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Poverty Publications

Technical papers and presentations on poverty metrics, policy impact and statistical methodology.

Economic Profile of Immigrants

NYC Opportunity has released "An Economic Profile of Immigrants in New York City," which provides new information about the economic status of New York City's immigrants. This new report examines labor force participation, earnings, poverty rates, and other economic measures for immigrants, broken down by categories of immigrant, including U.S. born citizens, naturalized citizens, and undocumented immigrants.

Blog Posts

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More Equity, but also More Assistance Funds Going to Banks: the 2021 Paycheck Protection Program | Feb. 17, 2022
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As COVID’s Impact Lessens, NYC’s Housing Crisis Remains | August 24, 2021
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A Study that Listened to the Lived Experiences of Low-Income New Yorkers | July 14, 2021
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The COVID Economy: A Difficult and Unequal Recovery | March 12, 2021
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Truths about Equity in the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program | January 21, 2021
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The COVID-19 Crisis by Gender: The ‘Shecession’ and ‘Hecovery’ in the NYC Metropolitan Area | October 20, 2020
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Analyzing the Economic Impact of COVID-19 on New York City | September 23, 2020
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NYC Opportunity Staff to Speak on Using Research and Evidence to Help Low-Income New Yorkers | July 26, 2019
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New York City Government Poverty Measure Cited as a Best Practice in Promoting Racial Equity | July 3, 2019
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This Year’s Poverty Report is Out, and it Shows that Poverty Has Been Declining | June 4, 2019
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NYC Opportunity Releases the Latest NYCgov Report on Poverty | April 13, 2018
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New Federal Data on Poverty — Good News, But It’s a Flawed Measure | Sept 16, 2017
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What Poverty Looks Like (Very Often, It’s White) — and Why it Matters | August 16, 2017
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Some Good News on Asian-American Poverty in New York City | June 16, 2017



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The Status of Women in Poverty Using Alternative Poverty Measures: New York City's Local Area Estimate | 2012 D'Onofrio, Christine, Mark Levitan et al. International Association for Research in Income and Wealth

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Effect of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on the New York City Poverty Rate | 2011 Levitan, Mark and Daniel Scheer, IRP Discussion Paper No. 1398-12

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Understanding Local Poverty: Lessons from New York City's Center for Economic Opportunity | 2011 Levitan, Mark et al. Pathways, Stanford University

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Creating the CEO Poverty Unit: An Evaluation Using the CPS ASEC | 2011 Virgin, Vicky in partnership with NYC CEO

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Accounting for Housing Needs in a High Rent City: Poverty Research by the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity | 2010 Levitan, Mark et al. Prepared for 32nd Annual Research Conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management

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Imputation Variance Estimation Protocols for the NAS Poverty Measure: The New York City Poverty Measure Experience | 2010 Potter, Frank et al. JSM

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Using the American Community Survey to Implement a National Academy of Sciences-Style Poverty Measure: A Comparison of Imputation Strategies | 2010 Levitan, Mark and Trudi Renwick, JSM

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Using the American Community Survey to create a National Academy of Sciences-Style Poverty Measure: Work by the New York City Center for Economic Opportunity | 2010 Levitan, Mark et al. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 29(2): 373-386

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