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SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM PARTICIPATION AND HEALTH: EVIDENCE FROM LOW‐INCOME INDIVIDUALS IN TENNESSEE
Author(s) -
YEN STEVEN T.,
BRUCE DONALD J.,
JAHNS LISA
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
contemporary economic policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.454
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1465-7287
pISSN - 1074-3529
DOI - 10.1111/j.1465-7287.2010.00246.x
Subject(s) - supplemental nutrition assistance program , food stamp program , food stamps , estimation , sample (material) , snap , economics , demographic economics , food insecurity , low income , public economics , business , environmental health , welfare , medicine , geography , food security , computer science , chemistry , computer graphics (images) , management , archaeology , chromatography , market economy , agriculture
We investigate the factors that contribute to participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as the Food Stamp Program) and the effects of such participation on self‐assessed health (SAH). Our estimation approach consists of an endogenous switching ordered probability model, using the copula approach, for a sample of current and former Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) recipients in Tennessee. Results indicate that sociodemographic characteristics play a role in SNAP participation. Interestingly, we find that participation in SNAP is inversely related to SAH. ( JEL I12, I38, C31)