Chapter 19 Websites

For information on health economics, see www.healtheconomics.com. Government data on health care come from the Department of Health and Human Services at www.hhs.gov.

The Census Department collects poverty data. See www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty.html. For information on welfare and poverty, see www.welfareinfo.org. The site www.doleta.gov describes the results of welfare reform from the perspective of individuals. International comparisons are available from the Luxembourg Income Study at lissy.ceps.lu/IncStat.htm.

The Urban Institute (www.urban.org) and the Joint Center for Poverty Research (www.jcpr.org) are organizations devoted to analyzing trends in poverty and income distribution.