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Aging Out Of Women Infants And Children: An Investigation Of The Compensation Effect Of Private Nutrition Assistance Programs

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  • Xia Si
  • Tammy Leonard

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This paper is the first to address the causal relationship between an abrupt change in the availability of public nutrition assistance and low‐income households' private nutrition assistance utilization. In particular, we examined the way in which loss of Women Infants and Children (WIC) benefits impacted a household's utilization of private food assistance. Using a regression discontinuity analysis framework, we found that households significantly increased utilization of private nutrition assistance following an abrupt loss in public nutrition assistance. Estimates indicated that some households might have been able to compensate from about half to more than 90% of their loss in public WIC nutrition assistance. (JEL I38, C36, D12)

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  • Xia Si & Tammy Leonard, 2020. "Aging Out Of Women Infants And Children: An Investigation Of The Compensation Effect Of Private Nutrition Assistance Programs," Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International, vol. 58(1), pages 446-461, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ecinqu:v:58:y:2020:i:1:p:446-461
    DOI: 10.1111/ecin.12842
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    1. Krista Ruffini & Orgül Öztürk & Pelin Pekgün, 2023. "In-Kind Government Assistance and Crowd-Out of Charitable Services: Evidence from Free School Meals," CESifo Working Paper Series 10763, CESifo.
    2. Seung Jin Cho, 2022. "The effect of aging out of the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program on food insecurity," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 31(4), pages 664-685, April.

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    JEL classification:

    • I38 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty - - - Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
    • C36 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Instrumental Variables (IV) Estimation
    • D12 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Consumer Economics: Empirical Analysis

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