Government Shutdown and SNAP Disbursements: Effects on Household Expenditures
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- Mindy Marks & Silvia Prina & Roy Gernhardt, 2025. "Government shutdown and SNAP disbursements: effects on household expenditures," Review of Economics of the Household, Springer, vol. 23(1), pages 295-326, March.
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consumption smoothing; permanent income hypothesis; SNAP; government shutdown;All these keywords.
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- D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis
- I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty
- I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
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