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Factors Affecting Poverty in the Northeast, 1960-1970

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Richard N. Boisvert
Richard N. Boisvert*
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Department of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
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While many people would argue that absolute deprivation has been eliminated from this country, poverty, or relative deprivation, still exists. Recognition of this problem is not new Despite public policies to redistribute income, the public's demand for lessened personal income inequality has never been completely satisfied.

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Community Development
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , October 1975 , pp. 151 - 162
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Helpful comments were received from the reviewers of this Journal. Lois Plimpton and Irene Garver collected and summarized much of the necessary data; their assistance is appreciated.

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