LibGuides: Resources on Poverty: Home

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Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality
"One of the country’s three national poverty centers supported by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is committed to providing research, policy analysis, and training on issues of poverty and inequality."
NYT: Income Inequality
New York Times reporting on income inequality.
Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity: The Source for News, Ideas and Action
"A non-partisan initiative that brings together diverse perspectives from the political, policy, advocacy and foundation communities to find genuine solutions to the economic hardship confronting millions of Americans." A portal to lots of information.

How the Census Bureau Measures Poverty
The calculation of the poverty rate is a political process based on government standards. The U.S. Census Bureau has definitions and data on their site.
MIT’s Living Wage Calculator
Allows students to compare the cost of living by county as well as to understand that the poverty threshold is lower than the calculations that the living wage is based upon.
Office on Socioeconomic Status Resources and Publications
American Psychological Association. Office collects and distributes SES-related information.
Wealth and Inequality
Does the gap between rich and poor threaten democracy? Full report, with links to additional resources. (2014)
Closing the Gap in a Generation (PDF)
Report from the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Determinants of Health (2008)
Making 'Welfare to Work' Really Work: Improving Welfare Reform for Poor Women, Families and Children
A position paper from the Task Force on Women, Poverty, and Public Assistance of the American Psychological Association (1998)

Social Class Curricula (PDF)
Report of the Task Force on Resources for the Inclusion of Social Class in Psychology Curricula. From the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues, and the Society for the Psychology of Women, of the American Psychological Association. (2008)