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The Impact of Food Stamp Program Participation on Household Food Insecurity
Author(s) -
Mykerezi Elton,
Mills Bradford
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.949
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1467-8276
pISSN - 0002-9092
DOI - 10.1093/ajae/aaq072
Subject(s) - food stamp program , food insecurity , food stamps , payment , transfer payment , supplemental nutrition assistance program , government (linguistics) , survey of income and program participation , business , food security , public economics , economics , demographic economics , geography , finance , welfare , agriculture , linguistics , philosophy , archaeology , market economy
This study examines the impact that participation in the Food Stamp Program has on household food insecurity using data from the Panel Survey of Income Dynamics. Two strategies are used to identify the causal effect of the program. First, endogenous treatment effect models are estimated using state‐level errors in payments of benefits as instruments. Additionally the impact of losing benefits due to a government decision on the food insecurity of program participants is examined. The paper finds that program participation lowers food insecurity by at least 18%.