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Divergent Trends in State-level SNAP Participation: Evidence with Aggregate-level Data

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  • Rhodes, M. Taylor

    (Reg Murphy Center for Economic and Policy Studies)

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This report uses state-level data to analyze trends and determinants of SNAP participation rates from 1989 to 2012. Comparing differences in state-to-national average SNAP participation rates over the business cycle, 20 states were always below the US average with an increasing average differential, while 19 states were always above the US average with an increasing average differential in absolute value. Possible explanatory factors for this divergent pattern are explored, including state-to-national differences in average household median income levels, unemployment rates and monthly SNAP benefits per participant. Lastly, these same factors are examined to determine which affect the probability a state has a SNAP participation rate above the national rate.

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  • Rhodes, M. Taylor, 2016. "Divergent Trends in State-level SNAP Participation: Evidence with Aggregate-level Data," Center Research and Working Papers 16-1, Reg Murphy Center for Economic and Policy Studies.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:rgcrwp:2016_001
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    Keywords

    SNAP; determinants; participation rate differentials;
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    JEL classification:

    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs

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