Elderly Poverty in the United States in the 21st Century: Exploring the Role of Assets in the Supplemental Poverty Measure

Christopher Wimer, Lucas Manfield
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Official estimates of elderly poverty do not take into account either the medical needs of the elderly, which can be quite extensive, or the assets at their disposal, which may also be extensive. The new Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) explicitly takes into account medical needs but has been criticized for not concomitantly taking into account asset portfolios. In this paper we consider both jointly, using an approach adapted from a recent National Academy of Sciences report recommending methods for measuring poverty and medical risk while taking account of assets. We use longitudinal data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).
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21世纪美国老年贫困:资产在补充贫困指标中的作用探讨
官方对老年人贫困的估计既没有考虑到老年人的医疗需求(这可能相当广泛),也没有考虑到老年人可以支配的资产(这也可能很广泛)。新的补充贫困措施(SPM)明确考虑了医疗需求,但因没有同时考虑资产组合而受到批评。在本文中,我们综合考虑了这两者,采用了一种改编自美国国家科学院(National Academy of Sciences)最近一份报告的方法,该报告推荐了在考虑资产的情况下衡量贫困和医疗风险的方法。我们使用来自健康与退休研究(HRS)的纵向数据。
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