Mollie Orshansky
Economist, Deceased Person
1915 – 2006
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Who was Mollie Orshansky?
Mollie Orshansky was an American economist and statistician who, in 1963–65, developed the Orshansky Poverty Thresholds, which are used in the United States as a measure of the income that a household must not exceed to be counted as poor.
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- Born
- Jan 9, 1915
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- American University
- Hunter College High School
- Hunter College
- Died
- Dec 18, 2006
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on July 23, 2013
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