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Structural and Cyclical Trends in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

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  • Kelly D. Edmiston

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Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has increased sharply over the past 20 years. Average monthly participation grew from 17.3 million people in 2001 to a peak of 47.6 million people in 2013. Although participation declined somewhat as the economy recovered from the Great Recession, SNAP participation remains well above its pre-recession level. {{p}} Kelly D. Edmiston investigates the forces driving long-term patterns in SNAP participation as well as its cyclical variation. He finds that three structural factors?legislative and programmatic changes, poverty, and a rising share of the working population not in the labor force?have made the largest contributions to SNAP participation over time. His results suggest growth in SNAP participation is unlikely to unwind in the near future.

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  • Kelly D. Edmiston, 2018. "Structural and Cyclical Trends in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program," Economic Review, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, issue Q I, pages 59-81.
    • Handle: RePEc:fip:fedker:00063
    DOI: 10.18651/ER/1q18Edmiston
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    1. Suttles, Shellye & Babb, Angela & Knudsen, Daniel C., 2024. "Submitted and Denied: Understanding variation in case status across Supplemental Nutrition assistance program (SNAP) applications," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 123(C).
    2. Valizadeh, Pourya & Fischer, Bart L. & Bryant, Henry L., 2022. "Investigating the Differential Effects of the Economy on SNAP Participation: A Factor Model Approach," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322367, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    3. Suttles, Shellye A. & Babb, Angela & Knudsen, Daniel, 2022. "Submitted and Denied: Understanding Variation in Case Status Across Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322195, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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    Keywords

    Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; Unemployment; SNAP; Poverty; Food Stamp Program;
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    JEL classification:

    • E24 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment - - - Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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