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The Food Stamp Program And Low-Income Households' Food Purchases

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  • Salathe, Larry E.

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Households participating in the Food Stamp Program increased their food expenditures an average of 10 percent Their food-at-home expenditures rose 19 percent while food-away-from-home expenditures declined 36 percent Increases occurred for cereal and dairy products, eggs, nonalcoholic beverages, pork, poultry, and processed vegetables The Food Stamp Program was estimated to be nearly three times as effective as a cash transfer program in expanding food purchases These conclusions are based in a analysis of the 1972-74 Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey, when the purchase requirement was in effect

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  • Salathe, Larry E., 1980. "The Food Stamp Program And Low-Income Households' Food Purchases," Journal of Agricultural Economics Research, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 32(4), pages 1-9, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersja:148696
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.148696
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    1. Beth Osborne Daponte & Amelia Haviland & Joseph B. Kadane, 2001. "To What Degree Does Food Assistance Help Poor Households Acquire Enough Food?," JCPR Working Papers 236, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
    2. Allen, Joyce E., 1984. "Multiple Program Participation In The Income Maintenance System," Staff Reports 277631, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Hoang, Hoa K. & Westhoff, Patrick & Thompson, Wyatt & Madison, Daniel & Whistance, Jarrett, 2022. "Determinants and trajectories of federal expenditures on SNAP: The role of food prices," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322084, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    4. Morgan, Karen J., 1986. "Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Dietary Status: An Appraisal'," 1986 Annual Meeting, July 27-30, Reno, Nevada 278063, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    5. Janet Currie, 2003. "US Food and Nutrition Programs," NBER Chapters, in: Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States, pages 199-290, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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