Identifying the Disadvantaged: Official Poverty, Consumption Poverty, and the New Supplemental Poverty Measure

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Consumption and Income Inequality and the Great Recession (2013, background): “In addition to these conceptual arguments, there is empirical evidence that consumption provides a better measure of well-being than income (Meyer and Sullivan 2011, 2012).”
The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same? The Safety Net and Poverty in the Great Recession (2016, background): “Meyer and Sullivan ð2012Þ,Wimer et al. ð2013Þ, and Fox et al. ð2015Þ createmeasures of either income ðWimer et al. 2013; Fox et al. 2015Þ or consumption ðMeyer and Sullivan 2012Þ poverty that aim to improve on official poverty.”