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Food Stamp Program Costs and Error Rates, 1989-200

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  • Logan, Christopher
  • Rhodes, William
  • Sabia, Joseph

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Evidence is strong that, beginning in 1995, an increase in reported certification-related costs per Food Stamp Program (FSP) household contributed to reduced error rates. This report presents the results of a study of trends in FSP administrative costs and errors from 1989 to 2001. It describes the trends and composition of FSP administrative costs. It also presents a multivariate regression analysis of the relationship of reported certification costs to FSP error rates (including overpayments, underpayments, and incorrect eligibility decisions). The report presents alternative models that relate a composite case error rate to certification effort per FSP household, caseload characteristics, the implementation of welfare reform, and short certification periods. The results imply that, in the period after the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, States on average had to spend more effort on certification-related activities than in previous years to achieve a given level of accuracy. The models predict that, if a State's FSP certification budget is fixed and the number of FSP households increases, the effort per FSP household will fall and error rates will rise, all other things equal.

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  • Logan, Christopher & Rhodes, William & Sabia, Joseph, 2006. "Food Stamp Program Costs and Error Rates, 1989-200," Contractor and Cooperator Reports 291988, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerscc:291988
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.291988
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    1. Oliveira, Victor, 2007. "Informing Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy: 10 Years of Research at ERS," Miscellaneous Publications 262274, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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