Policy Watch: The Food Stamp Program and Welfare Reform | Zendy

Betsey Kuhn | Zendy; Pamela Allen Dunn | Zendy; David M. Smallwood | Zendy; Kenneth Hanson | Zendy; Jim Blaylock | Zendy; Stephen J. Vogel | Zendy

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Policy Watch: The Food Stamp Program and Welfare Reform

Author(s) -

Betsey Kuhn,

Pamela Allen Dunn,

David M. Smallwood,

Kenneth Hanson,

Jim Blaylock,

Stephen J. Vogel

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

the journal of economic perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 9.614

H-Index - 196

eISSN - 1944-7965

pISSN - 0895-3309

DOI - 10.1257/jep.10.2.189

Subject(s) - food stamp program , food stamps , welfare reform , welfare , agriculture , economics , public economics , baseline (sea) , business , political science , market economy , geography , archaeology , law

Major changes have been proposed for the Food Stamp Program, including replacing the program with block grants to the states, cashing out the benefits, and reducing program funding from baseline levels. This paper will explore the impacts of food stamp reform on food spending, income support, welfare reform, agriculture, and the rest of the economy. A comprehensive set of scenarios is used to examine the potential economic consequences. The analysis shows that the effect of cashing out the Food Stamp Program can be as much as four times larger than the effects of program reduction alone.

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