This book extends the literature on multidimensional poverty and economic deprivation by providing insights into the well-being of the US population. Written for policymakers, researchers, economists, and others studying poverty, this resource documents multidimensional deprivation in the US, examines variation in its incidence and intensity across demographic cohorts and geographic locales, and considers the corresponding implications for the American social contract.
Multidimensional deprivation is chronicled using data extracted from the 20082023 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata surveys (ACS-PUMS). The extensive data, which includes information for nearly 48 million individuals, enable a thorough exploration of multidimensional deprivation in the US, serving as a valuable complement to the official income-based measures of poverty.
Counting What Counts: Moving Beyond Income Poverty to Better Understand
Deprivation.- Measuring What Matters: Constructing the Multidimensional
Deprivation Index .- Beyond Income Alone: Multidimensional Deprivation in the
United States.- Variation in Multidimensional Deprivation by Race, Sex, and
Hispanic Ethnicity.- Nativity, Country of Origin, and Multidimensional
Deprivation.- Multidimensional Deprivation at the Intersections of Race, Sex,
Hispanic Ethnicity, and Nativity.- Multidimensional Deprivation and the Life
Cycle: Age-Based Patterns and Trends.- Geographic Patterns of
Multidimensional Deprivation.- Estimating the Probability of Multidimensional
Deprivation Incidence.- Conclusion: Multidimensional Deprivation and the
American Social Contract.
Roger White is Professor of Economics and Douglas W. Ferguson Chair in International Economics at Whittier College. White is the author or editor of nine books, including: Intersectionality and Discrimination (2023), Multidimensional Poverty in America (2020), Public Opinion on Economic Globalization (2017), Measuring Multidimensional Poverty and Deprivation (2017), and Making Sense of Anti-Trade Sentiment (2014).
