Premium
Analysis of Food Stamp Participation Using Qualitative Choice Models
Author(s) -
Capps Oral,
Kramer Randall A.
Publication year - 1985
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 - 10.2307/1240823
Subject(s) - probit model , econometrics , sample (material) , goodness of fit , statistics , logit , probit , food stamp program , ordered probit , food stamps , logistic regression , economics , mathematics , welfare , market economy , chemistry , chromatography
Food stamp program participation at the household level was analyzed using a nationwide sample of households as well as refined measures of residential location, source of income, and household age distribution. Additionally, an empirical comparison of probit analysis vis‐à‐vis logit analysis was provided. The criteria for the comparison consisted of the use of estimated parameter values, signs, magnitudes, and test statistics, goodness‐of‐fit to sample data, predictive ability to independent data samples, and non‐nested testing procedures. On the basis of this application, the two alternatives appeared to perform equally well.