The Effect of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Food and Nonfood Spending Among Low-Income Households

Carlos Carpio, Tullaya Boonsaeng, Chen Zhen and Abigail Okrent

No 170650, 2014 Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2014, Minneapolis, Minnesota from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: The main goal of this was to examine the impact of the SNAP program on the allocation of food and nonfood spending expenditures across six subgroups: food, utilities, apparel, transportation, medical care, and other nonfood spending. The empirical analysis is conducted using a consumer demand approach instead of the traditional Engel curve approach used to evaluate the effect of SNAP participation on household spending. Endogeneity and measurement error of the SNAP participation variable and endogeneity of total expenditures are accounted for with the use of specialized econometric procedures.

Keywords: Agricultural; and; Food; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014-05-28
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.170650

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