曼昆-微观经济学-第二十章-收入不平等与贫困.pptVIP

* Source for poverty thresholds in 2006: /hhes/www/poverty/threshld/thresh06.html Source for poverty rate in 2006: /hhes/www/poverty/poverty06/table3.pdf Source for median family income in 2006: /servlet/GRTTable?_bm=y-geo_id=01000US-_box_head_nbr=R1902-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_-redoLog=false-mt_name=ACS_2005_EST_G00_R2002_US30-format=US-30 * The poverty rate appears correlated with business cycles. For example, 1992-2000 was the longest economic expansion on record, and it coincided with a gradual fall in the poverty rate. In the early 2000s, the U.S. experienced a recession, and the pover