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Modeling the Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Participating Households' Purchases: An Empirical Application

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  • Huang, Chung L.
  • Fletcher, Stanley M.
  • Raunikar, Robert

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The present legal authority for the Food Stamp Program (FSP) is the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977. As adopted, the legislation includes a thorough overhaul of the FSP enacted into law in 1964. The FSP provides direct subsidies in the form of additional food dollars to low-income households to enhance the purchasing of nutritionally adequate diets. The most significant effect both on participating households and the food industry is the elimination of the purchase requirement whereby participants pay for food stamps. Under the new legislation, participants receive food stamps free of charge. The benefits received are roughly equivalent to the value of bonus stamps under the old program (Stucker and Boehm).

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  • Huang, Chung L. & Fletcher, Stanley M. & Raunikar, Robert, 1981. "Modeling the Effects of the Food Stamp Program on Participating Households' Purchases: An Empirical Application," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 13(2), pages 21-28, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:13:y:1981:i:02:p:21-28_02
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    1. Ranney, Christine K. & Kushman, John E., 1987. "A Study of the Interdependent Food Stamp Program Participation and Food Demand Decisions," Research Reports 251940, University of California, Davis, Giannini Foundation.
    2. Reynolds, Anderson, 1990. "Analyzing Fresh Vegetable Consumption From Household Survey Data," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 22(2), pages 1-8, December.
    3. Levedahl, J. William, 1990. "The Effect Of Functional Form On The Estimated Marginal Propensities To Spend Out Of Food Stamps And Money Income And The Implications For A Cash-Only Food Stamp Program," 1990 Annual meeting, August 5-8, Vancouver, Canada 270908, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    4. Patrlck, George F., 1988. "Mallee Wheat Farmers' Demand For Crop And Rainfall Insurance," Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 32(1), pages 1-13, April.
    5. Cox, Thomas L. & Briggs, Hugh, 1989. "Heteroscedastic Tobit Models: The Household Demand for Fresh Potatoes Revisited," Staff Papers 200482, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
    6. Muhammad Tariq & Aneesa & Farah Khan, 2019. "The Effects of Social Protection Program on Food Consumption and Poverty in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan," Business & Economic Review, Institute of Management Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan, vol. 11(1), pages 55-82, March.
    7. Smallwood, David M. & Blaylock, James R., 1985. "Analysis Of Food Stamp Program Participation And Food Expenditures," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 10(1), pages 1-14, July.
    8. Levedahl, J. William, 1991. "The Effect of Food Stamps and Income on Household Food Expenditures," Technical Bulletins 157026, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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