Measuring Poverty in the NLSY97
利用NLSY97数据，基于美国官方定义和国家研究委员会定义构建两种贫困指标，估算1996年12-16岁青年的贫困率分别为17.9%和23.4%，并探讨贫困测量方式对青年结果的影响。
Using data from the NLSY97, we construct two measures of poverty using the official U.S. definition and the National Research Council (NRC) definition. We estimate the two poverty rates for 1996 for youths 12-16 as 17.9 (official) and 23.4 (NRC), and document the discrepancies between youths considered in poverty under the two measures. We also explore the influence of poverty on youths' outcomes using the official and NRC measures of poverty. The paper shows that the prevalence of poverty and its measured consequences are affected by the way we measure poverty.