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Issues In Food Assistance - Effects Of Changes In Food Stamp Expenditures Across The U.S. Economy

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  • Hanson, Kenneth
  • Golan, Elise

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The Food Stamp Program (FSP) provides assistance to more households during recessions and to fewer households during times of economic expansion. These changes in FSP expenditures can have stabilizing effects on the economy, stimulating economic activity during recessions and slowing demand during expansions. This issues brief shows that the FSP provides an economic stimulus during recessions only if the Government funds the increase in program expenditures through emergency financing, rather than through increased taxes or other budget-neutral means.

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  • Hanson, Kenneth & Golan, Elise, 2002. "Issues In Food Assistance - Effects Of Changes In Food Stamp Expenditures Across The U.S. Economy," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 262260, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersfa:262260
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.262260
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    2. Paul A. Lewin & Bruce A. Weber, 2020. "Distributional impacts of food assistance: How SNAP payments to the rural poor affect incomes in the urban core," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 99(5), pages 1281-1300, October.
    3. Oliveira, Victor & Prell, Mark & Tiehen, Laura & Smallwood, David, 2018. "Design Issues in USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Looking Ahead by Looking Back," Economic Research Report 276253, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    4. Hisham S. El‐Osta, 2010. "Inequality decomposition of farm family living expenditures and the role of the life cycle," Agricultural Finance Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 70(2), pages 245-266, August.

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