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FOOD STAMPS, TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES AND FOOD HARDSHIPS IN THREE AMERICAN CITIES
Author(s) -
DePolt Richard A.,
Moffitt Robert A.,
Ribar David C.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
pacific economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.34
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1468-0106
pISSN - 1361-374X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0106.2009.00462.x
Subject(s) - food stamp program , food stamps , survey of income and program participation , economics , supplemental nutrition assistance program , multivariate analysis , longitudinal data , survey data collection , demographic economics , economic growth , socioeconomics , food insecurity , geography , sociology , food security , demography , medicine , welfare , agriculture , archaeology , market economy , statistics , mathematics
We examine how participation in the Food Stamp and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs is associated with self‐reported household food hardships, using data from a longitudinal survey of low‐income families living in Boston, Chicago and San Antonio. In addition to the measures of hardships and program participation, the survey includes measures of income, wealth, social resources, disability, physical health and family structure, measures that help us to account for selection between recipient and non‐recipient households. For our multivariate analyses, we estimate multiple indicator multiple cause models that are modified to incorporate discrete outcome variables and to account for longitudinal data. Estimates from these models reveal that participation in the Food Stamp Program is associated with fewer food hardships, while participation in the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program has no detectable association with hardships.