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Linkages Among Welfare, Food Assistance Programs and Labor Supply: Evidence from the Survey of Program Dynamics

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  • Huffman, Sonya K.
  • Jensen, Helen H.

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At the center of the debates on welfare reform is whether the incentives-based systems help poor families move out of poverty into jobs. Recent data from the first Survey of Program Dynamics longitudinal and the 1998 experimental data files allow evaluation of the interaction among the Food Stamp Program (FSP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and labor force participation under different program design and economic conditions. A model that incorporates jointly determined programs participation and work decisions is applied to a sample of working age, lower income and asset households. Participation in TANF increases the probability of FSP participation and decreases the probability of being in the work force; working decreases the probability of receiving food stamps. Work, TANF, and FSP participation are significantly related, and TANF and FSP participation rates among poor households who are potentially eligible for TANF are sensitive to changes in program parameters; as expected, labor force participation is affected by the general economic conditions.

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  • Huffman, Sonya K. & Jensen, Helen H., 2005. "Linkages Among Welfare, Food Assistance Programs and Labor Supply: Evidence from the Survey of Program Dynamics," Staff General Research Papers Archive 12217, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    • Handle: RePEc:isu:genres:12217
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    1. Udaya R. Wagle, 2012. "The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part I," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 4(4), pages 223-238, December.
    2. Nikolla, Dorina & Mills, Bradford F. & Murray, Anthony G. & Tuttle, Charlotte, 2017. "Heat and Eat: The Impact of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program on Household Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Participation," 2017 Annual Meeting, July 30-August 1, Chicago, Illinois 258116, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    3. Udaya R. Wagle, 2013. "The Food Stamps Program and Economic Security Among Low‐Income Families, Part II: The Effects of Labor and Income," Poverty & Public Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 5(2), pages 162-179, June.

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