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US Food and Nutrition Programs

In: Means-Tested Transfer Programs in the United States

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  • 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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