ECON MICRO
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Author: William A. McEachern
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Chapter 18, Problem 2.4P
To determine
The reason for an increase in the number of poor children from the families where there are single mothers, although the poverty rate since 1960 has decreased among single mothers.
Concept Introduction:
Poverty rate − It is the rate at which the poverty is increasing or decreasing from a given value.
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