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Food Assistance: How Strong Is the Safety Net?

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  • LeBlanc, Michael
  • Lin, Biing-Hwan
  • Smallwood, David M.

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Food assistance programs, particularly the Food Stamp Program, increase food spending and household income. In 2004, adding food stamp benefits to recipients’ incomes raised 9 percent of recipients out of poverty. Nutritional effects of food assistance programs are uncertain.

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  • LeBlanc, Michael & Lin, Biing-Hwan & Smallwood, David M., 2006. "Food Assistance: How Strong Is the Safety Net?," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, pages 1-6, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersaw:125754
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.125754
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    1. Unknown, 2008. "The 30-Year Challenge: Agriculture's Strategic Role in Feeding and Fueling a Growing World," Issue Reports 45719, Farm Foundation.
    2. Karen Cunnyngham, 2010. "State Trends in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Eligibility and Participation Among Elderly Individuals," Mathematica Policy Research Reports e7d1f48339374239a6cbcedcc, Mathematica Policy Research.
    3. Alston, Julian M. & Mullally, Conner C. & Sumner, Daniel A. & Townsend, Marilyn & Vosti, Stephen A., 2009. "Likely effects on obesity from proposed changes to the US food stamp program," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 34(2), pages 176-184, April.
    4. Kim, Hyeyoung & Jauregui, Carlos & Lee, Jonq-Ying, 2014. "The Use of Food Nutrition Facts Panel Information and Juice Consumption," 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota 168583, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    5. de Mouzon, Olivier & Requillart, Vincent & Soler, Louis-Georges & Dallongeville, Jean & Dauchet, Luc, 2010. "Are Fruit And Vegetable Stamp Policies Cost-Effective?," 115th Joint EAAE/AAEA Seminar, September 15-17, 2010, Freising-Weihenstephan, Germany 116416, European Association of Agricultural Economists.

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    Food Security and Poverty;

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