br>exit and re-entry rates into low-income as well as investigating family income and poverty<br>outcomes based upon a components-of-variance model that identifies permanent and transitory<br>factors and provides insight into low-income dynamics.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>