A framework is developed to evaluate food assistance programs and is applied to the Farmers' Market Nutrition Program--a program intended to increase consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables (F&V) by providing coupons and information. Because individuals differ, some coupons are unused, some replace existing consumption and simply enhance income, and some induce increased consumption. Results show that coupons alone reduce social welfare because recipients value F&V less than society. However, when coupons are used as a lure to distribute information, demand increases. In a household production framework the program is shown to enhance social welfare by correcting a market failure.
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Paper provided by Iowa State University, Department of Economics in its series Staff General Research Papers with number
5066.
Length: Date of creation: 01 Mar 2002 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in American Journal of Agricultural Economics, August 1997, Vol. 79, No. 3, pp. 902-917. Handle: RePEc:isu:genres:5066
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