DO FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IMPROVE HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY?: RECENT EVIDENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES

dc.creatorHuffman, Sonya Kostova
dc.creatorJensen, Helen H.
dc.date2017-04-01T18:11:12Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-09T03:38:48Z
dc.descriptionFood assistance programs play an important role in meeting the basic needs of low income households. This paper examines the interaction among food stamps, labor force participation and food insecurity status of low-income households under different program design and economic conditions. A simultaneous equation model with three probit equations links the program, work force participation and outcome. Results based on the Survey of Program Dynamics data suggest that Food Stamp Program participation is more responsive to changes in the program benefits than to changes in unemployment rate or nonlabor income; food insecurity status is more responsive to changes in the food program benefit or unemployment rate, than to nonlabor income.
dc.identifierdoi:10.22004/ag.econ.22219
dc.identifierhttps://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/22219/files/sp03hu01.pdf
dc.identifierhttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/22219
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/537348
dc.languageeng
dc.publisher
dc.sourcehttp://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/22219
dc.titleDO FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS IMPROVE HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY?: RECENT EVIDENCE FROM THE UNITED STATES
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