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Take-Up and Targeting: Experimental Evidence from SNAP

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  1. Simonse, Olaf & Van Dijk, Wilco W. & Van Dillen, Lotte F. & Van Dijk, Eric, 2024. "Economic predictors of the subjective experience of financial stress," Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Finance, Elsevier, vol. 42(C).
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  8. Krekó, Judit & Prinz, Dániel & Weber, Andrea, 2024. "Take-up and labor supply responses to disability insurance earnings limits," Labour Economics, Elsevier, vol. 89(C).
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  24. Craig Garthwaite & John Graves & Tal Gross & Zeynal Karaca & Victoria Marone & Matthew J. Notowidigdo, 2019. "All Medicaid Expansions Are Not Created Equal: The Geography and Targeting of the Affordable Care Act," Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, Economic Studies Program, The Brookings Institution, vol. 50(2 (Fall)), pages 1-92.
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  33. Heather Klemick & Ann Wolverton & Bryan Parthum & Kristin Epstein & Sandra Kutzing & Sarah Armstrong, 2024. "Factors Influencing Customer Participation in a Program to Replace Lead Pipes for Drinking Water," Environmental & Resource Economics, Springer;European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 87(3), pages 791-832, March.
  34. Achim Ahrens & Alessandra Stampi‐Bombelli & Selina Kurer & Dominik Hangartner, 2024. "Optimal multi‐action treatment allocation: A two‐phase field experiment to boost immigrant naturalization," Journal of Applied Econometrics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 39(7), pages 1379-1395, November.
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  43. Erin C. McKie & Sanjay Laxman Ahire, 2024. "Enhancing the Reach of Socially Missioned Nonprofits: Insights from a TOC-LP Application," Interfaces, INFORMS, vol. 54(2), pages 127-146, March.
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  45. Hervelin Jérémy, 2022. "Directing young dropouts via SMS: evidence from a field experiment," IZA Journal of Labor Policy, Sciendo & Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 12(1), pages 1-12, January.
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  47. Shimada, Hideki, 2020. "Do monetary rewards for spatial coordination enhance participation in a forest incentive program?," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 177(C).
  48. Altmann, Steffen & Grunewald, Andreas & Radbruch, Jonas, 2019. "Passive Choices and Cognitive Spillovers," IZA Discussion Papers 12337, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
  49. Al-Karablieh, Yazan & Hanna, Rema & Pande, Rohini, 2024. "Who benefits? Experimental evidence on Saudi women’s take-up of unemployment assistance," Economics Letters, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
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  51. Robert W. Hahn & Robert D. Metcalfe, 2021. "Efficiency and Equity Impacts of Energy Subsidies," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 111(5), pages 1658-1688, May.
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  53. Elias Ilin & Laurence J. Kotlikoff & Melinda Pitts, 2022. "Is Our Fiscal System Discouraging Marriage? A New Look at the Marriage Tax," NBER Working Papers 30159, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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  59. Marks, Mindy & Prina, Silvia & Gernhardt, Roy, 2023. "Government Shutdown and SNAP Disbursements: Effects on Household Expenditures," IZA Discussion Papers 16452, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
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