Meyer and Sullivan disaggregate by household type (married-parent, single-parent, single families without kids, married couples without kids, 65+ headed) and by race, employment, and education, then aggregate; doing so yields different answers than lumping everyone together, but they find changes in family composition do not play a big part in changes in median income or poverty over their period.

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Bruce Meyer

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the changes in the types of families that are in the u.s. over time don't play a big part in the changes in median incomes or poverty over time

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Bruce Meyer on the Middle Class, Poverty, and Inequality 10/03/2011EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:20:26 AM

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