Not a lot. Working backwards, about 3.5 pct points higher overall in 2005-06 than in 2007-08. Break in income survey continuity before that, but 1990-00 was about 3.5 points higher again. Between 1994-95 and 1990-00 dropped by about 7%.
You can fix this targeting efficiency problem, if you want, via a strong taper rate. But for equity reasons we should not place too much weight on a single poverty line, and for economic efficiency reasons, we don't want to create excessive poverty traps.
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If you just look at the number reported by the DSS then the increase between December 2018 and December 2023 is a little less than 60,000