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RURAL POVERTY, WELFARE ELIGIBILITY, FARM PROGRAMS, AND THE NEGATIVE INCOME TAX
Author(s) -
Debertin David L.,
Infanger Craig L.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
review of policy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1541-1338
pISSN - 1541-132X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1541-1338.1988.tb00899.x
Subject(s) - poverty , nonfarm payrolls , subsistence agriculture , rural poverty , welfare , economics , basic needs , development economics , rural area , extreme poverty , economic growth , agriculture , political science , geography , market economy , archaeology , law
This paper develops four models depicting types and causes of rural poverty in the United States. The recent farm financial crisis has exacerbated rural poverty problems, and many farmers who were not in poverty a few years ago are now in poverty. Policy options for dealing with rural poverty among those farmers who only recently became poor, as well as policy options for dealing with the persistently poor subsistence farmers, are discussed. Implications and options for dealing with poverty within the rural nonfarm sector are also stressed.