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The Economics of Food Assistance Programs

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Charts, graphs, and tables included: Food Program Trends, 1936-94; Allocation of Federal Food Assistance Spending; Food Stamp Program Participation, Poverty, and Unemployment; Food Stamp Program Error Rate Characteristics; Per Person Food Spending by Income Quintile; Percent of Income Spent on Food By Income Quintile; Food Budget Shares, Food Stamp Households; Program Modification Impacts Food Spending; Impact on Farm Program Costs; Program Modification Impacts Employment; Alternative Scenarios — Changes in Jobs; Alternative Scenarios — Changes in Output; Direct Impacts on Agriculture of Alternative Food Assistance Reform Scenarios: Farm Price, Farm Income, and Farm Program Costs; Direct Impacts of Alternative Food Assistance Reform Scenarios on Food and Nonfood Spending; Food Spending Effects of Food Assistance Supplementation and Block Grant Slippage. Poverty Status of Food Stamp Households Distribution of Food Stamp Program Participants Food Stamp Allotment Maximum Benefit Level

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  • Food and Consumer Economics Division, Economic Research Service, 1995. "The Economics of Food Assistance Programs," Staff Reports 335403, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerssr:335403
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    1. Hanson, Kenneth & Golan, Elise H. & Vogel, Stephen J. & Olmsted, Jennifer, 2002. "Tracing The Impacts Of Food Assistance Programs On Agriculture And Consumers: A Computable General Equilibrium Model," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 33831, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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