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Do Food Assistance Programs Improve Household Food Security?: Recent Evidence From The United States

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Huffman, Sonya
Jensen, Helen

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Food assistance programs play an important role in meeting the basic needs of low income households. This paper examines the interaction among food stamps, labor force participation and food insecurity status of low-income households under different program design and economic conditions. A simultaneous equation model with three probit equations links the program, work force participation and outcome. Results based on the Survey of Program Dynamics data suggest that Food Stamp Program participation is more responsive to changes in the program benefits than to changes in unemployment rate or nonlabor income; food insecurity status is more responsive to changes in the food program benefit or unemployment rate, than to nonlabor income.

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Paper provided by American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association) in its series 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada with number 22219.

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Keywords: food assistance; food security; hunger; and welfare programs; Food Security and Poverty;

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  1. Opsomer, Jean D. & Jensen, Helen H. & Nusser, Sarah M. & Drignei, Dorin & Amemiya, Yasuo, 2002. "Statistical Considerations for the USDA Food Insecurity Index," Staff General Research Papers 2119, Iowa State University, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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  2. Nord, Mark & Andrews, Margaret & Carlson, Steven, 2002. "Household Food Security In The United States, 2001," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 33865, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]
  3. Jensen, Helen H., 2003. "Food Insecurity and the Food Stamp Program," Staff General Research Papers 10161, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
  4. Mallar, Charles D, 1977. "The Estimation of Simultaneous Probability Models," Econometrica, Econometric Society, vol. 45(7), pages 1717-22, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  5. Gundersen, Craig & Oliveira, Victor, 2001. " The Food Stamp Program and Food Insufficiency," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, American Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 83(4), pages 875-87, November. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  6. Moffitt, Robert, 1983. "An Economic Model of Welfare Stigma," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 73(5), pages 1023-35, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  7. Wilde, Parke & Cook, Peggy & Gundersen, Craig & Nord, Mark & Tiehen, Laura, 2000. "The Decline In Food Stamp Program Participation In The 1990'S," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 33793, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]
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  1. Johnson, Jermisha D. & Wheelock, Gerald & Jones, Hezekiah, 2006. "Food Programs, Family Demographics and Food Security of Children," 2006 Annual Meeting, February 5-8, 2006, Orlando, Florida 35371, Southern Agricultural Economics Association. [Downloadable!]
  2. Fox, Mary Kay & Hamilton, William & Lin, Biing-Hwan, 2004. "Effects Of Food Assistance And Nutrition Programs On Nutrition And Health: Volume 4, Executive Summary Of The Literature Review," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 33871, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. [Downloadable!]
  3. Mykerezi, Elton & Mills, Bradford F., 2008. "The Impact of Food Stamp Program Participation on Household Food Insecurity," 2008 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida 6552, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association). [Downloadable!]
  4. Pan, Suwen & Jensen, Helen H., 2008. "Does the Food Stamp Program Affect Food Security Status and the Composition of Food Expenditures?," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 40(01), April. [Downloadable!]
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  5. Edwards, Mark Evan & Weber, Bruce A. & Bernell, Stephanie L., 2006. "Restricted Opportunities, Personal Choices, Ineffective Policies: What Explains Food Insecurity in Oregon?," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 31(02), August. [Downloadable!]
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