Official data may overstate the extent of poverty because   a. it overstates the taxes paid by the poor.   b. it overestimates the amount the poor earn in the “underground economy.”   c. it does not add “in-kind” transfers to the incomes of the poor.   d. poverty is a relative concept as opposed to an absolute concept.

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  1. Official data may overstate the extent of poverty because
      a.
    it overstates the taxes paid by the poor.
      b.
    it overestimates the amount the poor earn in the “underground economy.”
      c.
    it does not add “in-kind” transfers to the incomes of the poor.
      d.
    poverty is a relative concept as opposed to an absolute concept.
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