Who Are the Poor Elderly? an Examination Using Alternative Poverty Measures
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*David S. Johnson is with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Timothy M. Smeeding is the Maxwell Professor of Public Policy at Syracuse University. The opinions and conclusions are solely those of the author and should not be construed as representing the opinions or policies of SSA or any agency of the Federal Government or of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. The authors would like to thank the Boston College SSA/RRC for financial support without implicating them.
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