| Description |
1 online resource (30 p.) |
| Series |
Contractor and cooperator report ; no. 60 |
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Contractors and cooperators report ; no. 60.
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| Note |
Title from title screen (viewed on June 7, 2010). |
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"April 2010" |
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"This study was conducted by The Urban Institute under a cooperative research contract with USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) Food and Nutrition Assistance Research Program (FANRP): contract number 59-5000-7-0113." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 20-22). |
| Summary |
In a country as wealthy and prosperous as the United States, one would think that having enough to eat is not an issue. However, nearly 15 percent of all households and 39 percent of near-poor households were food insecure in 2008. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called the Food Stamp Program) is the cornerstone of federal food assistance programs and serves as the first line of defense against food-related hardship, such as food insecurity. Using the 1996, 2001, and 2004 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) panels, this paper measures SNAP's effectiveness in reducing food insecurity using a dummy endogenous variable model with instrumental variables to control for selection bias. Recent changes in state SNAP policies and rules provide exogenous variation, which we use to control for selection into the program. Results from naive models that do not control for the endogeneity of SNAP receipt show that SNAP receipt is associated with higher food insecurity. However, instrumental variable models that control for the endogeneity of SNAP receipt suggest that SNAP receipt reduces the likelihood of being food insecure by roughly 30 percent and reduces the likelihood of being very food insecure by 20 percent. These findings provide evidence that SNAP is meeting its key goal of reducing food-related hardship. |
| Subject |
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (U.S.)
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Food relief -- United States.
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Food security -- United States.
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Food supply -- United States.
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
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food security
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United States
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Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (U.S.) |
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Food Supply -- economics -- United States. |
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Food Supply -- standards -- United States. |
| Indexed Term |
food insecure |
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food insufficient |
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instrumental variables |
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selection bias |
| Added Author |
McKernan, Signe-Mary.
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Urban Institute.
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United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service.
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| Gpo Item No. |
0042-Y (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
A 93.74:60 |
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